Wegmans Food Markets opens its Ballantyne store at 9 a.m. Oct. 14 at 11550 N. Community House Road, marking the family-owned grocer’s entrance into the Charlotte, North Carolina, region. The 110,000-square-foot store, Wegmans’ 115th overall, employs about 450 people under store manager Patrick McGuinness.
The location offers ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat restaurant foods prepared by executive chef Rich Lawson and his culinary staff, from fresh sushi, pizza and wings to hot soup, salads and sandwiches, plus Asian-inspired cuisine and a self-serve coffee station. The store includes café seating for 180, including 106 on the patio, along with 15 full-service registers and 23 self-checkouts.
The seafood department features fish sourced daily from fishing families on the East Coast, around the country and the world. The store also offers produce with hundreds of fruits and vegetables including organic choices, a cheese shop with domestic and imported specialty and artisan cheeses, a deli and charcuterie, bakery, meat department, Mediterranean and global foods and a wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverage selection. Regular hours are 6 a.m.-midnight, with curbside pickup and delivery available through the Wegmans app.
More at the new store
The floral shop offers fresh-cut flowers and signature arrangements, with delivery available through the Wegmans Meals 2Go app, Uber Eats and DoorDash. A health and wellness department carries supplements, sports nutrition, over-the-counter medications, cosmetics and personal care, and the home and entertaining department includes stemware, kitchen tools, greeting cards, gift cards and toys.
Value offerings include Hot Zones with consistent low prices on products families buy each week and hundreds of Family Pack items in departments including meat, seafood, produce, dairy, frozen and grocery. The store also carries Wegmans Brand products for every budget, including many organic items and the Food You Feel Good About line, made with no unnecessary artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
Building community ties before opening day
The Oct. 14 debut won’t be Ballantyne’s first introduction to Wegmans. For nearly a year, the team has been building connections in Charlotte through donations, partnerships and meetings with local nonprofit leaders, contributing about $30,000 before the first customer walks through the doors.
When JP Prinzivalli, Ballantyne service area manager, moved to the region in January, he began by connecting with nearby schools. The outreach produced donations to Knights View Elementary, a three-year athletic booster sponsorship at Cuthbertson Middle and High School and five $1,000 scholarship grants for seniors at Ballantyne Ridge High School, a nod to Wegmans’ employee scholarship program.
In late August, Prinzivalli and McGuinness hosted a listening session with the local school district, area food banks and pantries, United Way of Greater Charlotte and other nonprofits.
“One of my biggest takeaways from the meeting was gaining a better understanding of the food insecurity many families in the area face,” Prinzivalli said. “It’s not always something you can see, but hearing directly from community partners reinforced the importance of working together to address it.”
Continued community support
Once open, the store will donate perishable food daily to Feeding Charlotte and will run two annual customer scan campaigns: Check Out Hunger each fall beginning in 2027, benefiting Nourish Up, and Fill the Bus ahead of summer breaks. The store also plans a monthly giving circle sending employee teams to volunteer at a different nonprofit, with partners identified through SHARE Charlotte, which supports more than 800 nonprofits in the region.
“We’re thrilled to become part of this vibrant community,” Prinzivalli said. “We look forward to serving our neighbors, supporting local organizations, and being a trusted partner in Ballantyne and the greater Charlotte area for many years to come.”
Rochester, New York-based Wegmans operates 115 stores along the East Coast and has been named to Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 29 consecutive years, ranking fifth in 2026.
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