Wegmans is one step closer to opening its first location in the Pittsburgh area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to public records, the company that owns the grocery store chain officially closed the deal to buy the land for its proposed location in Cranberry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new grocery store is going to be on Cool Springs Drive near the Pittsburgh Penguins’ practice facility, the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s expected to employ between 400 and 500 people, and if all goes to plan, the Wegmans will open in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wegmans to open first location in the Pittsburgh area<\/p>\n
About two years ago, reports surfaced<\/a>\u00a0that Wegmans was eyeing Butler County as the site for its first Pittsburgh location.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the time, Wegmans had 19 locations in Pennsylvania, mainly in Erie and State College, but none in the Pittsburgh area.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I would love it. Wegmans is a wonderful store. I’m familiar with them from Erie, Pennsylvania, and State College, Pennsylvania,” said Susan Piper from Warrendale when asked about the grocery chain potentially expanding to the Pittsburgh area.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, in early 2025, it became official<\/a>\u00a0that Wegmans would open its first Pittsburgh location.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The timing just was right, and I think as customers from the eastern part of the state, they migrate to the west and so and so forth, there’s a lot of people that have experience with Wegmans, so there was any time that we could go there,” said Gary Fechter, Wegmans store operations regional manager for Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n In August 2025, Wegmans was granted final approval<\/a>\u00a0to begin building the Cranberry Township location.<\/p>\n