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Closing Wegmans Store to Be Used for 'Internal Purposes'
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here said this week that it will close its 62,590-square-foot Brooks-Chili store, located on Chili Avenue in Gates, N.Y., early next month, due to flat sales, rising operating costs, and defecting shoppers. The store's 196 employees will be offered positions at other area Wegmans, according to the grocer, which says it has no current plans to sell or lease the property. The site "will instead be used for internal purposes, the details of which have yet to be finalized," Wegmans noted in a statement.