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Time Frame

A LOOK BACK AT HISTORICAL MIDJERSEY BUSINESSES

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LOCATION: Folsom, Pa. OPENED: April 16, 1964
SIGNIFICANCE: Wawa has grown from a s
ingle dairy outlet into an iconic convenie
nce store chain with more than 600 loca
tions and 22,000 employees.

MADE TO ORDER

Wawa’s been brewing for 50 years

W

awa, Inc., was The milk business—due to its quality, order hoagies, and surcharge-free ATMs.
founded in cleanliness, and what was advertised as a In 1996, Wawa irst ofered gasoline and

1803 in New doctor-certiied process—was a huge suc- you can now ill up your car at more han
Jersey and cess. By the 1960s, home delivery of milk 380 of its locations.

incorporated
was steadily declining, paving the way for There are currently 635 Wawa stores
in 1865 as
the creation of convenience stores.
located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Del-

the Millville Manufacturing Company, a Recognizing this trend, Grahame Wood, aware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida.
textile business with mills in several states George’s grandson, opened the irst Wawa What began as a dairy outlet now employs

and sales oices across the country. But Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for dairy more than 22,000 people and serves more
toward the end of the century the business products. Located at 1212 MacDade Bou- than 400 million customers each year.

began to take its current shape when owner levard in Folsom, Pa., the original Wawa Wawa brews more than 195 million cups

George Wood developed an interest in (Store No. 1) has grown into an iconic lo- of cofee annually and builds more than
dairy farming and his family opened a small cal brand and a developing national busi- 60 million hoagies—or subs, depending on

processing plant in Wawa, Pa., in 1902.
ness that is known for cofee, made-to-
where you live—each year.

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