About

Wegmans is a regional supermarket chain with 106 stores: 48 in New York, 18 in Pennsylvania, nine in New Jersey, 13 in Virginia, eight in Maryland, six in Massachusetts and four in North Carolina. It is one of the largest private companies in the U.S.:                                   

• 52,000 employees
• Annual sales in 2020 of $10.8 billion

Wegmans is a family company, founded in 1916, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y. Danny Wegman is chairman; Colleen Wegman, his daughter, is president and CEO. Danny’s daughter Nicole Wegman is senior vice president of Wegmans Brand. Robert Wegman, Danny’s father, was chairman until his death in April 2006.

Our Founders

Brothers Walter and John Wegman (Robert Wegman’s father and uncle) learned the food business by working in their parents’ store in Rochester. John peddled fresh produce from a pushcart, and in 1916, he opened the Rochester Fruit & Vegetable Company, which marked the beginning of Wegmans Food Markets. Walter joined him a year later. Robert Wegman assumed leadership of the company in 1950, guiding it until his death in 2006.