Weis Markets, Inc. (Weis Markets) engages principally in the retail sale of food in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
The company’s retail food stores sell groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services, deli products, prepared foods, bakery products, beer and wine, fuel and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care and household products. The store product selection includes national, local and private brands including natur...
Weis Markets, Inc. (Weis Markets) engages principally in the retail sale of food in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
The company’s retail food stores sell groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services, deli products, prepared foods, bakery products, beer and wine, fuel and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care and household products. The store product selection includes national, local and private brands including natural, gluten-free and organic varieties. The company advertises its products and promotes its brand through digital and printed circulars; television ads; radio ads; e-mail blasts; and on-line via its web site, social media and mobile applications. The company owns and operates 198 retail food stores many of which have on-line order customer service.
The company continues to be a member of the EPA GreenChill program for advancing environmentally beneficial refrigerant management systems. The company has fifteen stores certified under this program and plans to expand this program to more stores. Since 2017, the company has replaced 96% of its stores fluorescent lighting with more energy efficient and environmentally friendly LED lighting. The company continues to emphasize recycling in all areas, diverting approximately 40 thousand tons of waste from landfills annually.
Weis Markets is a conventional supermarket chain that operates retail stores with employees located in Pennsylvania and six surrounding states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and West Virginia. The company’s products sold include groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services at certain locations, deli products, prepared foods, bakery products, beer and wine, fuel, and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care and household products.
The company has provided additional product offerings and customer conveniences such as ‘Weis 2 Go Online,’ offered at store locations. ‘Weis 2 Go Online’ allows the customer to order on-line and have their order delivered or picked up at an expedient store drive thru. The company also offers home delivery to customers via multiple grocery delivery partners.
Geography
The majority of the company’s stores are concentrated in central and northeast Pennsylvania, central Maryland, suburban Washington, DC and Baltimore regions and New York’s Southern Tier.
Trade Names and Trademarks
The company has invested significantly in the development and protection of ‘Weis Markets’ both as a trade name and a trademark and considers it to be an important asset. The company is the exclusive licensee of nearly 115 trademarks registered and/or pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office from WMK Holdings, Inc., including trademarks for its product lines and promotions such as Weis, Weis 2 Go, Weis Great Meals Start Here, Weis Gas-n-Go and Weis Nutri-Facts.
History
Weis Markets, Inc., a Pennsylvania business corporation, was founded by Harry and Sigmund Weis in 1912. The company was incorporated in 1924.