In the business world, “purpose” was all the buzz in 2022, impacting everything from hiring and retention to productivity and profits. Purpose was such a big deal that it became the subject of numerous research projects with striking findings. For example, Great Place to Work reports that team members who find purpose in their jobs are three times more likely to stay with the company. McKinsey & Company says “purposeful” employees are four times more engaged. Cone/Porter Novelli found that 66% of consumers would switch and 57% would pay more for a purpose-driven brand. And Dynata calculated that 85 million U.S. consumers make buying decisions based on brand purpose.

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A recent PETA expose revealed workers kicking, choking and beating turkeys at a Plainville farm in Pennsylvania, where police charged 11 former workers with 139 counts of animal cruelty.

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The Rochester-based grocer tops the Fortune Best Workplaces in Retail rankings for the seventh consecutive year. The lists were released Wednesday. Wegmans was the only local firm on the Retail list.

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The sustainability trend is likely to continue, as younger Gen Z and Millennial consumers are more likely than older consumers to purchase plant-based and environmentally-friendly food options.

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LeChase Construction Services LLC has partnered with Wegmans Food Markets Inc. on an initiative that will directly impact nonprofits and the people they serve in the Greater Rochester region. Built United was launched to provide direct construction and building services ...

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What worked last week doesn’t necessarily work this week.  That’s pretty much what essential retail businesses are dealing with as they carry on in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a few days ago, many companies were voluntarily providing ...

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Wegmans is delaying the opening of its store in Harrison, Westchester County.  In an announcement made earlier this week, the manager of the store near White Plains mentioned “unprecedented times” as a reason for the delay but didn’t specifically mention ...

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The Rochester community is known for giving back and this week there is more proof of that. As of Tuesday, when the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. and the Rochester Area Community Foundation began coordinating support for those in ...

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With the state closing of restaurants and bars Monday, as well as casinos, theaters and gyms, COVID-19-related restrictions grew more onerous for New Yorkers.  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday announced a pact with adjoining states Connecticut and New Jersey ...

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For the 23rd year in a row, Wegmans Food Markets has made the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, placing third in 2020. Fortune magazine and the Great Place to Work firm announced the list Tuesday. Wegmans finished ...

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Businesswomen in leadership positions will offer their experience and expertise at Rochester Institute of Technology’s annual Power Your Potential Women’s Conference Feb. 28. RIT’s Saunder’s College of Business hosts the conference each year, and Karen Magnuson, the former executive editor ...

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Wegmans will stop giving out single-use plastic grocery bags in its New York stores on Jan. 27, slightly more than a month before a state-wide ban goes into effect. At the same time, the chain of grocery stores will start ...

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Century Liquor & Wines has become the first wine and spirits store in the Rochester area to offer home delivery by way of Instacart. The store, which is owned by Danny Wegman, chairman of the board of Wegmans Food Markets, ...

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Just in time for Thanksgiving meal planning, there’s another E.coli outbreak affecting romaine lettuce. The Centers for Disease Control reported Friday afternoon that 40 people had become sick and 28 hospitalized with a strain of E. coli that appeared to ...

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Catharine Young didn’t change much about her living situation when she became head of the new Center of Excellence in Geneva last March. Young had spent 20 years on the road, commuting between her home in Olean and Albany, where ...

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