u/woodchukka

I’m in the Rochester NY / Southern Tier area - I live about 45 miles south of Rochester and the lowest cost I am able to find is Tractor Supply in Dansville at $7.49 for a 40lb bag

So Benjy has worked for the show for 26 years..? He was hired in 2000…? So during the firings, everyone was offered one weeks check for every year they worked - so Benjy gets 6 months of salary and it’s not even all up front

How does the pelican and horse face sleep at night knowing this is how they’re treating the people who literally carried them to where they’re at this way

How does staff like Richard and Sal and anyone else that’s left still work for a guy and organization like Howard and Sirius - it’s beyond sickening that his staff have put up with what he and the show have become

Howard has become a complete and utter monster - it’s supposed to be “No. More. Bullshit.” and not “No, more bullshit.”

I’ll admit this though to not be a hypocrite - I do enjoy their produce and their deli as well as some of their premade food - but overall I really can’t stand giving Wegmans my money - I grew up in Rochester / East Irondequoit so Wegmans has been a part of my whole life but by 2025 and into 2026 I have felt such distain when trying to shop around in any Wegmans store - the constant floor patterns shifting and changing and the continual intended lack of flow to keep you in the store to put more stuff in your cart has so jumped the shark and is completely annoying - the premade food, the deli, the bakery, and some premade foods are the only things I give my money to Wegmans for - I’d so rather go into a Tops Friendly Markets any day of the week for general grocery store shopping; I feel like Wegmans was at it’s absolute peak from 2005-2010 and it’s done nothing but go downhill in the last 15+ years - their own branded stuff and the quality of their “made in store” food hasn’t been as good as it used to be, my brother used to work in the worry in Canandaigua ages ago and he was telling me recently that all their ‘in store food’ is basically made at their warehouses nowadays and many I talk agree that Wegmans is not as good as it used to be…. back in the days of when Alec Baldwin did Wegmans commercials is when the stores really were great - back in the days of $6 meals and $8 meals - back then their sushi was great and the prices were actually competitive - nowadays it’s turned into a massive corporate cesspool with barely any employees that say hello to you - and forget the front end leadership - they’re such elitists and so hyper focused on their work they can’t step out of their own forced work zone for a split second to smile and greet people - a lot changed after Bob Wegman died, I’m sure if he could see that they’ve become a multi billion dollar company he’d be proud but what the stores have become don’t seem to be aligned with what his vision once was…. This rant was lengthy and I don’t want to be overly negative, I just don’t think the stores nor the company align with the hype that once existed about them and I find that to be really quite sad…. Maybe someday we’ll see it change but I won’t hold my breath - u til then they’ll only get my money from those 3/4 departments I sometimes don’t mind walking into…..