Rochester, New York

:This is article is about the major United States city. For other communities with the same name see Rochester.

Economy

Rochester is a home to a number of international businesses, including Eastman Kodak, Bausch & Lomb and Paychex, all of which make Rochester their world headquarters. Xerox, while no longer headquartered in Rochester, has its principal offices and manufacturing facilities in the Rochester area. Because of the high prevalence of imaging and optical science among the industry and the universities, Rochester is known as the world capital of imaging. The University of Rochester's School of Optics is ranked number one in the country, and the Rochester Institute of Technology has one of the best imaging science departments in the country.

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Eastman Kodak - Bausch & Lomb - Paychex - Xerox

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Rochester is also home to regional businesses such as Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Roberts Communications, Inc., The Sutherland Group, PAETEC Communications and major fashion label Hickey-Freeman.

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Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. - Roberts Communications, Inc. - PAETEC Communications - Hickey-Freeman

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The University of Rochester's Laboratory For Laser Energetics (LLE) is home to the highest energy laser in the world, the OMEGA. The LLE is currently constructing the OMEGA EP laser, which will be 50 times more powerful than the OMEGA and will be the most powerful laser in the world, able to manifest power densities high enough to examine hawking radiation in the laboratory.

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Laboratory For Laser Energetics - Laser - Hawking radiation

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Nick Tahou Hots, creator of the world-famous garbage plate, also calls Rochester home. One food that Rochester is proud to call it's own is the famous "white hot," made by the local Zweigle company. They can be found at any of the 4 locations of the local franchise named Schallers. Like Schallers, most of the stores and restaurants that Rochesterians go to are products of local franchises. The area takes the most pride in the Wegmans Grocery store chain, which now has locations throughout the Northeast and Northern Virginia, and was recently rated the best company in America to work for by Forbes Magazine. Other local franchises include: Bill Grays (a summertime hamburger hotdog joint that lays claim to having "The world's Greatest Cheeseburger"), the previously mentioned Schallers, Chase-Pitkin Home Improvement stores (which has locations throughout Upstate New York, but announced on October 4, 2005 all would close over the coming year), and Abbotts Frozen custard, which locals will tell you is the best frozen treat on the planet.

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Nick Tahou Hots - October 4 - 2005

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Major area shopping centers

• Eastview Mall (Victor, New York)
• The Mall at Greece Ridge Center (Greece, New York)
• Medley Centre (formerly known as Irondequoit Mall) (Irondequoit, New York)
• The Marketplace (Henrietta, New York)
• Midtown Plaza
• Pittsford Plaza (Pittsford, New York)

Top 5 employers

As of 2005, the top employers in the city are:

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• University of Rochester/Strong Health 16,500
• Eastman Kodak 16,235
• Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
• Xerox
• ViaHealth