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Raleigh may just wind up being the battleground where the apocalyptic battle takes place: Publix vs Wegmans. Forumers, if you're pondering a move to the triangle, now is the time: if you don't get here soon, you may miss out on your front row seat to the Greatest Event Ever of All Time (tm)
Raleigh may just wind up being the battleground where the apocalyptic battle takes place: Publix vs Wegmans. Forumers, if you're pondering a move to the triangle, now is the time: if you don't get here soon, you may miss out on your front row seat to the Greatest Event Ever of All Time (tm)
While that is true, are there any markets where Publix and Wegmans compete head to head?
Nope, none. And I doubt there ever will be. Publix only recently expanded into North Carolina, and it will be a long time before they expand further North than that. Publix excels in the South.
But no matter how many people love Wegman's, it's obvious that Publix would win out if both were in the Triangle. Publix is committed to the the area and will be opening up many stores. How many would Wegman's open? A couple at the most? This is the same reason Whole Foods and Trader Joe's aren't really competition for Publix in areas where they have stores in numbers.
Nope, none. And I doubt there ever will be. Publix only recently expanded into North Carolina, and it will be a long time before they expand further North than that. Publix excels in the South.
But no matter how many people love Wegman's, it's obvious that Publix would win out if both were in the Triangle. Publix is committed to the the area and will be opening up many stores. How many would Wegman's open? A couple at the most? This is the same reason Whole Foods and Trader Joe's aren't really competition for Publix in areas where they have stores in numbers.
Besides both, Wegmans and Publix, being consistently ranked as some of the best grocery/supermarket companies in the US, it's kind of hard to compare the two side by side, when Wegmans has only 85 or so stores and only opens 3 a year, while Publix has 1,100 stores, 13 times more!
Wegmans has about 44,000 employees and family-owned, while Publix has 168,500 employees and employee-owned. The one fact I do find interesting, and I stated this in the Publix #2 thread, is that Publix has a little over 4x the revenue as Wegmans, but 13x as many stores.
It would be interesting to see the two go head to head since they are going after the same sort of people, too bad they couldn't build them side by side in the area and see them duke it out.
And PDF I wouldn't necessarily say Publix would win out, sure they are already here and will have x amount of stores before Wegmans arrives, but I think you're underestimating all of the Northeast transplants here that grew up with Wegmans.
Nope, none. And I doubt there ever will be. Publix only recently expanded into North Carolina, and it will be a long time before they expand further North than that. Publix excels in the South.
But no matter how many people love Wegman's, it's obvious that Publix would win out if both were in the Triangle. Publix is committed to the the area and will be opening up many stores. How many would Wegman's open? A couple at the most? This is the same reason Whole Foods and Trader Joe's aren't really competition for Publix in areas where they have stores in numbers.
How so? They are on different levels. Publix may attempt to saturate an area but it's no different than Harris Teeter or even Lowes. I'd bet that Wegmans would pull people in from farther areas than Publix would. Maybe Publix is different elsewhere, but the one here that is 2 miles from my house has earned approx. $4.47 of my money. That's for 3 loaves of Cuban bread on 3 separate trips since they've opened. To me their bread stands out as a differentiator from the local market, but that's about it. Fresh market beats them out on fresh meats and produce.
Regardless, I'm happy that Publix is here. While I don't shop there it is nice to have that option.
How so? They are on different levels. Publix may attempt to saturate an area but it's no different than Harris Teeter or even Lowes. I'd bet that Wegmans would pull people in from farther areas than Publix would. Maybe Publix is different elsewhere, but the one here that is 2 miles from my house has earned approx. $4.47 of my money. That's for 3 loaves of Cuban bread on 3 separate trips since they've opened. To me their bread stands out as a differentiator from the local market, but that's about it. Fresh market beats them out on fresh meats and produce.
Regardless, I'm happy that Publix is here. While I don't shop there it is nice to have that option.
Perhaps you're right. And this is something new for Publix, entering NC that is. So we'll have to see how it plays out.
Family members recently repeated that Wegmans has no intention of expanding farther south than MD and VA, adding that theirs is a business whose focus will remain in the northeast.
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