Wegmans Food Markets

Wegmans Food Markets and Costco, Inc. have been chosen the best grocery retailers in a consumer survey conducted by global customer intelligence solutions company Market Force Information, Inc.

Long a leader in all things supermarket, 75-store Wegmans Food Markets has opened its first full-service in-store restaurant, The Pub, inside the Market Café in its new 132,000-square-foot store in Collegeville, Pa., home of Ursinus College and the Collegeville Inn, the latter of which is locally renowned for its bodacious buffet.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.; Nugget Market; Whole Foods; Stew Leonard’s; and Publix have earned spots on Fortune magazine’s list of 2010’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” which will appear in the magazine’s February issue and is available now online at www.fortune.com.

Price Chopper has made a bid to buy 22 stores currently owned by bankrupt fellow New York state-based grocer Penn Traffic Co. for $54 million, according to published reports.

Wegmans Food Market’s newest restaurant, Next Door Bar & Grill opens its doors today in Pittsford, N.Y.

Wegmans Food Markets plans even more growth outside of its home state, according to a published report.

Wegmans Food Markets’ Collegeville, Pa., store, which is set to celebrate its grand opening on Sunday, Oct. 11, will include a first for the family-owned supermarket chain: The Pub, a full-service restaurant located within the Market Café eating area.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has been named as a finalist for a Corporate Citizenship Award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center, which annually recognizes companies’ strong financial success, sustained contribution to community, and social progress.