The new store at 1200 Wake Towne Drive had a full parking lot minutes after the grand opening at 7 a.m. Earlier this week, nearly 500 employees were stocking shelves and undergoing training. It's a store three years in the making.
It's the first Wegmans in the Triangle. Another Wegman's is expected to open in Cary sometime in 2020.
First look inside Raleigh's new Wegmans store
A team of off-duty Raleigh Police officers will assist the traffic flow entering and exiting Midtown East Shopping Center. Message boards were set up by the NCDOT to alert commuters coming from all directions to expect traffic delays on along with Wake Forest Road corridor.
Wegmans says more than 24,000 customers have signed up for the Wegmans Shoppers Club on the store's website and app.