Wegmans is opening its first-ever store on Long Island, at the DSW plaza. Here's how many Wegmans are in the New Jersey-New York metro area.

As shoppers piled into the 101,000-square-foot Wegmans in Lake Grove, about 40 members of various unions protested outside the store.

Long Island and the rest of the New York City area had been devoid of the popular supermarket chain until Oct. 2019, when a 74,000-square-foot Wegmans opened in Brooklyn. That was followed by an 87,500-square-foot store at Astor Place in Manhattan in Oct. 2023.

United Natural Trading Inc. issued a recall for Wegmans organic dry roasted salted almonds in January because they were mislabeled as cashews on the back.

The Long Island location opened Wednesday morning. Wegmans has 19 locations in Pennsylvania, along with locations in Maryland; Virginia; Washington, DC; and Wilmington, DE.