WaWa

Not good, not bad, but always open.

I personally think Wawa is great. I really enjoy their subs, iced tea, salads and many other of their offerings. It is on the top 5 things that I miss most about NJ. I have eaten many a meal there and am in there quite often when we are back in NJ. We must have been in Wawa 3 or 4 times last weekend when we were home to see the Flyers clinch a playoff berth. Enjoyed some tasty subs during the 6+ hour car ride home. Wawa beats any fast food joint IMHO. A gentleman on another board that I frequent tried to tell me that Wawa is no different than 7-11 or Cumberland Farms- I don't think so!

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Originally posted by nicolem
Wawa beats any fast food joint IMHO. A gentleman on another board that I frequent tried to tell me that Wawa is no different than 7-11 or Cumberland Farms- I don't think so!

NicoleM, you are absolutely correct. Wawa is nothing like 7-11 or Cumby's -- not even close. Most Wawas that we've visited make their own sandwiches to order. Amy's sister spent a summer outside of Pittsburgh, and she still talks about how much she misses Wawa. I'll drive out of my way to enjoy their incredibly wide selection of snacks and drinks! Chris

I'm not familar with Cumberland Farms, but Wawa is way better than 7-11. I would say 7-11 is the worst, along with Highs, of the convienience stores in Maryland.

Wawa has an in-store deli. 7-11 only offers pre-packed sandwiches, and most of those sandwiches are short and meat and long on stale bread.

I LOVE WaWa, and now that I no longer live in SoJersey, I really miss it. Yes, they make great sandwiches. Yes, the stores that I have been in are clean (including the restrooms). But I think the main reason I miss WaWa is because I associate it with trips to the beach. When we lived in Galloway Township, we'd stop at the WaWa in Smithville or Brigantine and get sandwiches to take to the beach. Now that we are "shoobies," we hit the WaWa in Ocean City when we're there for vacation.

I actually get excited when I see a WaWa, for it means that good things await!!

PS Royal Farms, in this area of MD is not a bad substitute...good fried chicken...but no happy beach associations!!

WaWa and Sheetz's are similar but I prefer WAWA. They are the best convenience store I have ever encountered. I wish we had them in TN.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

My wife picks up food at the one just outside the Richmond, VA airport because it is so much better that anything in the airport, not to mention on the plane. Plus she can fillup the rental car at the same time.

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Originally posted by plb

My wife picks up food at the one just outside the Richmond, VA airport because it is so much better that anything in the airport, not to mention on the plane. Plus she can fillup the rental car at the same time.

I have stopped at that same Wawa several times. One of their newer designs and concepts. I like them.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Wawa is fantastic and gets better all the time. I couldn't live without it, especially on the way to work if I haven't made coffee or grabbed a bagel from the freezer. Or to run over there at lunchtime? They are FAST; I can get there and back in 15 minutes, and still have a half hour to eat and read the paper and BS with the girls. I take a 45 minute lunch, and without Wawa, I just don't know. Salads, hot lunches, hot dogs...they have anything you'd want, and I haven't been in a Wawa yet where they're mean. They're part of the landscape here in South Jersey.

You can also fill up the car there now, but I don't always go there (I almost said, "You can get gas there!" Ha.).

As a general rule, the gas at Wawa, along with Sheets and Royal Farm is, relatively, cheap. I always find 7-11 gas to be on the high side.

Then again, in this time of $3.50 gas, I no longer know what is cheap.

I like Wawa but for is no more then a convience store. I run into one near work for a quick lunch pick up, but given time I would never choose to go to a Wawa for a sub, especially where great Subs are available most everywhere. I laugh when people say they go there for the Subs and a good Pizza/Sub place is around the cornor with fresher meats, larger sandwiches and better prices. As far as running in for bread, milk and a newspaper, Wawa is what it is, nothing more. If it's clean and well stocked what more would you expect. The kids like it after a Baseball game for slushies.

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Originally posted by ayersian

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Originally posted by nicolem
Wawa beats any fast food joint IMHO. A gentleman on another board that I frequent tried to tell me that Wawa is no different than 7-11 or Cumberland Farms- I don't think so!

NicoleM, you are absolutely correct. Wawa is nothing like 7-11 or Cumby's -- not even close. Most Wawas that we've visited make their own sandwiches to order. Amy's sister spent a summer outside of Pittsburgh, and she still talks about how much she misses Wawa. I'll drive out of my way to enjoy their incredibly wide selection of snacks and drinks! Chris

wawa is just like quick chek

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Originally posted by fattybomatty

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Originally posted by ayersian

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Originally posted by nicolem
Wawa beats any fast food joint IMHO. A gentleman on another board that I frequent tried to tell me that Wawa is no different than 7-11 or Cumberland Farms- I don't think so!

NicoleM, you are absolutely correct. Wawa is nothing like 7-11 or Cumby's -- not even close. Most Wawas that we've visited make their own sandwiches to order. Amy's sister spent a summer outside of Pittsburgh, and she still talks about how much she misses Wawa. I'll drive out of my way to enjoy their incredibly wide selection of snacks and drinks! Chris

wawa is just like quick chek

YUK-No way! I have never been in a Quick Chek that comes close to a Wawa.
Nicolem

The new WaWa's no way resemble their old ones. They are upgrading them constantly. They have their act together. They have fresh everything. I really like their product and I wish we had them in Knoxville,.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

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Originally posted by nicolem


wawa is just like quick chek

YUK-No way! I have never been in a Quick Chek that comes close to a Wawa.
Nicolem


Sure have. they are the same place with different color schemes. haha

I travel all over this country. I have found WaWa to be one of the best, if not the best, convenience store chains in this country. The coffee is far better than the average convenience store, the sandwiches are the best around, and where else can you buy a individual piece of fresh fruit or a Philly-style soft pretzel?

