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Charlotte, NC – Wegmans Food Markets is now hiring and training full-time employees for its first store in the Charlotte, North Carolina region. Located in Ballantyne at 11550 North Community House Road, the store is scheduled to open in fall 2026. Wegmans plans to employ approximately 450 people at this location; the majority employees will be new to the company and hired locally.

Full-time job applicants are invited to apply online at jobs.wegmans.com, or call 980-467-7333 for more information. Interviews are conducted by appointment only and applications are not accepted at the store construction site. Available full-time positions include everything from entry-level management to customer service positions in bakery, produce, overnight grocery and culinary roles such as chefs and line cooks. All candidates who accept a position will begin paid training immediately at one of Wegmans stores in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Hiring for part-time positions will begin at a later date.

“We’re looking to hire friendly people who are passionate about food and ready to grow their career with us,” said Store Manager Patrick McGuinness, who began his Wegmans career 26 years ago at the Erie, Pennsylvania store. “We onboard new employees quickly and provide them with comprehensive training in customer service and product knowledge; qualities that distinguish our stores from competition.”

Wegmans has a long-standing reputation as an exceptional employer, offering competitive pay and benefits packages, premium pay on Sundays and holidays, flexible scheduling, and tuition assistance through the company’s employee scholarship program for both full- and part-time employees. In addition, the company promotes from within and has announced future plans for additional stores in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Wegmans Ballantyne is a 110,000 square-foot supermarket featuring an abundance of choice, the best ingredients, thousands of organic options, restaurant-quality prepared foods, and consistent low prices. The company operates 114 stores along the East Coast and has more than 54,000 employees chainwide.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 114 stores located along the east coast. The family company, recognized as an industry leader and innovator, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016. Wegmans has been named one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For®’ by Fortune® for 28 consecutive years, ranking #6 in 2025.

Wegmans Food Markets has begun hiring for full-time employees for its highly anticipated first grocery store in Charlotte, the company said Wednesday.

Wegmans broke ground in September in Ballantyne at 11550 North Community House Road. The south Charlotte store is expected to open this fall, but the company has not announced an opening date yet.

The Rochester, N.Y., grocer plans to employ about 450 workers at the Charlotte store, including 150 full-time employees.

“We’re looking to hire friendly people who are passionate about food and ready to grow their career with us,” said Wegmans Charlotte Store Manager Patrick McGuinness, who has worked at Wegmans for 26 years.

Available full-time positions include entry-level management to customer service positions in bakery, produce, overnight grocery and culinary roles such as chefs and line cooks.

Wegmans has a massive following from Northern transplants who miss its products offerings, such as its brand of bison french onion dip and queso, assorted hot dog regional brands like Zweigle’s and Hoffman’s, chocolate cake, and its cheese cave.

How to apply for a Wegmans job in Charlotte

Applications are available online at jobs.wegmans.com and will not be accepted at the store construction site.

Hiring for part-time positions will begin at a later date. Call 980-467-7333 for more information.

What to expect applying for a job at Wegmans

Interviews will be conducted by appointment only.

All candidates who accept a position will begin paid training immediately at one of Wegmans’ stores in the Triangle region in Cary, Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Wake Forest. Training will run through August, with hotel accommodations and mileage reimbursement provided, Wegmans spokeswoman Marcie Rivera said.

Wegmans offers competitive pay and benefits packages, premium pay on Sundays and holidays, flexible scheduling and tuition assistance for all employees. For entry level management positions, the pay range is from $19.75 to $22.50, according to Wegmans. For customer service, the range is $16.50 to $17.

The company promotes from within and already has plans to open morel stores in the Charlotte region.

McGuinness started as a night manager in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was promoted to several management positions before becoming a store manager for multiple stores, most recently at Wake Forest for over four years. He said he’s moved about six times with the company.

McGuinness said he has been able to dabble in learning more about what interests him.

“You have the freedom to learn and are given the tools to help with that process,” he said. “They do a great job of taking care of you and making sure you know you matter.”

McGuinness has three sisters and a brother-in-law who also work for Wegmans stores, as well as two of his four children.

Wegmans plans to open three to five stores in the Charlotte market, The Charlotte Observer previously reported. Wegmans is considering a couple dozen locations including SouthPark, Huntersville and Cornelius.

More about Wegmans Ballantyne

Wegmans is investing $34.7 million in the 112,162-square-foot Ballantyne store. Wegmans purchased the more than 14-acre property for $5.5 million last January.

After years of speculation by Northeast transplants and others around town, Wegmans confirmed plans in April 2024 that it would be coming to Charlotte, receiving hundreds of requests for a store in the Charlotte area. A Facebook group named “Bring Wegmans to Charlotte” was created nine years ago and has over 8,000 followers.

Wegmans opened its first store in North Carolina in the Raleigh area in September 2019. It has since captured the No. 6 spot by marketshare in the Triangle area, News & Observer reported, behind Walmart, Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Target and Costco, respectively.

The 108-year-old, family-owned Wegmans supermarket chain has about 54,000 employees and 114 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

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