Wawa (Wawa, Pennsylvania) is charting its “most aggressive growth plan” in company history as the convenience store chain will aim to double its footprint by 2030, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.
That expansion includes breaking into new states, CEO Chris Gheysens told the outlet. If the plan is fully realized, Wawa would have about 1800 locations by the end of the decade, up from the 950-plus stores it currently operates across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Florida.
Specifically, Gheysens hinted that the new doors would “fill in the market” between Virginia and Florida. The added locations would be a mix of “traditional” and “non-traditional” stores; the former refers to neighborhood-type stores, and the latter refers to rest stop-style outposts.
Read more at the Philadelphia Business Journal.