I agree with those who have said Wawa is just a convenience store. I'd much rather go to a diner/deli/bagel shop for a fresh breakfast sandwich than the ones from wawa that sit out by the registers. Their sandwiches are Subway quality, and the whole computer ordering thing bothers me, I've gotten sandwiches fom them and the person behind the counter didn't say 2 words to me, they just made the sandwich and handed it to me.

Dave

Dearfolk,
Shows you what I know... until just now, I had thought that Wawa was a city in western Ontario, about 45 km or so north of Sault Ste. Marie.
Waway Off The Mark, Ort. Carlton in Wawa-deficient Athens, Georgia.
P. S. The last time I looked, radio station WAWA was in West Allis, Wisconsin.
P. P. S. I went to high school with a fellow named Mike Emily who was stationed in the military in Alaska and came back to Athens with his wife, an Inuit woman named Wawa. "It WARM down here!" she offered one blustery February afternoon.

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Originally posted by Ort. Carlton.

Dearfolk,
Shows you what I know... until just now, I had thought that Wawa was a city in western Ontario, about 45 km or so north of Sault Ste. Marie.
Waway Off The Mark, Ort. Carlton in Wawa-deficient Athens, Georgia.
P. S. The last time I looked, radio station WAWA was in West Allis, Wisconsin.
P. P. S. I went to high school with a fellow named Mike Emily who was stationed in the military in Alaska and came back to Athens with his wife, an Inuit woman named Wawa. "It WARM down here!" she offered one blustery February afternoon.

Ort: I have been in Wawa, Ontario a couple of times. As I recall, they have a huge statue of a Canada goose at the entrance of the town.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

In NJ Wawa is a place to be and meet people late on weekends. They make good food 2. 10 steps above 7-11.

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Originally posted by bob12312357

In NJ Wawa is a place to be and meet people late on weekends. They make good food 2. 10 steps above 7-11.

Actually this depends on where you live in NJ. In south jersey wawa's are in competition with themselves, but in North Jersey they are Nonexistent

i agree. I grew up having them everywhere when i lived in Toms River and now that i am north of the parkway bridge, they are nowhere to be found. I do like having them along my work route for the clean restrooms!

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Originally posted by DPuro329

I agree with those who have said Wawa is just a convenience store. I'd much rather go to a diner/deli/bagel shop for a fresh breakfast sandwich than the ones from wawa that sit out by the registers. Their sandwiches are Subway quality, and the whole computer ordering thing bothers me, I've gotten sandwiches fom them and the person behind the counter didn't say 2 words to me, they just made the sandwich and handed it to me.

Dave

Dave, I've gotta tell ya - around my way, in the morning on a weekday (Wawas in the Voorhees and Marlton area), those Sizzlis do not have the chance to sit around when I go in there in the morning. I have never seen anything move so fast, besides those coffee pots. All you see is hands grabbing and hands putting more out. To be honest, though, I can't eat the breakfast sandwiches anymore; they've started killing my stomach!

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Originally posted by Sundancer7

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Originally posted by Ort. Carlton.

Dearfolk,
Shows you what I know... until just now, I had thought that Wawa was a city in western Ontario, about 45 km or so north of Sault Ste. Marie.
Waway Off The Mark, Ort. Carlton in Wawa-deficient Athens, Georgia.
P. S. The last time I looked, radio station WAWA was in West Allis, Wisconsin.
P. P. S. I went to high school with a fellow named Mike Emily who was stationed in the military in Alaska and came back to Athens with his wife, an Inuit woman named Wawa. "It WARM down here!" she offered one blustery February afternoon.

Ort: I have been in Wawa, Ontario a couple of times. As I recall, they have a huge statue of a Canada goose at the entrance of the town.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Setting for an Alan Rickman movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/

CB

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Originally posted by bob12312357

In NJ Wawa is a place to be and meet people late on weekends. They make good food 2. 10 steps above 7-11.

I would love to know where in NJ, because the kids I see hanging out in front of WaWa are not necc. the ones I want my kids to meet and hang out with.

When comparing the Sheetz I've been to with the WaWa's I've been to, I prefer Sheetz. Cleaner, more food and drink choices, and better food.

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Originally posted by Scorereader

When comparing the Sheetz I've been to with the WaWa's I've been to, I prefer Sheetz. Cleaner, more food and drink choices, and better food.

I have had sheets and do like the food but the shh in front of everything drove me nuts. Shmagels, shmuffins, sssshhhhhooot me

It was told to me that WaWa was closing their old stores and opening up new ones that are like the huge convenience stores that are their new model. They are very nice.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

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Originally posted by Sundancer7

It was told to me that WaWa was closing their old stores and opening up new ones that are like the huge convenience stores that are their new model. They are very nice.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Love the super wawas. Gas and a meatbull sub all in one stop. Can't beat it

I love Wawa. When I'm passing through southeastern Pa, I like to stop there for a real Hoagie.