260 W. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA, 19063 United States
(610) 358-8000
http://www.wawa.com
#40 in
Forbes Largest Private Companies (November 2012)
It's not baby talk -- when folks say they need to go to Wawa, they need groceries. Wawa owns and runs some 600 Wawa Food Markets in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and now Florida. Wawa stores are noted for their coffee and their salad and deli offerings, including hoagie sandwiches; about 200 stores sell gas. Unlike many convenience store chains, Wawa has its own dairy, supplying Wawa stores and about 1,000 hospitals, schools, and other institutions. The company opened its first store in 1964, but its roots go back to an iron foundry begun in 1803 by the Wood family; food operations began in 1902 when George Wood started a dairy in Wawa, Pennsylvania.