1. Channel: Grocery

FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Wegmans Brings Fresh Competition to Connecticut

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Wegmans yesterday opened its first store in Connecticut, and its 114th store overall.  I’m a little bit invested in this opening – the store is just three miles from my home, and about halfway to the original Stew Leonard’s, where I’ve been shopping regularly for more than four decades.  Talk about disruption!  So I decided to check out the new Wegmans, and found a store making a play in fresh foods, price and even convenience.  

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