Wegmans Partners with Local Law Enforcement Agencies for Prescription Medication Drop-off Events

Rochester, New York, April 17, 2023– Wegmans Food Markets is partnering with local law enforcement agencies across seven states to host community prescription medication drop-off events at 48 stores on Saturday, April 22. The event gives community members the opportunity to remove potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs from their homes. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.

Prescription medications play an important role in the health of millions of Americans, but unused and expired medications that remain in homes can pose significant public health and safety concerns due to their high susceptibility to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses. Studies show that more than half of all people who first misuse prescription drugs get them from their friends, relatives, or take them without asking.

WHAT: Prescription medicine drop-off events at participating Wegmans Food Markets. Only pills and patches will be accepted – no liquids, needles, or sharps.

WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Participating Wegmans stores:

• New York:
  • Rochester – Brockport, Calkins Road, Chili-Paul, Irondequoit, Lyell Ave, Mt. Read, Penfield
  • Syracuse – Auburn, Dewitt, Great Northern, James Street, John Glenn, Onondaga, Taft Road
  • Buffalo – Dick Road, McKinley
• Maryland: Bel Air
• Massachusetts: Burlington (hours differ and are 10 a.m.-1 p.m.), Chestnut Hill (hours differ and are 10 a.m.-1 p.m.), Medford, Natick, Northborough, Westwood
• New Jersey: Mt. Laurel, Ocean, Cherry Hill, Manalapan, Montvale, Hanover
• Pennsylvania: Allentown, Bethlehem, Collegeville, Concordville, Downingtown, Harrisburg, King of Prussia, Lancaster, Montgomeryville, Nazareth, State College, Warrington, Williamsport
• Virginia: Fredericksburg, Midlothian, Short Pump
• North Carolina: Chapel Hill (hours differ and are 10 a.m.-1 p.m.), Raleigh

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 110 stores located along the east coast. The family company, recognized as an industry leader and innovator, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2016. Wegmans has been named one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ by FORTUNE magazine for 26 consecutive years, ranking #4 in 2023. The company also ranked #5 for corporate reputation among the 100 most visible companies, according to the 2022 Axios Harris Poll 100 Reputation Quotient® study.

Press Contact:

Amanda Puleo, APR, Senior Public Relations Coordinator, 585-464-4748, [email protected]

Evelyn Ingram, Consumer Affairs Manager (Syracuse-area Media Only), 315-863-1114, [email protected]

Michele Mehaffy, Buffalo Consumer Affairs Manager (Buffalo Media Only), Wegmans 716-343-3916, [email protected]