This is more 3.5 stars but I'll keep it at 3. The first half of my shopping is always so frustrating (but it usually gets better as I go.) I am an organizational freak. I like straight rows of merchandise from one end of the store to the other. That way you can start at one end and go up and down the aisles til you get to the other end. No fuss, no cart bumping, no crowds, no traffic jams... Unfortunately only half of Wegmans is set up this way.
The part you walk directly into- the produce and bakery departments- is a hodge podge of small stands strewn about the department with baskets and boxes of items, aisles only wide enough for one cart. I get *incredibly* frustrated in the produce department. It takes me so long to get what I need because there is ALWAYS someone where I want to go and I am forever backing the cart up, turning around, going the other way, or getting dirty looks or sighs when I try to squeeze past another shopper in the aisle I'm in... I don't understand how this concept really works for anyone. It's a mess and I hate it SO MUCH.
Once you get past the bakery, it opens up more into actual, real aisles. *panic attack decreases*
Once in the aisles, it's pretty smooth shopping. They're undergoing construction in the freezer section right now, so getting through there is a little tight right now but I know that will be better soon.
Prices. Prices are decent. Sometimes I can get better deals at Tops (at least they have a weekly ad that I can plan meals around- Wegmans does not give their customers that luxury). I wish Wegmans offered more affordable store-brand items like Tops does.
I have never eaten the fresh made food in the cafe, so I have no opinion of that. I have had their rotisserie chicken (only $5!) and it was delicious.
The employees here are super friendly and very nice. Checking out is always a nice experience.
My oldest son has used the in-store child care in the past and really liked it. The associates in the child care always seem really sweet and genuinely like working with kids.
All-in-all, the beginning of my shopping trip here is always a terrible, frustrating, panic-ensuing mess, but the second half is always nice and pleasant. read more