Wegmans in Sterling

Used to love this store, but lately, even before the pandemic started, it is more stressful coming here than anything else.  The past month or two they have been reorganizing the whole store, they do this every couple of years for marketing purposes, for example, make you walk past everything to buy bread, which they put aalllllll the way at the rear of the store.  The orange juice and such products, they moved to the rear back corner of the store in the hopes that you'll buy other stuff on your way there.  There are tons of Instacart people who pretty much act like they own the place. For special occasions, special meals, etc., this is still my go-to place, but for everyday items it's just too stressful of an environment.  Selection, food, bakery, seafood, is great, but the overall experience of being there is not. I used to enjoy coming here, now I dread it.  I'd much rather go somewhere like Giant where it's less crowded and stressful, even if for some items I end up paying incrementally more.

Wide variety of food and a large seated area in which to enjoy it. Good for a quick meal, the quality of the food is good.

This is a hard review for me to write.  I LOVE Wegmans -- fancy cheese, fresh produce, good wine selection, good tea selection, etc.  Just overall high quality foods for decent prices.  However, I don't think I'll be returning to this location.  My husband and I have been cooking their fresh crab cakes for a few years now for date night.  We recently moved to Herndon and when the kids went to grandma's for the night excitedly bought 4 crab cakes (which now costs $32).  When we went to put them in the oven, there was unmistakable pubic hair under 1 crab cake!  Several hairs!  We ended up having to quickly warm up leftovers for date night and spend time returning them the next day.  Customer Service did refund our $$ no problem but...ew.