Wegmans

Wegmans is greater than any other grocery store in the world.

I had the misfortune of eating at the Bethlehem Wegman’s this evening. i can safely say it was the worse meal I have ever had. The salad bar was fine. However, the onion rings tasted like and had the texture of old leather. The wings were tough, i have never had worse. The mozzarella sticks were dried up and had the texture of sawdust. I will not return there, nor could I recommend it to anyone else

I love Wegman’s. I travel to Beth for work frequently and almost exclusively just eat here. Their prepared foods and salad bar are wonderful, second only to whole foods. Everything is fresh and delicious. All ingredients are listed out and tend to be very clean (I tend toward paleo) which I love.
Their wild Alaskan salmon in their sushi counter… is consistently THE best salmon I’ve ever had. It is unreal.
I have never liked their coffee. Any of their roasts. Even doctored up with cream and sugar and most definitely not black. It has this cardboard flavor of ugh.
Great section of organic /​clean foods.
They don’t sell full fat Greek yogurt in single containers for some reason? This isn’t a huge deal, just noting it.
Parking is fine.
Huge upstairs dining area overlooking the café section.
Oh…and their craft beer section…

We moved to this area a couple years ago and heard all the hype about Wegmans. I have been nothing but disappointed with the place. Compared to Weis, Giant, and Walmart it is adequate, but I just find going in to the store to be an annoying, blood-​pressure spiking process that demands headphones and usually a bourbon before and after to decompress. For readability, I’ll just bullet point some of my issues with the store:
My Personal Cons:
* There is no real butcher area. The butcher area is about the size of a cubicle and it’s only for steaks and pork, mostly. Everything else is pre-​packaged, which is maddening. We are a family of four, but one of our children doesn’t like meat, so we’re always stuck when it comes to pork chops, for example, from choosing from buying a 2 pack or a 4 pack, neither of which is what we need (we buy only organic meet for what it’s worth; the non-​organic might have more options). The meats also seem very expensive especially compared to more upscale markets like Fresh Market where pork tenderloin is significantly cheaper than Wegmans, and a lot a more affordable. I also find the quality to be lacking (e.g. perfectly cook pork chops are tough). We have found the chicken products and ground meats (bison, beef, turkey, and lamb) to be suitable, though. We have not been happy with the «fresh» fish selections as the salmon we got was smelly and oily. .. fresh fish should have a minimal scent.
* Wegmans has areas where it primarily wants to only pimp its own Wegmans products. For example, most of the cheeses are are Wegmans labeled. Some of them are passable; milk is another area where there is a hegemony of Wegmans products; if I wanted only private label selections I’d either drive to Trader Joe’s or go to Aldi. Other areas they offer a surprisingly slim selection given the amount of shelf space. For example, 90% of their soy sauce is Kikoman soy. .. it would seem a couple spots could be used for other brands such as San-​J or Yamasa to at least provide some differentiation.
* I have found some of the employees to be very disrespectful. One time the cashier told said to me «you know, you can label your goodies over there» referring to the produce labeling machines (which often have lines, are broken, or are out of paper) in the produce area. Another time I asked an employee if they had more mint in stock; his response was «I’ll go check after I put out these onions» (of which he had several boxes and the mint was the last thing I needed). Thanks for nothing. Also expect numerous employees to about run you over with dollies without so much of an «excuse me» as they hurriedly go to restock shelves that never seem to have any inventory anyway, and expect about 30% of the items you need to purchase to be blocked by an employee putting out merchandise who gives you a stern look for needing to get to products. They also like to create bottle necks by leaving dollies in the middle of aisles so customers have to shimmy by the sides.
* The checkout lines are usually long and slow.
* The pre-​made foods are disappointing except for the some of the soups, the wing bar (well the tenders), and some of the items on the Asian bar. A chicken box for our daughter on the wing bar that included a couple tenders and a few fries ran almost $ 10. Might as well go to PJ Whelihans at that point. They also make questionable decisions with the soups. They have some really outstanding soups like a curry-​chicken-​apple, harvest bisque, but a lot of times the entirety of the soup bars are the same soups you can buy cold and prepackaged three feet away. DIVERSIFY YOUR SOUP PORTFOLIO!
* The Wegmans shopping card is a complete joke and useless. We spent $ 232 recently and saved. .. wait for it. .. .82 cents on our entire purchase. I save that much on a bag of Skittles at Walgreens. Not a price leader.
* A random aside. .. their marketing is very poor. They push their Family Packs of «Value and Convenience» down your throat at every turn. 1) if I wanted to buy in excessive bulk I’d join Sam’s Club or Costco. 2) where is quality in that equation. Absent. So know what you’re getting when you buy the «Family Pack.»
* Check expiration dates. We bought a Wegman’s Brand frozen pizza that had been expired for months once; another time I caught them putting out bread before a snowstorm that expired the next day. I asked if they might have bread that would stay good through a blizzard and they did get me a loaf with greater longevity.
My Personal Pros:
* Better than Weis, Giant, and Walmart.
* Generally a good and varied selection of produce.
* They sell beer!
* Proximity
* It seems they treat and pay their employees well (based on reports), which I really admire and respect.
For me, the Wegmans hype has just not been justified. I find it pretty interchangeable with a lot of places I’ve shopped previously and would choose Fresh Market over Wegmans any day of the week if Fresh Market wasn’t a 20 – 30 drive.

