Wegman history

Wegmans also became the third chain in the country to use electronic cash registers when it installed an optical scanner system in a Rochester store in 1972.

In 1973, Robert Wegman capitalized on the growing demand for do-it-yourself home improvement products, opening his Home Improvement Center next to one of its Rochester groceries.

1974: Company acquires Bilt-Rite Chase-Pitkin building and garden supply stores.

Robert Wegman's son Danny assumed the presidency of Wegmans in 1976.

The first Wegmans market in the Buffalo area opens in January 1977.

In 1983 Wegmans became one of the first chains to install automated teller machines connected to local banks.

Other developments included the 1986 establishment of the Wegmans Federal Credit Union for company employees.

In 1987, Fortune magazine named Wegmans the best United States supermarket in terms of customer service.

1990—Wegmans establishes an Employee Assistance Program to provide counseling and referral services for employees and their families.

Wegmans won the Attorney General's lawsuit, and the item pricing law in question subsequently expired in 1991.

By 1993, the largest Wegmans stores were 120,000 square feet, three times the size of the "mall-in-a-store" facilities established 20 years earlier.

Instead, the chain moved into the New Jersey market, opening a store in West Windsor Township just south of Princeton in 1999.

According to customers, in a 2000 Consumer Reports survey of supermarket chains, Wegmans ranked second.

2003—Wegmans introduces the Eat Well, Live Well philosophy and various wellness programs for employees.

2008—Wegmans introduces free employee health screenings.

2010—The Wegmans Management Intern Program for college students celebrates 15 years.

2012—Wegmans ranks #4 on the Greatist.com list of Healthiest Companies to Work For.

Nearly a century later, the closely held grocery empire is still in Rochester and still run by the family, with revenues of $6.8 billion in 2014.

2015—Wegmans ranks #1 for Corporate Reputation among the 100 "most visible companies" nationwide in the Harris Poll Reputation Quotient® study.