CONCORDVILLE, PA, 2015-6-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Markets is now hiring and training for part-time positions at its new Concordville location in Glen Mills, which is set to open Sunday, November 8. The 111,000 square-foot store is located at Brandywine Mills shopping center on Route 202 just south of Route 1.
There are 325 part-time openings available in a variety of departments, including everything from culinary and restaurant operations to customer service. Full-time hiring is ongoing for culinary and restaurant positions at The Pub, Wegmans’ casual family restaurant. In total, Wegmans Concordville will employ 525 people, 450 of whom will be new to the company and hired locally.
Applicants may apply online at www.wegmans.com/careers or call 1-877-WEGMANS (934-6267) for more information. Interviews are conducted by appointment only and applications are neither available nor accepted at the construction site.
“Wegmans offers flexible scheduling and tremendous opportunities for career growth and development,” said Store Manager Todd Strassner Jr. “I know from my own experience because this was my first part-time job when I was in high school. I was a cashier and a Helping Hand in the parking lot, and later went to college with tuition assistance from Wegmans.”
The Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program is a point of pride for the company. Since the program began in 1984, more than 32,000 employees have been awarded scholarships totaling $100 million.
“We’re excited to create new employment opportunities for people who love to interact with customers,” said Strassner. “We teach the rest through in-depth product, service, and culinary training that begins soon after being hired.”
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Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is an 85-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts. The family-owned company, founded in 1916, is recognized as an industry leader and innovator. Wegmans has been named one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ by FORTUNE magazine for 18 consecutive years, ranking #7 in 2015. The company also ranked #1 for Corporate Reputation, among the 100 ‘most-visible companies’ nationwide in the 2014 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient ® study.
Contact Information:
Jo Natale, Wegmans vice president of media relations, 585-429-3627