Time to celery-brate!
Lengthy Island’s first-ever Wegmans is slated to open subsequent week — and Suffolk County residents can’t romaine calm.
The 101,000-square-foot grocery retailer is slated to open close to the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove on Feb. 26 at 9 a.m.
“WEGGS IS MY ENTIRE LIFE,” one enthused native posted to X. “I USED TO DRIVE 2 HOURS INTO JERSEY JUST GET IT.”
One other ecstatic Lengthy Islander quipped that the brand new grocery store is all he and his spouse can take into consideration — aside from their daughter.
Others joked about desirous to take a date to the beloved chain.
“Simply wanna go to Lengthy Islands first Wegmans with you smh,” an X quipped.
“I can’t WAIT for our Wegmans to open near me!” a Suffolk Wegmans stan additionally posted.
One other future buyer expressed heartfelt gratitude for “coming to Lengthy Island.”
The Rochester-based grocery chain — which had Manhattainites ready outdoors at 4 a.m. for the revealing of its first-ever Huge Apple flagship location in 2023 — boasted it’s model new location will carry 500 jobs to the island.
“We now have been actively hiring and coaching new workers and are looking for extra enthusiastic candidates to finish our group earlier than opening day,” retailer supervisor Daybreak Cooper mentioned of the shop, which can open at 3270 Center Nation Street.
It took about three years to get Lengthy Island’s first Wegman’s able to debut, News12 reported.
The Lake Grove web site “will characteristic all the normal departments Wegmans clients have come to know and love,” based on the grocery retailer.
This can embrace restaurant-style pizza, sushi, sandwiches, salads, and extra prototypical deli, seafood, and produce sections.
“I’m dying to see what the hype is about,” a potential future fan wrote on-line.
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