I love this place. So many food choices. All are high quality and tasty. From coffee to soups to Chinese cuisine, It’s all good. And don’t even get me started on the baked goods. Omg!!! I’ve been in Bethlehem for two weeks and been to several pricy restaurants this place outshines them all… by far!!!

I would give it the 5^th star but they keep changing things and not in ways that I can agree on and some foods I like get removed.
Otherwise most of the staff I have seen for years and I always get good service. Place is clean and has a good variety to chose from.
The hot foods use to be a lot better but the shut down a lot of it since original opening and now have more fast food or hot bar food instead of the really tasty chef made foods the had.

I love coming hear. The produce is always Fresh. And the prepared foods are excellent. It might be a bit high on price. But u are paying for Quality.

Every time I am back in Bethlehem I have to stop in Wegmans, even if I don’t need anything it’s a must. I really wish Danny Wegman and company would bring this store to Michigan, my fellow Michiganders would be grateful.
Wegmans is not your ordinary grocery store, it’s a step up. You literally can get everything you need here and then some. What makes this store stand out above its competition is its prepared food area and café. You can literally eat a delicious meal here or grab something to take home if you don’t have time to cook (or your burn everything). They also have a sub shop, pizza shop and coffee bar all inside. You cant beat their fresh seafood and their bakery items are divine.
If you’ve never been to a Wegmans before then you’re truly missing out.

Let me just start off buy saying I only came here for lunch and not to shop. The store is massive and the lunch selection is crazy. I ended up having a sandwich which was even more insane with how big it was. I really enjoyed it, and was meaning to take some home, but just couldn’t put it down.
The seating upstairs is really nice as well and is very well taken care of which surprised me a little. Definitely can’t wait to come back to try something new like the buffet or the pizza.

Tired of dealing with the older lady in the pharmacy dept with her attitude today She got mad because I was an hour early to pick up my script. I live no where near this and picking it up at my lunch break. It was 12 and she said the delivery wasn’t in but miraculously will be in one hour. Bullshit. Tired of dealing with her. Going back to cvs.

Der Kaiser aller Supermärkte!
Selbst US-​Amerikaner, die die Üppigkeit der hiesigen Supermärkte gewohnt sind, erzählten mir, wie überwältigt sie von der Größe, Auswahl, Sauberkeit und Qualität dieses Supermarktes sind.
Es ist wirklich unglaublich, man muss es gesehen haben: Endlose Regale, alles sauber präsentiert, man findet einfach ALLES, inkl. deutscher Marken! Es gibt auch Theken, wo man sich das (sehr gute!) Essen direkt mitgeben lassen und in einem der restaurantähnlichen Abteile verzehren kann. Das Sushi bspw. ist wirklich super!
Wer also die Gelegenheit erhält, einmal in einem der Wegmans Supermärkte vorbeischauen kann, sollte dies auf keinen Fall verpassen!

Love shopping at Wegmans. Love their meats and produce. Also love their café and Asian bar. It’s better than takeout Chinese food, in my opinion. Pizza café is very good also. Bakery items to die for. Everything is fresh and looks so good. Don’t go there if you are hungry

better than any other grocery store around.
Huge layout (big prices sometimes too) but very large selection. The place gets a little crazy, the carts are huge, the sections can overwhelm you and yet you want to try so many things from the bakery, seafood, cheese, meats, produce, candy, frozen, gluten free, organic, foreign food sections… did I mention the place was huge?
My bill is more than elsewhere, but it is an experience and quality that enjoy for my money.

