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Pennsylvania is a mecca
for high quality convenience.
These upscale stores are not your typical
convenience store. They offer large,
bright store locations with quality food
options, clean restrooms and some have
comfortable dining areas with WiFi access.
They employ professionally-trained chefs
to create their menus, which include
comfort foods to gourmet healthy food
options.
The newest locations are offering larger
parking areas and wide fuel dispenser lanes
to accommodate RVs and larger vehicles.
Wawa
Wawa, based in southeastern Pa.,
operates 800 convenience stores in
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Florida.
Wawa is named the native American
word for the Canadian goose that nested
in the Delaware Valley. Most Wawa stores
are open 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.
Wawa has fans throughout the country,
who enjoy its built to order hoagies and
fresh coffee. The company builds more
than 60 million hoagies annually and
brews 195 million cups of coffee each
year.
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In 2018, Wawa ranked #1 in a Market
Force study for the sandwich category,
becoming the first convenience store to
earn the honor.
Walk into a Wawa and you can order a
hoagie built to your specification; select
from many flavors of freshly brewed
coffee; order specialty beverages, break-
fast, salads, soups and hot bowls, such
as burrito bowls, meatballs, mac and
cheese, and chicken or beef with mashed
potatoes. They also carry a large variety
of snacks, including soft pretzels, fresh
fruit, meats and cheeses. Wawa began as
a dairy and today it carries its own milk
and ice cream products.
You can also fill your gas tank at 600
Wawa locations, get cash at an ATM and
some Pennsylvania locations offer adult
beverages for purchase. Learn more
about Wawa at wawa.com.
Sheetz
Central Pennsylvania is home to Sheetz
convenience stores. Bob Sheetz founded
the company in Altoona, Pennsylvania
when he purchased his father’s five dairy
stores. Today, Sheetz is still a family-owned
and operated company with more than
560 stores in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Maryland, Ohio and North Carolina. The
company’s well-trained workforce, excel-
lent benefits and culture have earned it a
place on Fortune magazine’s “Best Place
to Work” list for many years.
Sheetz’ MTO (Made To Order) brand is
well-known throughout the Common-
wealth and is recognized for its quality.
Customers order their food items from
an in-store, touch-screen kiosk or online.
MTO features coffee and specialty drinks,
sandwiches and wraps, bratwurst and hot
dogs, burgers, fish, MexAmerican items
such as burritos, nachos, quesadillas and
tacos; pizza, salads, appetizers, breakfast
foods and Shweetz brand baked goods.
Recently, Sheetz rolled out its LiveWell
menu, which features healthy food items.
The company took the lead in changing
the adult beverage sales laws to allow
beer sales in its Pennsylvania stores.
More than 100 Sheetz stores have licenses
to sell beer. Learn more about Sheetz at
Sheetz.com.
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