Williamsport Wegmans

     Have you ever been to a grocery store where you could get whatever you could imagine, have great customer service, and feel like you'll want to come back? Welcome to Wegmans, where the variety spans from your traditional American foods to a selection of Latino foods, to Chinese foods. This store has so many options to chose from so many that you'll need to make multiple trips to try them all. Whether you are craving a salad selected from the large variety of crisp heads of lettuce or want a warm meal fresh from the buffets, you can have both. Even if you don't get either of those options the store has many more things to chose from. As you go down the isles, you'll be amazed at the wide selection to grab and pick. From anything you could think of for personal care and supplies to your coffees, your candies, your baking needs, the list goes on and on. When you start from the entrance everywhere around you are employees and managers willing and able to help you with whatever questions you have, and they'll even help you walk around the store and help find all the groceries you need. As you enter from the front you'll hear the sounds of carts being pushed, smell the fresh bread/bakery items being made in store, the delicious fresh smell of pizzas and subs being made, and the beeping of the cashiers checking out other customers. The second you walk in you are hit with all of these senses and are immediately hooked to want to explore the store. 

Wegman's Sign 

     The café/hot food area of the stores always has the best smells and options. The choices from a Chinese style buffet with rice, eggrolls, lo miens, and two kinds of chicken, there is plenty to chose from. On the other side of the buffet is a wing bar with a special deal right now with a 2$ off per pound for limited time only. This side offers a variety of 3 wings flavors varying on the day, mozzarella sticks, and chicken tenders. So between just these 2 options in the café are you are able to get 2 different kinds of filling meals. With the rest of the café offering even more option from a build your own sub/sandwich station, a pizza stand, and sushi the variety and combinations you can get are vast and large. Also in this area is a catering/party pickup area for when you      need to pick up party packs of subs and wings or if you want to cater for a party or event. As you are walking through this part of the store you are going to be hit with the amazing smells of all the different options. Fresh pizzas and pizza dough being made, smells of Chinese foods, the sweet and salty smells of sushi being created, and the different cold and warm sandwiches and subs being created to liking. If you aren't looking to spend a fortune here its recommended to not come hungry.

Cafe/Hot Area

    If you aren't interested in hot meals or prepared foods, then the fresh section in the middle of the store is the best option for you. The cold area has all kinds of meats, fresh vegetables, and ripe fruits. This section has a large amount of 3 of these options. Daily brought in fruits from all around the country, fresh oranges, locally grown apples, and transported melons. When walking around this section, you'll see that all of the fruits that need to be maintained cold have their own storage with a fridge running to keep them cold. Moving towards the fresh vegetables, these also have their own area to keep refrigerated. They have sprinklers running on a timer that always keep them cold and fresh, when exploring the store and a question arises in your brain, you can simply walk up to one the workers and ask. "Could you help me find the fresh tomatoes?" The worker responds "Of course follow me!" As you and the worker are walking towards the fresh tomatoes, he says to you "It's kind of funny you ask me where the tomatoes are because, one time a customer asked me where they were and it was my first week of working here and I didn't know where they were. So I ended up taking them on a goose chase around the produce section until we found them." 

Fresh Produce

    Once you are done wandering the store for what groceries you needed. You head toward the checkout lines choosing between a normal register or self-checkout. Either option you choose you'll be greeted with a smile and energetic employee. The first thing said to you as you get in line is "Hello, how are you today." Depending on how you answer will determine whether you get the full customer service or not. If you don't respond, then the cashier will go through the motions of asking if you'd like any bags or if you have your own bags. Then they will start to scan your items and bag them. If you answer back with "I'm doing good, how are you today?" Then you and the cashier will have a conversation back and forth talking about whatever you talk about. You bring up the fact that the customer service is amazing at this store and the cashier responds with "Whenever you shop here you get our best, but sometimes when people are in a rush or not willing to talk it makes it hard for us to give them our best." Answering back with "How would people not want to have a smile here, everyone is so nice and cheerful." The cashier quickly says, "Some people are just not cheerful people or always in a talkative mood that day." As your items start to dwindle on the belt and placed back into your cart you prepare to pay for the items. When you are all done with this you are reminded from the cashier to have a good day and you respond back with "Thank you, you have a good day as well!"

As you are walking out and reflecting on your trip to Wegman's you are thinking to yourself "Wow what an amazing store and great time that I had." You walk back to your car and load up your groceries and walk back your cart, you are greeted with another worker that is pulling in carts saying, "I'll grab that cart for you." "Thank you very much." you answer back and walk away. You hop in your car and drive away with a wonderful experience. 

Self-checkout/registers