Wegmans eyes Victor for possible store location

Wegmans confirms it is conducting a feasibility study in Victor, however, company representatives say Victor residents should not get too excited about a new store coming to the Ontario County hub anytime soon. The feasibility study is just "standard procedure" according to Wegmans. The company's real estate department conducts them every few years to study shopping trends, marketing ideas and business growth in various areas.

Wegmans spokesperson Jeanne Colleluori tells News 8 Now, the Victor feasibility study does not mean the company has any plans to build a store in the town.

Despite the more solemn response from Wegmans, it doesn't stop people in Victor from wanting a Wegmans or any other grocery store for that matter. Victor is one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the Rochester-area region and it currently has no grocery store in its town.

“If you were to track and monitor, I ask our residents, and they share with me everyday and every week, it would be 'get us a grocery store in Victor,” says Leslie Bamann, Victor Town Supervisor who thought the feasibility study was great news, “on our annual reach-outs to grocery stores...we were very pleased to learn they have reopened the feasibility study until the end of the year.”

The buzz is pleasing a lot of residents too.

“You can't beat Wegmans for their produce,” says Tammy Boglione, a Victor resident.  

“I can't really think of a downside because it's just an amazing grocery store,” says Jay Falzone, a resident of New York City who frequently visits Rochester and Victor.  

Currently, the only grocery shopping option nearby are Martins and Wades in Farmington; there is also a BJ's near Eastview Mall.

“Maybe a little competition would do them good,” says Boglione.

The nearest Wegmans is in Canandaigua or Perinton.

"I think it would be great to have Wegmans in Victor because I always have to go to Fairport to get what I need when I'm in this area,” says Sarah Peters who lives in Rochester but is a traveling teacher in the Victor area.

“I'm between Canandaigua and Victor, I do some shopping at Wegmans and some shopping at Wades,” says Ann Maruke, a Farmington resident.

Whether it's actually Wegmans that decides to come to Victor or another store, the bottom line right now for both residents and town officials is getting a grocery store in the Town of Victor.

“I would really, really like it if they had one here so that I could do my shopping in this area,” says Peters.

“I think it's a good thing for the people in this area because they really need a grocery store here,” says Maruke.