Wegmans Announces Release of its 2025 Impact Report

Rochester, NY – Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has released its 2025 Impact Report, sharing the various ways the company makes a difference for its customers, communities, and employees. The report is available at https://www.wegmans.com/impact-report.

Highlights include:
Economic Impact: Wegmans operates 114 stores across nine states and the District of Columbia, impacting communities from Rochester, New York to Raleigh, North Carolina.

Local Jobs and Partnerships: Wegmans employs over 55,000 people companywide and opened three new stores in 2025, creating approximately 1,400 permanent jobs and hundreds of temporary construction positions. The company sources products from 400 family farms and local suppliers to provide customers with a variety of local goods including produce, meat, and cheeses. 

Significant reinvestment in stores: The company invests approximately $100 million annually in roughly 700 store upgrade projects.

Hometown Support: In Rochester, NY, Wegmans employs over 11,000 people and has invested over $160 million in education, development, and workforce training programs since 1982. Wegmans Work Scholarship program boasts a nearly 100% graduation rate with over 5,000 participants since 1987.

Community Giving: Wegmans contributed $96.3 million to its communities in 2025 through corporate gifts and 36.8 million pounds of food donations, employee donations, and customer scan campaigns.

Feeding it Forward: Through customer support and in-store donations, Wegmans donates over 30 million meals to local neighbors each year. In 2025, the annual Check Out Hunger campaign raised nearly $3.1 million.

Employee Volunteerism: In 2025, Wegmans employees responded to more than 30,500 donation requests and volunteered over 10,500 hours to support food banks and community organizations. 

Sustainability: Wegmans is committed to “Do More Good” for people, the planet, and the long-term prosperity of every community.

10 Years of Zero Waste Progress: Wegmans’ Zero Waste initiative began in 2016 as a single store pilot with a goal of diverting waste from landfills through food donations, composting, and recycling. The program rolled out companywide by 2021 and achieved an average companywide recycling rate of nearly 89% in 2025. 

Progress Through Partnerships: Wegmans collaborates with partners like Natural Upcycling to convert food waste into valuable resources and with CRDC Materials to recycle agricultural plastics into concrete block ingredients, enhancing waste diversion efforts. 

Our People: Wegmans employee-first approach fosters a supportive and inclusive workplace that encourages learning, growth, and belonging.

Helping Employees to Learn and Grow: In 2025, more than 2,300 Wegmans employees advanced through the company’s development programs. Annually, approximately 25% of employees participate in one of Wegmans various growth programs including work mentorship, internships, leadership training, and scholarships.

Employee engagement and recognition: In 2025, the company hosted over 400 employee focus groups, engaging over 4,800 participants across the company. Wegmans was ranked #1 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Retail list for the 10th consecutive year and was ranked as a top workplace by Great Place To Work? and Fortune. 

From supporting hometown initiatives and feeding local families to fostering an inclusive workplace and advancing zero waste efforts, Wegmans continued to make a difference in 2025.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 114 stores located along the east coast. The family company, recognized as an industry leader and innovator, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016. Wegmans has been named one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For?’ by Fortune? for 29 consecutive years, ranking #5 in 2026.