So, being the big Wegmans whore that I am, I had to share this article I found on Yahoo this morning.
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By BEN DOBBIN, Associated Press Writer
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Wegmans Food Markets, a grocery chain whose motto is "employees first, customers second," topped Fortune's eighth annual list of the best 100 companies to work for in America, the magazine said Monday.
The 89-year-old, family-owned business credited with helping pioneer "one-stop shopping," scored high marks on employee surveys of job satisfaction and communication with management, among the biggest factors in determining the list.
Runner-up was Gore-Tex fabric maker W.L. Gore of Newark, Del., followed by Republic Bancorp, a mortgage banker in Ann Arbor, Mich., biotechnology giant Genentech Inc. of South San Francisco, Calif., and Xilinx Inc., a chip-maker in San Jose, Calif.
Above-average employee satisfaction has been a lifelong goal, said Robert Wegman, the 86-year-old company chairman, who led the company to $3.4 billion in sales last year. "I've been aiming for that for 54 years and it's taken a long while to hit the target but I've finally got there," he said. "It's hard for me to walk through a store without customers stopping me and saying, `Mr. Wegman, you've got a great store but, wow, are your people something else.'"
At Wegmans' 67 emporiums in four states, 32,800 workers are paid hourly wages at the high end of the market and offered a $3 per week health insurance premium, resulting in a 6 percent annual turnover rate among full-time employees, compared with a 19 percent rate among competitors.
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Usually I am completely anti-big corporation (any of you who have seen me shiver in disgust when Starbucks is mentioned can attest to that), but Wegmans holds a soft spot in my heart. Almost my whole extended family has worked there and some of them have gone to college on scholarships from them. We are a Wegmans family. And Jay will groan, for he has heard the story numerous times, but one time in the employee news letter for Wegmans, they took a picture of the whole family -- literally about 50 people, and called us a Wegmans family. Wicked cheesy, I know.
For those that do not know, Wegmans is the grocery store to leave all the rest in shame. Its huge, and they serve good food for dinners and such: chinese, pizza, sushi, italian, and the best subs I have ever had. Plus, alot of them are open 24 hours for good random fun for high school teens that are bored, aka scavenger hunts. And if you have never been on one, then I can give you details about how to do one. Its much fun.
Ask any Western New Yorker about moving away, and ask them if they miss Wegmans. A majority of the time they will give a little sigh and say yes. Or at least I do
http://www.wegmans.com/
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