Opening Date Set for Wegmans at Hilltop Village Center

For those of you who have been following the progress of Wegmans and wondering when it’s going to open, the wait is over: An opening date has been set.

Wegmans Food Markets is scheduled to open Sunday, June 14 at 7 a.m., according to a news release from the company.

The company’s seventh store in Virginia is part of Hilltop Village Center, a retail and office complex located at Telegraph Road and Beulah Street.

Know someone looking for a job? The company is hiring 300 part-time positions including everything from culinary professionals to customer service representatives. Recruitment and training for full-time positions started in October and is ongoing. In total, the store will employ 550 people, 500 of whom will be new to the company and hired locally.

“Though the opening is months away, we’re training our team now so that they receive some of the most in-depth culinary, customer service, and product education in the industry,” said Store Manager Mike Dempsey. “Come June 14, we’ll open the doors eager to offer incredible customer service to all of Alexandria.”

Applicants may apply online at www.wegmans.com/careers or call 1-877-WEGMANS (934-6267) for more information. Interviews are conducted by appointment only and applications are neither available nor accepted at the construction site.

“Wegmans offers flexible scheduling, competitive pay and benefits, and a fun, family atmosphere,” said Heather Gole, Wegmans Human Resources Manager for Virginia. “We’re also proudly celebrating 30 years of the Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program, which has awarded college tuition assistance to more than 30,000 part-time and full-time employees totaling $95 million.”

Rochester, NY-based Wegmans Food Markets is known for customer service and restaurant-quality prepared foods.

The 126,000 square-foot Alexandria store will be the first in the state to feature a full-service restaurant called The Pub by Wegmans. The company plans to open additional Virginia stores in the future including Chantilly, Charlottesville, and two locations in the Greater Richmond area.

PHOTO courtesy of Wegmans; note to readers: this is not the Hilltop store