<p><strong>ROCHESTER, NY</strong> — FORTUNE announced today that Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. has again been included in FORTUNE's “100 Best Companies to Work For,” according to a press release. The company has been ranked #3 on the list which has been formed annually for the past fifteen years. The 100 companies will appear in the February 6th issue of FORTUNE, available Monday, January 23, on newsstands. The results can be viewed now on cnnmoney.com.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Wegmans has made an appearance on the FORTUNE list, consecutively for fifteen years, each year since the list has been available. The company has also held the standing as being ranked among the top five for eight consecutive years. In 1998, when the list was conceived, Wegmans ranked #16 and only had stores in New York and Pennsylvania. Currently, Wegmans can boast stores in six states - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts, employing approximately 42,000 individuals with $6.2 billion in sales for 2011. “The only way to be a great place to shop is to first be a great place to work,” says CEO Danny Wegman. “When I visit our stores I see how our employees care about each other and about our customers. Because of our people, we have been able to grow our business without compromising our values.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Other industry names included in the FORTUNE's “100 Best Companies to Work For” are Whole Foods Market, Nugget Market, and Publix Super Markets. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>www.wegmans.com</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
