i'm willing to pay $3000 for the sign.
- kicksave856

pretty ballsy to say this to watson - probably the only poster on this site with the means, wherewithal and sick enough mind to actually acquire the sign and hold you to this statement

pretty ballsy to say this to watson - probably the only poster on this site with the means, wherewithal and sick enough mind to actually acquire the sign and hold you to this statement
- Crimsoninja

Also smart enough to know kick has about 3¢ on his person at any given time.

Also smart enough to know kick has about 3¢ on his person at any given time.
- Flyskippy

indentured servitude

pretty ballsy to say this to watson - probably the only poster on this site with the means, wherewithal and sick enough mind to actually acquire the sign and hold you to this statement
- Crimsoninja

true. if i owned my own home though i would totally pay $3000 for that sign and have it installed in my front yard.

indentured servitude
- Crimsoninja

kick's new avy:

kick's new avy:

- Flyskippy

i am willing to work on maggie's farm for that sign.

i am willing to work on maggie's farm for that sign.
- kicksave856

Wawa's new boss pledges a bread oven in every store

Chris Gheysens, who's been Wawa's CEO since New Year's Day, lives in South Jersey and works at company HQ in Delaware County when he's not running around 600 -plus Wawa stores from North Jersey to Orlando.

So he doesn't get downtown much, Gheysens admitted to the Irish American Chamber of Commerce at its Pyramid Club luncheon today. "You know how it is. I've got four kids. So not a dollar on me" when he had to feed a meter this morning, he said.

"So I stopped at the ATM. There was a three-dollar surcharge. What's Wawa's surcharge?" Wawa friends in the crowd yelled back, "Zero!" and applauded.

"Right. So I went in Starbucks. They charged me $2.25 for a cup of coffee. What's Wawa's coffee price?" The shout came back: "A dollar." "And Wawa's coffee is better." Pause. "This is not an advertisement by any sense." That got the laugh line too.

He was story-telling: Center City has converted to card-operated parking meters. No matter; the crowd went right along as he sketched a "Blue Ocean" business strategy -- "Couple gas, with food service, in good locations, with great customer service... No one else is doing that" in Wawa's markets.

Wawa, Gheysens says, now wants to be seen, not as fast food, but as "Fast Casual," in a league with fresh-food but no-waitress-to-tip Five Guys, Chipotle, or Panera, only without all the seating. Except in Florida, and at some new stores, which are adding chairs outside, and seem more like the Scheetz I visited in Carlisle the other day, than the classic move-you-along Wawa way.

"In Florida, we're using the same feel, but a different store model," with glass walls, "and seating outside," Gheysens affirmed. "Go around Philadelphia, you don't see those stores." A majority of Wawas now sell gas, but he's still planning to upgrade smaller no-gas outlets, especially in Center City, and the popular but worn outpost at Penn: "That needs to be a landmark."

Gheysens also said Wawa has made a decision on its store-baked bread experiment in partnership with Amoroso's, Wawa's bread supplier: "Fresh baked rolls. By the end of the year you will have an oven in every Wawa." Which means more bread baked on site (and maybe less from Amoroso's South Jersey industrial bakery).

There'll also be employees in "mock chef coats." "Less clutter. Brighter colors. More consistent," Gheysens says, "with what you find in a Panera or a Starbucks.

Wawa's new boss pledges a bread oven in every store

Chris Gheysens, who's been Wawa's CEO since New Year's Day, lives in South Jersey and works at company HQ in Delaware County when he's not running around 600 -plus Wawa stores from North Jersey to Orlando.

So he doesn't get downtown much, Gheysens admitted to the Irish American Chamber of Commerce at its Pyramid Club luncheon today. "You know how it is. I've got four kids. So not a dollar on me" when he had to feed a meter this morning, he said.

"So I stopped at the ATM. There was a three-dollar surcharge. What's Wawa's surcharge?" Wawa friends in the crowd yelled back, "Zero!" and applauded.

"Right. So I went in Starbucks. They charged me $2.25 for a cup of coffee. What's Wawa's coffee price?" The shout came back: "A dollar." "And Wawa's coffee is better." Pause. "This is not an advertisement by any sense." That got the laugh line too.

