Wawa
American convenience store chain
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| August 14 2024 | A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Wawa's expansion into West Virginia, with a location in Inwood. |
| May 16 2024 | Wawa opened its first location in North Carolina in Kill Devil Hills. |
| April 25 2024 | Wawa opened its first store in Alabama in Fairhope. |
| 2023 | Wawa began selling pizza during dinner hours at select locations, with plans to expand pizza offerings to all locations. The pizzas come in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes with plain and various topping options. |
| 2022 | Philadelphia magazine ranked the Gobbler, Wawa's seasonal Thanksgiving-themed hoagie, as the chain's best sandwich among 15 taste-tested. |
| December 7 2022 | Wawa announced plans to expand into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio after 2025. |
| October 2022 | Wawa announced an expansion into Georgia, with the first location planned for Waycross by 2024. |
| July 26 2022 | Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced an $8 million settlement agreement with Wawa to resolve the data breach. |
| January 8 2021 | Wawa opened its first drive-thru only location in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. |
| 2020 | Wawa tested burgers, waffle fries, and chicken sandwiches at six locations. Later in the same year, the company began testing a dinner menu at select locations, including items like burgers, fries, pasta, and rotisserie chicken. |
| December 18 2020 | Wawa opened its first drive-thru at a convenience store/gas station location in Westampton, New Jersey. |
| December 27 2019 | The Philadelphia Inquirer reported at least six class-action lawsuits filed against Wawa in federal court in Philadelphia regarding the data breach. |
| December 20 2019 | Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens publicly announced the data breach, revealing that approximately 34 million cards were potentially affected. |
| December 12 2019 | Malware contained and removed from Wawa's payment processing servers. |
| March 4 2019 | Malicious software first detected on Wawa's payment processing servers, potentially compromising customer payment card information. |
| December 14 2018 | Wawa opened a flagship location in Center City, Philadelphia at 6th Street and Chestnut Street, featuring unique design elements like a living greenery wall and café seating. |
| December 14 2017 | Wawa opened its largest location at the time in the Farragut Square area of Washington, D.C. |
| June 17 2016 | The original first Wawa Food Market in Folsom, Pennsylvania closed, replaced by a new 'Super Wawa' location with a commemorative parade marking the transition. |
| 2015 | Wawa ranked 34th on Forbes magazine's list of largest private companies, with total revenues of $9.68 billion. |
| 2014 | Wawa introduced a 7.5-inch deep-dish pizza on focaccia bread available in five varieties, which was later discontinued. |
| April 16 2014 | To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Wawa gave away free coffee and launched a nonprofit foundation to donate $50 million to health and hunger initiatives. |
| October 4 2013 | Wawa continued North Jersey expansion by opening a store in Lodi. |
| January 2013 | Chris Gheysens became CEO of Wawa, succeeding Howard Stoeckel |
| January 11 2013 | Wawa expanded in North Jersey by opening a store in Kearny. |
| October 12 2012 | Wawa opened its 100th Super Wawa in New Jersey, located in Woodbridge. |
| July 18 2012 | Wawa entered the Florida market by opening its first location in Orlando. |
| 2010 | Wawa re-entered North Jersey by opening a new store in Parsippany. |
| December 6 2010 | Wawa announced that all 210 Pennsylvania locations would sell lottery tickets from kiosks by spring 2011. |
| October 21 2010 | Wawa began testing diesel fuel sales at 12 New Jersey locations. |
| June 30 2010 | 20 Wawa locations in Pennsylvania started a trial of selling Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from automated kiosks. |
| May 2010 | Surpassed 1 billion transactions under the PNC Bank ATM brand. |
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