The Wait Is Over: Natick Wegmans Opens This Weekend

NATICK, MA—It's finally here, and we know a lot of you are excited.

The innovative, multi-level Wegmans Food Market is opening at 7 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, at Natick Mall.

“This store is a unique space that looks unlike anything we’ve done before. Every decision was made with our customers in mind,” said Store Manager Rich Boscia in a statement.

Spanning two levels, each with direct access to the mall, the 146,500 square-foot Natick location is among the family-owned company’s largest stores, according to the release. Its bright central atrium features a cart conveyer system with an adjacent escalator for customers to navigate between floors. The spacious layout offers an abundant selection – nearly 70,000 items in all, more than 3,000 of which are organic.

On the second level is the The Burger Bar and Buzz Coffee Shop, an incredible variety of restaurant-quality prepared foods with ample seating, fresh produce, bakery, seafood, meat, cheese, deli, and charcuterie, catering, and a floral shop. Blue Dalia Restaurant & Tequila Bar opens there on Friday, May 4. The ground level encompasses natural foods, grocery, dairy, bulk, and frozen items, along with health and wellness, home and entertaining, and an unmatched selection of wine, liquor, and beer.

For the Natick store, 550 employees have been hired, or will be.

“We’ve brought together a terrific team, and we’re still hiring for available full- and part-time opportunities,” says Boscia. In preparation for the opening, new employees have been training for up to six months at other Wegmans stores in Massachusetts.

Customers can visit www.wegmans.com/natick to sign up for a Wegmans Shoppers Club card and download the Wegmans app, which offers recipes, digital coupons, and the ability to create shopping lists sorted by aisle. Wegmans deliveries by Instacart begin May 2 at the Natick store.

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