He was story-telling: Center City has converted to card-operated parking meters. No matter; the crowd went right along as he sketched a "Blue Ocean" business strategy -- "Couple gas, with food service, in good locations, with great customer service... No one else is doing that" in Wawa's markets.

Wawa, Gheysens says, now wants to be seen, not as fast food, but as "Fast Casual," in a league with fresh-food but no-waitress-to-tip Five Guys, Chipotle, or Panera, only without all the seating. Except in Florida, and at some new stores, which are adding chairs outside, and seem more like the Scheetz I visited in Carlisle the other day, than the classic move-you-along Wawa way.

"In Florida, we're using the same feel, but a different store model," with glass walls, "and seating outside," Gheysens affirmed. "Go around Philadelphia, you don't see those stores." A majority of Wawas now sell gas, but he's still planning to upgrade smaller no-gas outlets, especially in Center City, and the popular but worn outpost at Penn: "That needs to be a landmark."

Gheysens also said Wawa has made a decision on its store-baked bread experiment in partnership with Amoroso's, Wawa's bread supplier: "Fresh baked rolls. By the end of the year you will have an oven in every Wawa." Which means more bread baked on site (and maybe less from Amoroso's South Jersey industrial bakery).

There'll also be employees in "mock chef coats." "Less clutter. Brighter colors. More consistent," Gheysens says, "with what you find in a Panera or a Starbucks.
- watsonnostaw

this is good news
my main issue with wawa is the bread
i like amaroso but usually the rolls at wawa are bullpoop

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this is good news
my main issue with wawa is the bread
i like amaroso but usually the rolls at wawa are bullpoop
- Crimsoninja

your hatred towards wawa has been documented and will be held against you.

your hatred towards wawa has been documented and will be held against you.
- kicksave856

had a bad roll at a wawa earlier this week in Easton PA, totally different than any other location I have indulged

If all wawa rolls were this way I would never eat there again

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had a bad roll at a wawa earlier this week in Easton PA, totally different than any other location I have indulged

If all wawa rolls were this way I would never eat there again
- watsonnostaw

there are certain wawas that get weird rolls. there's one somewhere in the sticks, like malaga or franklinville, that gets sarcone's rolls. i've heard good things. but i won't venture down there. i know all those farmers are zombies, with their leathery skin and winston cigarettes.

my advice would be to stay away from that easton, pa wawa.

there are certain wawas that get weird rolls. there's one somewhere in the sticks, like malaga or franklinville, that gets sarcone's rolls. i've heard good things. but i won't venture down there. i know all those farmers are zombies, with their leathery skin and winston cigarettes.

my advice would be to stay away from that easton, pa wawa.
- kicksave856

Stay away from all bayside towns between Salem and Fortescue.

Back OT:

Stay away from all bayside towns between Salem and Fortescue.

Back OT:

- Flyskippy

i spent some time in pennsville years ago.

the entire area is like a wasteland to me and i swear the people are all zombies or aliens.

i spent some time in pennsville years ago.

the entire area is like a wasteland to me and i swear the people are all zombies or aliens.
- kicksave856

I have some relatives in Pennsville.

You are mostly correct.

I have some relatives in Pennsville.

You are mostly correct.
- Flyskippy

do they hang at a place called the friendly tavern?

i spent thousands of dollars at JT's Liquor Store.

do they hang at a place called the friendly tavern?

i spent thousands of dollars at JT's Liquor Store.
- kicksave856

No, they drink at home. Might've bumped into my uncle at JT's, though. His family lives near there, off Hook Road/49.

No, they drink at home. Might've bumped into my uncle at JT's, though. His family lives near there, off Hook Road/49.
- Flyskippy

man, hook road. i just remember the signs. this was literally like a lifetime ago and i barely remember any of it. pretty sure i had good times down there though.

man, hook road. i just remember the signs. this was literally like a lifetime ago and i barely remember any of it. pretty sure i had good times down there though.
- kicksave856

Must've if you can't remember.

- Feeling_Glucky

i'd eat it