Approximately 70% of commercial buildings are smaller buildings less than 10,000 square feet, but with the Rochester-based supermarket Wegmans, any size makes it feel like home.
And it looks like they are going to bring Raleigh, North Carolina residents a little piece of Rochester, the gift of a new Wegmans.
Wegmans has publicly announced its plans to expand into North Carolina, which will serve as a springboard into setting up shops down south.
The recent bankruptcies of many regional grocers in North Carolina — as well as the outcry for a Wegmans — will help fuel the market’s success.
The Raleigh-Durham area is also known as the Research Triangle, as it’s littered with students from Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University. In a community of about 2 million, the median income per household is $56,600, about $5,000 more than Rochester’s.
Some may say that Wegmans faces some competition in the South, as The Kroger Co. Grocery and Publix Inc. supermarkets have huge followings. But considering Wegmans had the highest store volume last year out of all three grocery chains, there may not be anything to worry about.
Wegmans has yet to determine where exactly they will build ground. As reported to the Democrat & Chronicle, Wegmans spokesperson Jo Natale said in a written statement,
“Until there are firm deals for each site, we are unable to share the locations or other detailwe are unable to share the locations or other details. North Carolina is seeing continued growth, and we have been able to identify multiple sites in the Raleigh/Durham area that met all of our criteria.”
This is the second time this year that Wegmans has announced a store opening in North Carolina. In January, Wegmans reported plans on opening a store in the town of Cary, about 10 miles west of Raleigh.
This family-owned supermarket chain is going to celebrate the opening of their 90th store this weekend, August 7, in Short Pump, Virginia. But they’re not doing it because they have to expand for business purposes, but to bring their taste of home to people all throughout the Eastern Seaboard.
As the new store manager, Rochester native Todd Strassner Sr. says, “Wegmans — like the Union generals in the Civil War — doesn’t have to conquer every major market in the South, (Wegmans could) have a meaningful share in any given market with only three to five stores.”
Well Rochesterians, it just looks like we’ll have to share.
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