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Wegmans announced it plans to opens two additional New Jersey locations. The Wegmans in Bridgewater is shown in a 2010 file photo.

(John Figlar / For The Star-Ledger )

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets says it plans to add 10 new stores in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions over the next year or two.



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The Rochester-based supermarket chain says it's planning to open four stores in Virginia, two each in Massachusetts and New Jersey, and one each in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Wegmans said in 2012 it would be opening stores in Hanover and Montvale.

Spokeswoman Jeanne Colleluori told The Star-Ledger this afternoon that developers are still going through the approval process to open stores in those two towns. There is no timetable yet for when the new stores might open, Colleluori added.

The developers of the Montvale site, S.Hekemian Group, have received approval from the borough's planning board. They are still attempting to resolve a law suit filed by the parent company of A&P before they can begin re-developing DePiero’s Country Farm, according to Douglas Cohen of the S.Hekemian Group.

The two sides are due in court on Aug. 4,

There are already Wegmans stores in Woodbridge, Cherry Hill, Bridgewater, Manalapan, Princeton, Mount Laurel and the Ocean Township in Monmouth County.

The first of the new stores will open this fall in Burlington, Massachusetts. Two others are scheduled to open in 2015 in Alexandria Virginia, and Westwood, Massachusetts, while opening dates for the others have yet to be determined.

Wegmans currently has 84 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts.

The company is continuing to upgrade or replace stores in older markets, including New York state, where Wegmans has 46 stores.

Star-Ledger staff writer Jeff Goldman contributed to this report.

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