Opening Date Set For 2nd Bucks Co. Wegmans

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA —Mark your calendars: The second Bucks County Wegmans now has an opening date.

During a "sneak peek" media tour of its 88,000-square-foot supermarket on Stony Hill Road, Wegmans officials announced that its new location will open at 9 a.m. on March 20.

"I'm extremely excited. We've been waiting for an official date," Store Manager Bill Platt told Patch during the tour Thursday morning. "We're experts at being in the store and serving our customers and having fun. We're all set."

Jeff Gashlin, manager of new store construction, told Patch that construction is on schedule and that the foundation will be placed in early January before operations are handed over Platt to prepare for opening day.

"We're moving right along," Gashlin said.

Wholsen Construction, a local contractor, is responsible for bidding and awarding all the work. At completion, more than 200 skilled tradespeople including electricians, plumbers, HVAC, refrigeration mechanics, carpenters, iron workers, and masons will have worked on the project

Wegmans operates its only store in Bucks County in Warrington off Route 611.

Platt said that Wegmans will employ 415 people with 155 full-time workers and 260 part-time employees.

He said that 90 percent of the full-time staff have been hired while 43 percent of the part-time staff have been hired. Wegmans held a recent hiring event in which more than 200 people attended.

The supermarket will also employ 25 teenagers who will be able to work at the store while also attending school, Platt said.

The Wegmans is the centerpiece of the Prickett Preserve development, which includes nine multi-family buildings containing 200 apartment units plus a clubhouse with a pool, and seven commercial buildings totaling 52,000 square feet.

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill will be opening its first Bucks County location there as well.

Meanwhile, an existing historic farmhouse and barn on the property will be preserved and repurposed.

Plans were approved for the project by DeLuca Homes in April 2021.

In business since 1916, Wegmans operates 110 stores in seven states and has more than 53,000 employees chainwide.

The supermarket will be open from 6 a.m. to midnight every day.