Wawa opening in Robertsdale next week

By KAYLA GREEN
Executive Editor
kayla@gulfcoastmedia.com
Posted 8/21/24

Come next Thursday, Baldwin County will be home to two places to indulge in hoagies while you fill up your car.

Wawa is set to open in Robertsdale on Aug. 29 at 8 a.m., and the first 100 …

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Wawa opening in Robertsdale next week

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Come next Thursday, Baldwin County will be home to two places to indulge in hoagies while you fill up your car.

Wawa is set to open in Robertsdale on Aug. 29 at 8 a.m., and the first 100 customers will be treated to a free t-shirt.

This more-than-a-gas-station is offering free coffee of any size through Sept. 8, too. On opening day, The Wawa Foundation will announce a grant to Feeding the Gulf Coast and a Hoagies for Heroes hoagie-building competition between the Robertsdale Fire and Police departments.

The company is also holding a grand opening the same day and time in Mobile for the city's first Wawa location at 7095 Cottage Hill Road. A company statement said Wawa plans to open seven to 10 new sores in Baldwin and Mobile counties in the next three to four years, anticipating the creation of hundreds of jobs.

Wawa's first store in Alabama opened April 25 in Fairhope after breaking ground in June 2023. A second Mobile store is under construction at 664 Schillinger Road with a targeted opening toward the end of the year, and a second Fairhope location, at State Hwy. 181 and 104, is projected to open early next year.

MICAH GREEN / GULF COAST MEDIA
MICAH GREEN / GULF COAST MEDIA

Gasoline was not part of Wawa's original picture.

Wawa got its start in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey, according to previous reporting from Gulf Coast Media. Owner George Wood founded the Wawa Dairy to bottle milk and cream from certified Guernsey cows in 1902. Products were delivered to doorsteps throughout the Philadelphia area. Then in 1964, the first Wawa Food Market opened in Folsom, Pennsylvania. Wawa Kitchens served hamburgers and fried chicken. Premade hoagies were introduced in 1972. Over the years, the brand added gasoline, new products and expanded on the East Coast.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. at 21022 Hwy. 59, Robertsdale.

MICAH GREEN / GULF COAST MEDIA

Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan made the first Wawa Hoagie.
MICAH GREEN / GULF COAST MEDIA Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan made the first Wawa Hoagie.