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Wegmans Food Markets to Stop Selling Tobacco Products
Wegmans
Food Markets, based in Rochester, NY and one of the largest supermarket
chains in New York State, has announced it will stop selling cigarettes
and other tobacco products in its supermarkets effective Feb. 10. Signs
will be posted in Wegmans stores announcing the policy change.
Wegmans operates 71 stores: 49 in New York State, 12 in Pennsylvania, 7 in New Jersey, 2 in Virginia and one in Maryland. Wegmans has $4.1 billion in sales in 2006 and employs over 36,000 people.
Carding is not enough - It's like wall paper. The advertising and cigarette powerwalls that fill retail stores everywhere. These ads brand our kids and for people trying to quit (90% of smokers want to) they are the sad reminder that their addiction has the strong marketing advantage.
To read the article from the January 5, 2008 edition of the Buffalo News regarding Wegmans' new policy, click here.