Wegmans Food Markets

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The late Robert B. Wegman, paterfamilias of the Wegmans Food Markets empire here, was a well-known philanthropist in life, and his will ensures that his charitable giving won't end with his death.

BRUSSELS, Belgium and LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- GS1, the not-for-profit organization that develops global standards for the identification of goods and services across supply chains, yesterday issued the GS1 Data Quality Framework, which includes a best-practice protocol for companies to establish, implement, maintain, and improve their data quality management systems.

ROCHESTER, NY -- Since the "Eat Well, Live Well Challenge" was rolled out four years ago by Wegmans Food Markets Inc. here for its employees, the positive results have been piling up.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- An animal-rights activist on trial breaking into a chicken farm owned by Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. here received a mixed verdict yesterday, according to a report by a local television station.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A funeral mass for Robert "Bob" Wegman will be held today at 10 a.m. at ¿St. John Fisher College¿Student Life Center¿here. The service is open to the public, but capacity is limited, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. said in a statement.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Robert B. "Bob" Wegman, the chairman of Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. here, died yesterday at Strong Memorial Hospital. He was 87 years old. According to the company, he had been in failing health of late.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Exactly eight months after the Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. store on Dick Road in Buffalo, N.Y. was razed, the Northeast retailer's newest location in the area is set open on April 2. The replacement store measures 100,000 square feet and will employ 340 associates.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets Inc. will be opening three supermarkets in the greater Philadelphia area, according to a local published report. The Northeast upscale retailer's Mount Laurel, N.J. store opened yesterday, while its Cherry Hill, N.J. location will debut in June and a Warrington, Pa. market will bow in December. Wegmans' earlier Philadelphia-area store, in Downington, Pa., opened in 2003.