Wegmans starts hiring for first NYC store

Rochester, NY-based Wegmans Food Markets isn’t planning to open its first New York City location until this fall, but hiring has already begun for select positions. The new...

By Pamela Riemenschneider

January 7, 2019

Wegmans starts hiring for first NYC store

Rochester, NY-based Wegmans Food Markets isn’t planning to open its first New York City location until this fall, but hiring has already begun for select positions.

The new 74,000-square-foot store, including a second-floor mezzanine and 100-seat in-store café, will have Wegmans’ signature European open-air market look and feel, according to a news release. It’s located in the Admirals Row development at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The company plans to hire about 500 people, including 150 full time positions, according to a news release.

Wegmans currently operates 98 stores in six states and plans to expand to three new markets in 2019: Virginia Beach, VA; Raleigh, NC; and Brooklyn, NY.

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Pamela Riemenschneider is the Retail Editor for Blue Book Services.

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