Wow. I wonder who was entitled to this? What do you have to do to be a good customer?

The postcard didn't say. I feed a lot of people every week, though there are only three people under our roof these days. So I guess the answer might be that one needs to spend an appalling amount of money on groceries!

I also wonder about the amount that makes someone a 'good' customer. I'm there multiple times a week but I'm usually only buying for 2 people. I've never received one of those offers and we've had a Wegman's for 15 (?) years. I heard about them the first few years we had a Wegman's but not recently. Is your Wegman's new? Do you buy for a larger than two person household?

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep an eye out for a card and hope I've qualified.

eta: I buy wild caught salmon in season and that's pricey so that helps my totals!

I'm guessing our Wegman's is about 5 years old, hhireno. It's just DH, young DD2, and me. But we host DS1 and DIL at least twice a week, frequently take groceries to DS2 half an hour away at school, host FIL and BIL weekly, host pretty much all the holiday meals, and have a fair number of parties. That adds up to a lot of groceries! Oh, and I can count on one hand the number of times per year we go out to dinner.

Wow. I live in the area where Wegman's began; shop there every week. No such postcard for me, either.

Hmm, sorry you other Wegman's shoppers haven't gotten a postcard! Now I'm really curious what's different about my store.

No postcard for me either...I sure spend enough money in there regularly.

Maybe they just did a random draw? (Saw my first Wegman's in October when we visited family in the north Philly suburbs.... WOW, what a great store!)

I asked DH first thing when I got home today if we'd received a postcard from Weggies. Nope. Maybe tomorrow. ;-)

Sushipup, maybe random draw is the answer. I've been shopping there for five years and never got a thank you gift from them before. I hope some of you kind folks also win the Wegman's "lottery"!

The only other person I knew that received one was a mother of 4 growing boys. Her spending there made mine look like peanuts.

My frequent visits might actually work against me. They know I'll be back in, they don't have to entice me.

The Wegman's is about 1.5 miles from my house. I use it as a fitness walk destination. Walk over, use a clean bathroom, get a drink of water, sometimes buy something easy to carry home, walk home. Most of the walk is through a park and down a path without traffic. Some days, I'm on the security camera more than once a day. There she is wearing sneakers and a hat in the early a.m. and there she is again later in the day wearing real shoes and pushing a mini-cart. They probably think I'm an employee since I'm there so often. I should ask someone "so when's the holiday party?" and crash it.

hhireno, once I went to our Wegmans 3 days in a row. One of the workers asked me about it. I said I kept forgetting the same item. Each day I would come back for it and leave with other stuff but not that one item.

My kids friends mom was awarded once Wegmans #1 shopper for that store. She got some free stuff. How did she do it? Well she didn't have time for shopping so she got EVERYTHING at wegmans. Not just groceries (for a family of 4or more) but all makeup, decor items, etc. If it was your birthday, your gift came from wegmans. I can see how you could do it as all year round they sell everything. Back then they had a dry cleaning service so she used that too. She never bothered to compare prices or go to any other stores, etc.

For a brief while, my Wegman's had a wine vending machine (operated by the state of Pa. In Pennsylvania, the wine and liquor is sold in state run stores, not by private shops or in grocery stores.) It was only open during State store hours, even though the Wegman's was open 24 hours, so it was only slightly more convenient than having to drive across town to a State run wine store. There was a $1 up charge but I don't remember if that was per bottle or per transaction. I used it a few times without a problem but the State pulled the machines after a few months, I think they had technical problems with some of them.

I've compared Wegman's prices to Target's for health and beauty items and W almost always is cheaper, sometimes substantially. For the most part, when T is cheaper it's not enough to make a trip there worthwhile since I'm in W multiple times a week anyway. If T is having a sale and I have a coupon, then it's worth going there. Once I bought natural bug repellent bracelets at W and saw the same thing at T for $3 more. That was the most drastic price difference I recall.

Wow, hhireno, I'm originally from PA and I can't believe that the State System ever allowed such a thing as a wine vending machine! If my Wegman's sold wine they'd probably put up a Super Shopper gold plaque with my name on it. As it is, I buy only standard grocery items there, and most of my produce from a little organic market (MOM's - a great store).

hhireno - I didn't know some were open 24 hours. The 2 near me in NJ are open 6:30 to midnight. I checked the Warrington store and it is 24 hours. Lucky you wherever you are in PA.

The vending machines sounded like a nice idea but they had too many glitches. My SIL tried it a few times but just found it easier to visit the nearby State store.

http://articles.philly.com/2011-06-03/news/29617478_1_wine-kiosks-kiosk-idea-wine-machines

Thanks for the link, maire_cate. I'm not sure I'd be willing to use a breathalyzer at a vending machine. Not saying it's wrong to require it, but I'd opt out of using it!