I love Wegman's. After having moved from Los Angeles, CA to Central PA, I
totally missed my Trader Joe's, Bristol Farms, and Whole Foods. The city I
live in has no grocery store where I can get imported cheese, pancetta, etc.
The Wegman's I go to is about an hour from where I live, but I don't mind
the drive to State College. For me, Wegman's pretty much satisfied what I
was looking for in a grocery store, and I think they'd do well in CA.
"Hal" > wrote in message
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> Nancy Young wrote:
> ><snip>
>
> >Well, after all that procrastinating I finally
> > went. I knew it would be nice, quite
> > nice. Well, it was all that and more.
>
> >I was thinking, okay, this is not going to
> > be a cheap foray into supermarket land,
> > but that's not why I was there. Walk in
> > the door and what is the first thing I
> > see? Haas avocados 4 $1. Holy crow, I
> > guess that's the 'after superbowl' sale,
> > because that is dirt cheap here.
>
> >Well, what a delightful store, the stuff
> > they had, it was just outstanding.
> > Prepared foods, hot out of the oven
> > breads, all kinds of cheeses, a beautiful
> > meat and fish department, it really was
> > all I'd heard of and more. I will definitely
> > be back.
>
> ></snip>
>
> One opened here in Downingtown, Pa (S E PA) last spring. It is very well
> recieved as I do not think the demographics would have indicated. This
> is a Shop-Rite kind of aera. Their marketing people must know something.
>
> Their produce is fantastic, fruits and veggis I never hear of. Fresh
> mushrooms of many types, morels in season, trumpets, chantelles, wood
> ear, pom poms, even truffles.
>
> The cheese section is as large as some store's meat department. Fresh
> Russian caviar and more. I asked if they sell much and was told that all
> their caviar was sold before the sell date.
>
> I have had raw oysters only a few times at restaurents, I get them so
> often now that the fish mgr knows me.
>
> Fish and meat departments are wonderful, nice selection of USDA Prime
> beef.
>
> All in all a great store. www.wegmans.com
>