Wawa is scouting new store sites in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, with the first gas-and-sandwich convenience stores under the flying-goose signs to be announced next year and opened after 2025, the company said Wednesday.
It also plans to move into Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia by 2024. The company has nearly 1,000 stores, with roughly one-quarter each in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, and most of the rest in the counties around Washington, D.C.
"At Wawa, growth means strengthening our existing markets as well as expanding," chief executive Chris Gheysens said in a statement, which referred to the new states as future "Wawalands."
