Wegmans to Expand Into Delaware

Wegmans Food Markets is launching its first location in a new state this fall. The new location at Lancaster Pike and Barley Mill Road in Wilmington, Del. is slated to open on Oct. 26.

First covered by Store Brands’ sister publication Progressive Grocer, this Wegmans location, and two other small-format stores opening this year, will be about 84,000 square feet. The Delaware location will also serve as the anchor in a mixed-use development with other retail stores, offices, townhomes and apartments.

According to Wegmans, the location will employ about 450 people, most of which will be new to the company and hired locally, and it will include a Market Café, coffee shop and the family-friendly The Burger Bar, on top of offering the retailer’s private label products

The Delaware expansion is one of many new moves for the retailer. Wegmans will also make its debut on New York’s Long Island with a 100,000-square-foot location set for construction in Lake Grove. The grocer has yet to establish a timeline for construction and opening of that site, but did open its first Washington, D.C., location in July.

Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans operates over 100 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts.