Wegmans executive Bill Strassburg likes to think of food and agriculture as the tortoise in the familiar hare and tortoise analogy. “It’s something that is consistent, and it consistently grows a little bit each year. It’s not a big jump ...

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Geneva’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station is being designated a state Center of Excellence, bringing additional funding and attention for research and development aimed at job creation in  agriculture and food production. State Sen. Pam Helming announced on Wednesday ...

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Wegmans is opening a two-story supermarket at the Natick Mall at 7 a.m. Sunday, representing its sixth store in Massachusetts. The 146,500-square foot store is one of the largest in the 96-store chain, and features a cart conveyor system to ...

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While the third-largest employer in Rochester has grown its total workforce by nearly 4,000 employees in the last three years, Wegmans has actually shrunk its Rochester-area workforce by several hundred. Expansion is the company’s overall plan, however, not shrinking. Employees ...

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In marking its 100th anniversary, Perry’s Ice Cream is rolling out new and retro flavors of ice cream, planning special events and expanding its territory. The flavors came out this week, events will last through the year and the territory ...

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Make that 21 out of 21 for Wegmans appearing on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list. The 2018 list places Wegmans at number 2, same as last year. Wegmans placed behind Salesforce Inc., an IT company based ...

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Wegmans is in the top 10 of a brand new national list celebrating best companies for diversity. Forbes and Statista created the new America’s Best Employers for Diversity award, which involved interviewing some 30,000 employees across the country about their ...

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Special events are scheduled Saturday,  Dec. 16, at the Wegmans store in Geneseo to celebrate its 50th anniversary. A cake will be cut at 11 a.m. at the store, 4287 Genesee Valley Plaza. Music will be played by a brass ...

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You can have your Thanksgiving turkey and holiday bargains, too. Black Friday 2017 and the opening of the holiday shopping season seem a bit more sensible this year. Some larger chains — Target and Walmart, for instance — are opening ...

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Wegmans is holding a grand re-opening celebration Nov. 11 for its Holt Road location in Webster, marking the end of a four-year renovation and expansion project. “Our employees and our customers have been patient as we’ve worked through this exciting ...

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 Wegmans will open its 95th store Sunday, Nov. 5, this time in Medford, Mass. The doors to the 120,000-square-foot store open at 7 a.m., which isn’t as early as it sounds because of the “fall back” from Daylight Saving Time. ...

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Starting on Sunday, Oct. 29, Wegmans is offering shoppers the ability to donate to Foodlink, the regional food bank, while paying for their groceries. Through Dec. 3, shoppers will be able to contribute to the Check Out Hunger campaign at ...

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This story appeared in the RBJ’s commemorative 30th Anniversary section. See more content related to the RBJ’s anniversary here. For over a century, Wegmans Food Markets Inc. has been an integral part of Rochester’s DNA. But these days, it’s far more ...

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Tucked away on a hill overlooking scenic Canandaigua Lake is a 168-acre agricultural gem. Wegmans Organic Orchard is home to dozens of varieties of organic fruits and vegetables including apples, table grapes, peaches, strawberries, leeks and others. Wegmans Food Markets ...

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Foodlink Inc. has rolled out its annual “Fill the Bus” campaign that aims to put a dent in childhood hunger. The Fill the Bus food drive, which is organized through a partnership with Wegmans Food Markets Inc., 13WHAM ABC, FOX ...

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