On October 12, 2009
Wegman’s Plans A Pair of Pubs as It Tests Full-Service Restaurants
Wegmans is going into the bar business with not one but two versions of The Pub, a combination restaurant and watering hole it has launched in its just-opened supermarket in Collegeville, Pa. Jo Natale, a company spokesperson, told Bnet that another Wegmans unit, currently being readied in the Pennsylvania town of Malvern, also will include The Pub. Natale said the decision to test a restaurant concept came in part because Wegmans already held a liquor license in the Keystone State, which is necessary due to complex laws touching on adult beverages. Most smaller beer purchases in Pennsylvania, for example, have traditionally been done in bars that mount coolers for the trade. Wegmans has, of course, been involved with foodservice for…
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