Wawa (company)
A Wawa gas station in Skippack, Pennsylvania | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | April 16, 1964 |
| Founder | Grahame Wood |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 1,032 (2023) |
Area served | Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. Planned: Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia Former: New York and Connecticut |
Key people | Chris Gheysens (CEO) |
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| Revenue | US$13 billion (2020) |
| US$118 million (2011) | |
| Total assets | US$1.57 billion (2011) |
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Number of employees | 37,000 (2020) |
| Website | www |
Wawa, Inc. (/wɑːwɑː/ ⓘ WAH-WAH) is an American chain of convenience stores and gas stations originating in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and located along the East Coast of the United States, operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Georgia, and Indiana. Wawa is based in and primarily associated with the Philadelphia metropolitan area, though it gradually expanded its store locations, over many decades, far beyond the Philadelphia area. The company's headquarters is located in the Wawa area of Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, in Greater Philadelphia.
As of 2008, Wawa was the largest convenience store chain in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area and the third-largest food retailer in greater Philadelphia after Acme Markets and ShopRite.