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[quote=Anonymous]DC Wegmans is a city Wegmans, so it does have less selection and more of an emphasis on Wegman's products... but wegman's products are REALLY good.

If you go out to the big Wegman's in Fairfax, it has everything under the sun, like wiht pasta—it will have every American and major Italian brand, fresh, frozen, dried, etc. but the DC one, will have Barelli, and the Wegman's house brand. But the Wegman's house brand is incredible.

So, yeah, it doesn't have the broadest selection of products, but the products it has are generally the best.

It DOES get runs on stuff, so for example, broccoli, but the staff are extremely well-paid—Wegman's makes a big thing about paying their employees a living wage—so the guy you see frantically restocking in the produce section, is probably a longtime employee and if you snag him and ask about broccoli, he will probably be desperately happy to run to the back and get a new box and bring it out. They make me uncomfortable with their level of willingness to please.

And when you go to the meat section and the fish section—those are actual butchers and fishmongers. They're people who get up everyday and go to work in the fish section—if you pick a whole fish, they scale and clean it for you. If you ask a question about what's freshest, they'll tell you. If you're unsure of what to choose to feed 8, they'll give you a recommendation. Same with the butcher—if they don't have a cut of meat, they'll hook you up.

Also, the quality of the food is so much higher than giant where there is no fresh fish (just frozen and previously frozen) and some minimum wage dope who can't tell you anything. I gave up buying chicken at Giant and Safeway because it's often rancid when you open it at home—I complained and they just shrug and give you a refund. Wegman's doesn't sell stuff like that.

I love the bakery too—Giant just has someone opening bags of pre-made dough and popping it in the oven, and open boxes of donuts. Wegman's has people who are in early in the morning fresh baking the whole range.

No comparison. [/quote]

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