Robin Garr wrote:Nah. I used to go to the Wegmans at Ithaca (the original, I think?) and Binghamton, and they were really nice. But Doll's at the end, after they did the upgrade, was better. I don't see the Whole Foods comparison at all, sorry.
I was only using Whole Foods as a comparison to what we have now, it certainly not close to what Wegmans stores are, especially their newer ones. Most of them have two-story dining areas etc. The biggest one I've been in was in Dulles Virginia just outside the airport. It had just open when I was there and it was about 150,000 ft.².
The chain originated in Rochester New York where I grew up. Even in the early days the stores were better than anything we have in town today. That's also was a corporate headquarters is. Hopefully that will never get bought out or bow to investors and quit being a typist or they have been to this point.