{"id":155,"date":"2012-05-26T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2012\/05\/company-snapshot-weis-markets-inc\/"},"modified":"2012-05-26T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T19:20:00","slug":"company-snapshot-weis-markets-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/05\/company-snapshot-weis-markets-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Weis Markets Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n1000 S 2<sup>nd<\/sup> St<br \/>\nSunbury, PA 17801-3399<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:<\/strong><br \/>\n570-286-4571<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet Homepage:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weismarkets.com\/\">http:\/\/www.weismarkets.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Current Stores:<\/strong><br \/>\n161<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trading Areas:<\/strong><br \/>\nPA, NJ, WV, MD, NY<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Revenue:<br \/>\n$<\/strong>2.751 billion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Executives:<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Hepfinger \u2013 CEO, President<br \/>\nScott Frost \u2013 CFO, Senior VP, Treasurer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having recently celebrated its 100<sup>th<\/sup>anniversary, the iconic grocery retailer is focusing on food innovation and in-store service for the future.\u00a0 Store enhancements include higher size standards for quality produce, fresh sushi and prepared foods counters, prepared seafood selections, and beer departments featuring local breweries and a \u2018make-your-own\u2019 six pack display.\u00a0 New training for store employees is also being introduced.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced at its most recent annual shareholder meeting that it plans to invest $125 million in growth &#8211; a 25 percent increase compared to 2011 \u2013 which includes two new stores and 18 major remodels. In addition, it expects to soon complete the purchase of three Genuardi&#8217;s units near Philadelphia that will reopen later this summer. President David Hepfinger said the company has upgraded two-thirds of its store base over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>Weis is seeking sites for these new store locations throughout markets in MD, NJ, NY, PA and WV.\u00a0The company will also consider existing or redeveloped shopping centers.\u00a0 A land area of seven to 10 acres is required.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also been active on the \u2018green\u2019 energy front. Two Weis Markets\u2019 stores received a \u201csilver\u201d certificate from the EPA\u2019s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership for meeting tough benchmarks on cutting refrigerant emissions that harm the Earth\u2019s protective ozone layer and contribute to global warming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having recently celebrated its 100thanniversary, the iconic grocery retailer is focusing on food innovation and in-store service for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grocery-convenience","tag-snapshot","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}