Wegmans To Open In Lake Grove This Week, Marking 1st LI Location

LAKE GROVE, NY — Wegmans of Lake Grove is set to open at 9 a.m. Wednesday, the store announced. It will mark the opening of Long Island's first Wegmans.

The food market, located at 3270 Middle Country Road, will operate regularly from 6 a.m. to midnight following its opening. The store is 100,000 square-feet.

Wegmans of Lake Grove will offer an abundant selection of ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat restaurant foods prepared by Executive Chef Nick Lizo and his culinary staff. Food options include everything from fresh sushi, pizza, and wings, to hot soup, freshly made salads, and sandwiches.

Customers can enjoy Asian-inspired cuisine, a self-serve coffee station featuring Wegmans’ signature coffee, hot cocoa, and espresso drinks, and packaged, ready-to-go entrees and sides.

The seafood department features fish sourced daily from fishing families on the East Coast, across the country, and around the world.

The store also features a produce section with hundreds of different fruits and vegetables, including many organic choices, and a cheese shop that has specialty and artisan cheeses produced domestically or imported from around the world.

Customers can click here to sign up for Wegmans Shoppers Club and download the Wegmans app, which offers recipes, digital coupons, and the ability to create shopping lists sorted by aisle. The Wegmans website and app also allow customers to complete all their grocery shopping online for curbside pickup or delivery to their door in as little as one hour.

The Wednesday opening date has remained consistent with what Wegmans announced months ago.

The Suffolk County Police Department issued a travel advisory for motorists ahead of the Wegmans opening.

"Large crowds are expected around the area of Wegmans, located at 3270 Middle Country Road, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.," the department wrote. "Motorists should expect an increase in traffic on Middle Country Road, Alexander Avenue, New Moriches Road, and Hallock Road. Motorists not attending the opening should use alternate roads in the area."

The Wegmans in Lake Grove may not be the only location for long.

Wegmans is planning to eventually have three or four locations on Long Island, and the company is pursuing sites and properties that can accommodate its 100,000-square-foot supermarkets, brokers said, Long Island Business News reported. Real estate sources told LIBN that Wegmans expressed interest in the Garden City/Westbury market area that it could redevelop.

Lake Grove is Wegmans’ 112th store overall and the first on Long Island. The Lake Grove team has already contributed more than $30K to its local neighbors through community donations and sponsorships. Learn more about how they’re making a difference here.

Wegmans states that it offers benefits to both full and part-time employees. Employees also receive opportunities for career development and growth, as well as tuition assistance through the company’s employee scholarship program, the store said.

Founded in 1984, the Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program awards tuition assistance to employees who meet specific academic, employment and work-performance criteria. Part-time workers can receive up to $1,500 per year and full-time workers up to $2,200 per year for four years, with no restrictions on the course of study or post-college career path.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 111 stores located along the East coast. The family company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016.