Wegmans In The Workplace

Wegmans seeks to empower its employees to take control of their own decisions within the workplace, allowing for personal growth. Wegmans unrivaled success relies on employee commitment and encouraging an empowered and knowledgeable staff. “With little prompting, the employee may launch into exhaustive but friendly accounts of where the meat, fish or produce they sell hails from, what each item tastes like, and how best to prepare it” (Rohde, 2012, para. 10).

According to Gallo (2013), “employees want more than a paycheck, they want meaning” (para. 7). Wegmans believes in investing in the professional development of employees and spends about $7,000 to train each employee (Stevenson, 2018, p. 35). Currently, Wegmans is the only grocery

At present, there is no other chain supermarket that can compete with Wegmans. The interior of each Wegmans’ store is equivalent to 8-10 other supermarkets. According to Ferdman (2015), “The produce department by itself in Wegmans’ stores is twice as big as the total supermarket store volume of its average competitors in the U.S.” (para. 7). One thing that sets Wegmans apart from its average competitors is its 360-degree competition. For example, “Wegmans can compete with Whole Foods, because its produce is some of the freshest in the business; it can compete with Trader Joes, because its prices are some of the most reasonable; and it can complete with Wal-Mart” (Ferdman, 2015, para. 8). This presents Wegmans a broad range of

“Wegmans has a food bar and prepared food section, much like Whole Foods’, ample sampling opportunities, like Costco, and customer service that rivals Trader Joes” (Ferdman, 2015, para. 17). Is it any wonder why the smaller supermarkets see Wegmans as a tough competition? Wegmans was ahead of its time on so many levels before its competition was even thinking about such improvements. Wegmans capability to offer quantity, quality, price point, consistency, and experience to its customers at the same place were its employees are undeniably happy; makes the Wegmans truly