Bakery. Cheese dept. Meat dept.
And on and on.
The founder Danny Wegman was a great guy. He did "undercover boss" before it was even a term. If he found something at one of his stores that made it hard on his employees, he changed it.
Posted on 02/17/2017 7:03:43 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Did a threat to boycott Wegmans over products with President Donald Trump's name backfire?
The Rochester-based grocery store chain came under fire this week for carrying Trump wines at its 10 Virginia locations. The bottles come from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Va., bought by Trump in 2011 and given to his son, Eric Trump.
The National Organization for Women and other critics encouraged shoppers to take their business elsewhere, despite Wegmans' cult following and positive reputation. "Let's demonstrate through economic action that the residents and businesses of Charlottesville will not stand for the hatred espoused by Eric Trump and those like him," the protest group Stop Trump Wine said.
However, the attention may have encouraged Trump supporters to buy more of the wines.
"As of late yesterday, we had sold out many varieties in our (Virginia) stores, and in some cases, all varieties," Jo Natale, vice president of media relations for Wegmans (said)
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Bakery. Cheese dept. Meat dept.
And on and on.
The founder Danny Wegman was a great guy. He did "undercover boss" before it was even a term. If he found something at one of his stores that made it hard on his employees, he changed it.
When the Cumberland River over flowed and flooded Nashville, Paisley and many other Country and Western Stars held benefit concerts. Dolly held a big one for Pigeon Forge Fire plus donating millions.
Memphis had the same flooding problem, the black blues/jazz musicians sat on their butts and screamed for fed help.
The entire East side of the Millington, TN Navy Base flooded out, Exchange, Commissary, service bldgs, and housing, plus a lot of the city, we rolled up our sleeves and went to work. 1 lone FEMA bus. Military did some clean up, but called in the big buses of Serve Pro to do the major stuff.
I’ll stick with a malbec vintage that everybody I have over seems to like. Far before he was so controversial, I received a few of DT’s ties and they are the only ones I received complements on. I can’t find them either.
I see the DU thread was started by an Ithacan. Why am I not surprised? In any event I clicked on their supposed source and it was a 404 file not found.
The people have spoken . . . again.
Buycott! Bwah hah hah!!!
I suppose those same Democrats would praise the Clinton Foundation to high heaven... despite the fact that it was never more than a thinly disguised money laundering scheme.
Nice pics. What a beautiful store!
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