With only three days until the opening of its second and largest store in the Richmond market, Wegmans in Short Pump was abuzz with activityon Thursday. Hundreds of employees attended a spirited rally, met Wegmans’ founders who flew in from the company’s headquarters in Rochester, N. Y., and put last-minutes touches on the 120,000-square-foot store.
The upscale store, decorated with white and gold balloons celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary,opens Sunday at 7 a.m. It’s located in the West Broad Marketplace shopping center on West Broad Street,
near North Gayton Road in western Henrico County.
Valerie Fox, media relations coordinator for Wegmans, says the company expects a big turnout, similar to the 24,000 people who packedthe Midlothian store on its opening day in May. “We had 2,200 people standing in line when we opened,” she said.
