BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Hiring and training are now underway for Wegmans Food Markets’ highly-anticipated expansion into New York City at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Located on Flushing Avenue in the Admirals Row development, the new store is scheduled to open this fall. Wegmans plans to employ approximately 500 people at the Brooklyn store, including 150 full-time positions. The majority of employees will be hired locally.

“Here at Wegmans, you drive your own development and the opportunities are truly what you make of them,” said Brooklyn store manager Kevin Cuff, who began working for Wegmans 21 years ago when he was 16 years old. “You are more than just a number. You are a family member who has a voice and an opportunity to do whatever it is you are passionate about.”

Wegmans’ status as a great place to work is widely recognized. In 2018, the family-owned company placed second on FORTUNE magazine’s list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work For.” The company has ranked highly on the list for 21 consecutive years. Employees cite an extensive array of benefits as the reason they chose Wegmans, including competitive pay and benefits packages, premium pay on Sundays and holidays, tuition assistance through the company’s employee scholarship program, and flexible scheduling.

Wegmans Brooklyn is a 74,000 square-foot supermarket, including a second-floor mezzanine with nearly 100 seats for the in-store market café. The mezzanine space also has a bar, serving food, wine, beer, and spirits. Wegmans stores have a European open-air market look and feel, offering an abundance of choice, the best ingredients, thousands of organic options, restaurant-quality prepared food, and consistent low prices.

In business since 1916, Wegmans now operates 98 stores in six states and has more than 48,000 employees chainwide. The company is set to open three locations in 2019, all in brand new markets: in Virginia Beach, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Brooklyn, New York.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a 98-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts.