{"id":255933,"date":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255933\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","slug":"wegmans-announces-groundbreaking-date-for-first-pittsburgh-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255933\/","title":{"rendered":"Wegmans Announces Groundbreaking Date For First Pittsburgh Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Wegmans Food Markets has announced a groundbreaking date for the company&#8217;s first store in the Pittsburgh area. <\/p>\n<p> Wegmans said the groundbreaking will occur on Aug. 13 with a planned opening date set for fall 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subscribe\">\n  <a class=\"article-subscribe-link\" href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\/subscribe?utm_source=amp&amp;utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_medium=mobile&amp;utm_term=subscribe_in_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p> The 115,000 square foot Wegmans is being built on a 12-acre site on Cool Springs Drive next to the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. <\/p>\n<p> Tom Jeppi, the manager of the future Cranberry store, said that the company opened its first Pennsylvania store more than 30 years ago. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Since then, we&#8217;ve proudly grown our presence across the Commonwealth to 19 stores, building meaningful relationships with customers and communities along the way,&#8221; Jeppi said. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;As we prepare to open our first location in the Pittsburgh area, we look forward to becoming part of the community, developing local partnerships, and delivering the exceptional service and fresh, high-quality products Wegmans is known for.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The store will feature produce, seafood, meat, bakery, deli and cheese. There also will be large selection of beer and wine. as well as a market cafe that will include indoor and outdoor seating.<\/p>\n<p>The store will have approximately 450 employees.<\/p>\n<p>As it focuses on the Cranberry store, Wegmans <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\/wegmans-could-add-2nd-pittsburgh-store-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reportedly is eyeing a second Pittsburgh location<\/a> in the South Hills. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Wegmans Food Markets has announced a groundbreaking date for the company&#8217;s first store in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-255933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}