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According to Fortune Magazine, Wegmans was named “best workplaces in retail” in the large business category. Some of the reasons it won the title include an internal job posting program, employees having access to promotions, and flexible scheduling. Wegmans also earned acclaim for flex scheduling which allows employees to change availability and manage shift changes to […]

Some numbers are coming in from over the Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend. According to MasterCard, online sales from Black Friday were up 10% this year.  And now that many stores have reopened, in-store sales took a huge jump as well. MasterCard says in-store sales went up by 43%. Analysts for the company say the increase […]

It may only be mid-November, but tis’ the season for all the holiday shopping. At places such as Eastview mall, holiday shopping is in full swing. Eastview Mall general manager Mike Kauffman stated: “October was a really good month for us typically October is kind of a slow month but what we have seen with […]

If your grocery bill is higher than normal, it is probably because key household items have been rising in price by about 3.5% percent.  This has been going on for about 12 months and includes products like cereal, dairy, meats and eggs. Patrick Penfield, a Professor of Supply Chain Practices at Syracuse University, was quoted […]

Local grocery stores are gearing up for the second wave of coronavirus as winter creeps closer. When COVID-19 first hit, people were lining up outside of the stores, hoping to get in and stock up on essentials like disinfectants and toilet paper. After the peak, when things began to calm down, shelves began filling back […]

If you receive SNAP benefits you may be able to use them to shop online for good very soon. Legislation passed the bill in late July and now only needs Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign it into law. The bill “authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries in accordance […]

Some of the anchor stores at Eastview Mall opened on June 2 in accordance with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s phase 2 re opening plan. While the rest of the mall is still closed due to the the COVID-19 pandemic, certain stores that have external entrances, such as Von Maur, Old Navy and Macys are open for […]

According to Dr. Emily Landon, a hospital epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist at University of Chicago Medicine, the best way to calculate the risk of transmission when interacting with others is to  “Always choose outdoors over indoor, always choose masking over not masking and always choose more space for fewer people over a smaller space.” Experts agree that […]

Walmart has changed the way you enter and exit the stores. There is only one side open with way to enter and one way to exit. Wegmans has also implemented stricter social distancing policies for customers while inside their stores. So be mindful when you go out the way you shop has changed again. The […]

The coronavirus has made it hard for seniors to go shopping. In some situations, items are gone by the time they or anyone else gets there. Tops just announced they will have special hours for people 60 and older on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6am to 7:30am. Dollar General and Target have both jumped in […]