tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post1025833491264626074..comments2024-03-28T05:14:28.792-04:00Comments on HowChow: Wegmans Says Columbia Will Open Summer 2012HowChowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14214893123333124514noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-7349656322472686072011-08-08T10:43:43.144-04:002011-08-08T10:43:43.144-04:00Building for over a year is nothing. Back in 2002 ...Building for over a year is nothing. Back in 2002 my wife was working with the wife of the guy Wegman's moved here to get all of the stores open. At that time, the plan was that Columbia would be the first store. Thanks to a small but vocal group of misguided neighbors, we'll be the fourth Wegmans. The Hunt Valley store opened in 2005. By my math, the Columbia store will be opening seven P90 Noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796786147607789224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-25675078048140262832011-08-04T22:38:34.888-04:002011-08-04T22:38:34.888-04:00@MarkM, I don't know if Buddy Mays is a "...@MarkM, I don't know if Buddy Mays is a "big shot" with UCFW. He's president of their local union. He did play a big part in slowing the whole Wegman's process down, though. It's really a shame...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-7082984575068900902011-08-04T16:23:21.938-04:002011-08-04T16:23:21.938-04:00Yes but...summer 2012 is a year from NOW! So they ...Yes but...summer 2012 is a year from NOW! So they will have been building it for over a year, after all of the fighting and disputes.<br /><br />How can it take over a year to build a supermarket? That's what I can't figure out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-81648083923410292422011-08-04T09:20:15.170-04:002011-08-04T09:20:15.170-04:00There is a big shot with the UCFW that lives in th...There is a big shot with the UCFW that lives in the Columbia area. He is one of the reasons it took long for the store to be approved, since they are non-union, he bitched. I bet the slow work can be partially blamed on sympathetic union workers.MarkMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583566199814491196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-19069584581715329972011-08-04T07:20:13.405-04:002011-08-04T07:20:13.405-04:00Joy, tears, all that. I heard that the first week ...Joy, tears, all that. I heard that the first week in Frederick they were letting people in as people came out, the aisles were as thick as a NY subway platform during rush hour. So I may wait a little bit to go in. But whatever. I'm just glad it's finally happening. Thanks for the update, and hope your trip was nice.Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-30340581477850450892011-08-02T21:49:52.054-04:002011-08-02T21:49:52.054-04:00Precisely.
For whatever reason several outside pa...Precisely.<br /><br />For whatever reason several outside parties were recruited to pick a fight in Columbia/HoCo and delay this Wegmans.<br /><br />Meanwhile Frederick's Wegmans went up quietly and without much dispute years later in planning and years earlier now in delivery.<br /><br />Whether that's a reflection of the Columbia Wegman's being a specific target or this being a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-59312569422048090262011-08-02T18:18:44.025-04:002011-08-02T18:18:44.025-04:00Wegmans uses non-union labor...thus they are fight...Wegmans uses non-union labor...thus they are fighting the construction at all turns. They also use non-union workers. So, I am sure the UFCW is not too excited about yet another Wegmans in MD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-56363768085572823652011-08-02T18:16:07.362-04:002011-08-02T18:16:07.362-04:00Thank the unions! They have long out-lived their ...Thank the unions! They have long out-lived their usefulness. Just look at what they have done to the American car industry...what is left of it that is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-33224591899244733872011-08-02T14:13:18.793-04:002011-08-02T14:13:18.793-04:00I can't understand why it is taking so long. ...I can't understand why it is taking so long. They put up whole housing developments in 6 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com