[5] As of late 2024, Wegmans had 111 stores in eight states (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware) and the District of Columbia.

[15] Originally starting as a produce cart, the first store opened in 1917 at 72 West Main St. in Rochester, New York.

During his life, Robert Wegman was a pioneer in the retail food business, as well as a generous donor to educational institutions and other charities.

[29] As a part of the company's continued expansion efforts, Wegmans opened its fifth Maryland location in Columbia on June 17, 2012.

[32][33] Wegmans, having long planned to expand into New England,[34][35] opened its first store in that region in Northborough, Massachusetts, on October 16, 2011.

[36][37] 2014 saw Wegmans opening two more Massachusetts stores, in Newton, Chestnut Hill, on April 27,[38] and in Burlington on October 26.

[41] In late 2016, Wegmans opened Virginia stores in Short Pump (August),[42] Midlothian,[42] and Charlottesville (November).

[46] The chain's first location in New York City, at Admiral's Row in Brooklyn's Navy Yard, opened on October 27, 2019.

Six other locations are in the works, including Holly Springs, North Carolina; Norwalk, Connecticut, the chain's first location in that state; Rockville, Maryland; Yardley, Pennsylvania; Manhattan on Astor Place; and Lake Grove, New York, the chain's first store on Long Island.

[48][49][50][51][52][53] Wegmans scrapped plans to build new stores in Annapolis, Maryland; Middletown, New Jersey; Arcola, Virginia; and Cary, North Carolina.

[60] On April 15, 2024, Wegmans announced that they will open their first store in Charlotte, North Carolina, located in the Ballantyne neighborhood, in 2026.

On October 4, 2005, Wegmans announced that it would close all Chase-Pitkin stores by early 2006[63] and focus on its supermarket operations.

[67] In 2009, Stores Magazine showed it to be the 74th-largest retailer in the United States with estimated revenues of $4.67 billion.

From 2002 to 2009, Wegmans owned and operated Tastings, a full-service restaurant at its Pittsford, New York, store.

[72][73] This business model has been replicated at three other New York Wegmans locations: in Buffalo, DeWitt, and Johnson City.

"[77] Wegmans offers a pick-up service called "Personal Shopping" at selected locations.

[79] In February 2020, Wegmans announced that its Brooklyn store would offer grocery delivery to Manhattan residents as an expansion to its Instacart partnership.

[81] In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Wegmans began limiting the number of people in its stores, provided its employees with masks, and installed plexiglass shields at all checkout areas.

The "Shoppers Club" program frequently discounts Wegmans brand products to prices that are lower than their name-brand counterparts.

In 1992, it began another line of products, "Food You Feel Good About", which contain no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.

The next sub-brand to be launched was Italian Classics in 1995, which introduced pastas, canned tomatoes, and olive oils imported from Italy.

The sitcom is set in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which has a Wegmans store, although the series was filmed in suburban Los Angeles.