Wegmans plans openings for two North Jersey stores

Wegmans announced that new stores in Hanover, NJ and Montvale, NJ will open this year on July 23 and September 24, respectively. Each store will feature a Burger Bar, which is Wegmans' in-store restaurant counter. They will also have wine, beer and spirits shops operated by a third-party.

The stores are the company's closest locations to New York City so far. A Rochester, NY newspaper reported that stores may be coming in 2018 to Westchester County and Brooklyn.

ShopRite subject to antitrust claim in fight to squeeze Wegmans

Wegmans' bid to open a store in Hanover, NJ took an interesting twist recently, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision reversing a previous ruling, and holding that Village Supermarkets, a ShopRite operator and Wakefern member, may be subject to an antitrust claim related to its efforts to thwart Wegmans' plans.

In other words, Wegmans is claiming that Village Supermarkets tried to stop them from coming to Hanover, and now Village Supermarkets may be in lots of trouble. Here's a link to the legal summary: When Land Use And Antitrust Collide: The Curious Case of Wegmans V. ShopRite