Jaidin Barnes of Erie agreed. “You know what quality you’re getting,” she said. Acker’s message to the Pittsburgh region: “People will love it. They will love having access to Wegmans ...

Wegmans said it will be shutting down 48 stores in upstate New York and in Erie, PA from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m ... the chain said all services, including pharmacy and Meals2Go pickup, will be unavailable.

As of January, its closest locations to Pittsburgh were in Erie and State College. In a news release, Wegmans said the 115,000-square-foot store will be on 13 acres of land adjacent to the UPMC ...