Wegmans will open its first Charlotte-area grocery store Wednesday morning, but many loyal customers of the Rochester-based grocery chain began lining up as early as 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The massive 110,000-square-foot store will open in Ballantyne, just steps from the Ballantyne Bowl on North Community House Road.
A “here we go Wegmans” chant has broken out pic.twitter.com/XGFbvoDQbv
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) October 14, 2026
Channel 9’s Joe Bruno got a sneak peek of the store ahead of opening day. It’s more than double the size of a typical grocery store. The new location has 664 parking spots and will bring 450 jobs to the area. Fortune names it the fifth best place to work in the country.
The selection of Ballantyne for the first Wegmans location continues the neighborhood’s hot streak dating back to May 2020, when the city approved the Ballantyne Reimagined public-private partnership. About $111 million has been invested in the area, paving the way not only for Wegmans but for major corporate jobs from Citi, TD Bank, Daimler Truck Financial Services and SoFi Technologies…