Customer service is non-​existent. They charged me for two newspapers when I only purchased one copy, then didn’t want to issue a refund, sending me to the «customer service» stand at 6:45 on a Sunday morning, only to be told they didn’t open until 7 a.m. I am SICK of hearing about how great this store supposedly is and how excellent their customer service is when in reality — they make a mistake, won’t apologize or make it right unless you demand a refund. WEGMANS SUCKS and is a third rate store that cheats you and mistreats you.

This review is for the pizza. The pizza quality and service has really declined. Took home a few slices and I had to cut off the bottoms of them because it was like trying to eat uncooked dough. I have told them several times that I think their pizza oven temp is not working and they just shrug. I like their bake at home pizza better than the Pizza shop pizza.

Heaven can exist in grocery form. While I would not do all of my shopping at Wegman’s because it can be a little pricey (especially for a young professional recently out of college), there are certain things I would only get from here.
1) Their bakery: their ancient grain cranberry bread and their cinnamon and raisin bread make for some excellent French toast. Their bagels are fresh and amazing. Their carrot cake is oh my god, and the pumpkin cupcakes! Pretty much if I become fat, I blame the Wegman’s bakery. And you know what, every extra pound would be totally worth it.
2) Their cheese selection: I love cheese. They have lots of it. Match made in heaven.
3) Foods from around the world: pretty good selection of specialty foods from other countries and cuisines.
The place is very well organized, clean, and well-​stocked. The checkout lines are generally fairly quick as they often have lots of lanes open.
If you have special dietary needs, this store has a lot! They have a giant section just for gluten-​free.

Beautiful, well-​organized, and always pretty well stocked even though I usually go at pretty bizarre hours! The prepared foods section is out of this world, really great selection and everyone is always smiling. Consistent with all the other Wegmans I know and love!
I wish they would bring back their Wegmans brand English muffins, I lived off of the Lite ones! So much bigger, better, and fluffier than Thomas brand

How many grocery stores have 40 reviews [okay, now 41] in Unilocal?‘Nuff said.
If you haven’t visited a Wegman’s … and believe me, the 10 or 15 that I’ve visited across the Northeast [including several back at the mothership in Rochester], totally rock. If they ever came to St Louis … Schnucks and Dierbergs should be very afraid.

Love, love, love Wegmans’ for cheese, fish, prepared foods and CONVENIENCE.
Literally ran in and out to get a $ 4.99 roasted chicken and a $ 3.99 potted plant.
The weekends get crowded so go during «non-​peak» times if you can — and don’t miss the cheese section!

I have been a regular (multiple times a week) shopper here for quite a while. Produce here has been going downhill for years; at least 2010, and it has changed from good, to mediocre to just plain bad.
This used to be a good grocery store. But the produce department here is staffed with fools and simpletons. They have no idea how to store, present, price, or market their goods. Over the last three years, conventional green onions have changed from 79 cents to 129 cents per bundle, and have changed from a crisp, fresh bundle as thick as a man’s wrist to a limp, browning bundle as thick as two fingers. They are often running out. These are not seasonal price fluctuations! You can get consistent quality at Giant, instead of the decline and fall of the Wegman’s empire.
Asparagus is frequently stored incorrectly, in trays that are dried out or tilted over so that they cannot get any water. This results in disgusting soft wilted asparagus that lasts about 2 days, as opposed to fresh asparagus that will stay crisp for a week. Somebody tell these dingalings that asparagus needs to be kept wet at the cut end.
They frequently run out of iceberg lettuce.
They have completely missed blueberry season this year. In 2011 and 2012, they always had 2 lbs boxes of excellent conventional and organic blueberries and their high but tolerable prices. This year, it’s nothing but the small 4 oz boxes. It’s not like blueberries are missing at any other store! Just Bethlehem Wegmans! derp!
These trends indicate ineptitude at the bottom level and a lack of standards or a lack of competence at the managerial level. It’s not like the store is being run by someone focused on profit — the high margin items like organic blueberries are just as neglected as the low margin items like heads of lettuce. Whoever is running this department is at best asleep at the wheel and at worst trying to ruin the rest of the store.
At least the place manages to keep the power on during weather related blackouts.

Pricey is the way to put it. Confusing lay out.
Self serve food looks good at first but if you work close by and eat here regularly you realize it is still a buffet.
You also get what you pay for.
If you are not good at shopping for your fresh food then this is the place.
If you are then this place is fresh but expensive compared to others