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Services held for former Wegmans real estate director

Gilbert found dozens of sites for expanding food retailer

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

July 10, 2017

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Services were held Monday in Canandaigua, N.Y. for Paul Gilbert, a former director of real estate for Wegmans Food Markets who passed away last week after a long battle with cancer.

Paul Gilbert

Photo: Wegmans

paul-gilbert-wegmans_1.pngAccording to an obituary in The Buffalo News, Gilbert was a member of the Wegmans real estate department for 23 years and was the chain’s director of real estate until 2016. Gilbert helped the company expand from its Upstate New York base, growing from a 44-store chain in the process of making an initial expansion into Pennsylvania to a company that now has twice as many stores spanning a geography of six states.

Wegmans’ 92 stores, Gilbert was responsible for finding 48 of the locations as well as more than a dozen additional stores in Wegmans’ development pipeline.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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