Wegmans 夏洛特首店开业日：Ballantyne 门店 11 万平方英尺、450 名员工迎客
GSM 10 月 11 日曾报道，夏洛特首家 Wegmans 门店定于 10 月 14 日开业、带来约 450 个岗位。10 月 14 日星期三上午 9 时，该店在 Ballantyne 社区正式开业，地址为 11550 North Community House Road，面积 110,000 平方英尺。
据 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 报道，这是 Wegmans 在北卡罗来纳州的第五家门店；该公司在该州的其他门店分别位于 Chapel Hill、Raleigh、West Cary 和 Wake Forest。该店距离综合开发项目 The Bowl at Ballantyne 不到半英里。Wegmans 与房地产公司 Northwood Office 合作落实该选址；2024 年计划公布时，Northwood 开发高级副总裁 Clifton Coble 表示社区需要一家更具体验感的杂货店。
Wegmans 的新闻稿称，Ballantyne 门店店长为 Patrick McGuinness，门店共有 450 名员工。店内设有生鲜、海鲜、肉类、烘焙、熟食和奶酪等部门，并提供即食和加热即食餐食。新闻稿称，行政主厨 Rich Lawson 及其团队负责的餐食包括寿司、披萨、鸡翅、热汤、沙拉和三明治，店内还设有亚洲风味餐食和自助咖啡站。
据 Democrat and Chronicle 报道，公司预计开业人流较大，允许顾客自 10 月 13 日星期二起在停车场过夜等候，并安排工作人员维持秩序，同时提供移动洗手间和洗手设施。Wegmans 新闻稿称，Ballantyne 团队已通过社区捐赠和赞助向当地邻里贡献超过 30,000 美元。
（资料来源：Rochester Democrat and Chronicle、Wegmans 新闻稿）
Wegmans' First Charlotte Store Opens in Ballantyne: 110,000 Square Feet, 450 Employees
GSM reported on October 11 that Charlotte's first Wegmans store was set to open on October 14 with about 450 jobs. The store opened in the Ballantyne neighborhood at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, at 11550 North Community House Road, covering 110,000 square feet.
According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, it is Wegmans' fifth location in North Carolina; the company's other stores in the state are in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, West Cary and Wake Forest. The store is less than a half-mile from The Bowl at Ballantyne, a mixed-use development. Wegmans worked with real estate firm Northwood Office to secure the location. When plans were announced in 2024, Clifton Coble, Northwood's senior vice president of development, said the community needed a more experiential grocery store.
In its press release, Wegmans said the Ballantyne store is led by Store Manager Patrick McGuinness and has a team of 450 employees. The store includes produce, seafood, meat, bakery, deli and cheese departments, along with ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat foods. The release said Executive Chef Rich Lawson and his culinary staff prepare foods including fresh sushi, pizza, wings, hot soup, salads and sandwiches, and that the store also offers Asian-inspired cuisine and a self-serve coffee station.
The Democrat and Chronicle reported that the company expected a large turnout and allowed overnight tailgating in the store's parking lot starting Tuesday, October 13, with staff to oversee the festivities and portable restrooms and handwashing stations provided. Wegmans said in its release that the Ballantyne team had already contributed over $30,000 to local neighbors through community donations and sponsorships.
(Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; Wegmans press release)
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