Wegmans to open in October in New York

Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets is getting closer to making its New York City debut.

The family-owned grocer will open a 74,000-square-foot location in the Admirals Row development of Brooklyn, formerly the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on Oct. 27.

Wegmans Brooklyn will feature more than 60,000 products, including an extensive restaurant-quality prepared foods department, more than 4,000 organic products, fresh seafood delivered whole and cut to order daily, hundreds of produce items, and 300 varieties of imported and domestic cheese. The store will also include a second-floor mezzanine with a bar, serving food and wine, beer and spirits.

Recruitment for 150 full-time employees began in January. Wegmans is also hiring for 350 part-time positions.

Wegmans operates 99 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts.