Last night I had the pleasure of enjoying a cup of tea and meeting a gentleman from New York. While the conversation drifted to all kinds of topics, something that he mentioned really caught my attention. We were talking about grocery stores and he told me about Wegmans. While it truly sounds like an amazing shopping experience the thing that caught my attention was that they do not sell cigarettes. Back in January 2008 in a press release they announced that they would no longer be selling cigarettes. CEO Danny Wegman explained that, “As a company, we respect a person’s right to smoke, but we also understand the destructive role smoking plays in health.” So hats off to you Wegmans for your commitment to health. Now just to convince you to expand down south!
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