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Wawa overview

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Convenience Store Gas Station Fast Food
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37,000
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Wawa, Inc., a privately held company, began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. Toward the end of the 19th Century, owner George Wood took an interest in dairy farming and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa, Pa, in 1902. The milk business was a huge success, due to its quality, cleanliness and “certified” process. As home delivery of milk declined in the early 1960s, Grahame Wood, George's grandson, opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for dairy products. Today, Wawa is your all day, every day stop for fresh, built-to-order foods, beverages, coffee, fuel services, and surcharge-free ATMs. A chain of more than 645 convenience retail stores (over 365 offering gasoline), Wawa stores are located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Central Florida. The stores offer a large fresh food service selection, including Wawa brands such as built-to-order hoagies, freshly brewed coffee, hot breakfast sandwiches, built-to-order specialty beverages, and an assortment of soups, sides and snacks.
The staff at Wawa come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 57.3% female and 36.1% ethnic minorities. The diversity in Wawa employees extends to employee political beliefs. Its employees are politically diverse and represent a balanced blend of political orientations, with 50.7% Democrats and 49.3% Republicans. Despite their political differences, employees at Wawa seem to be happy. The company has great employee retention with staff members usually staying for 3.9 years.The average employee at Wawa makes $28,576 per year. In comparison, some of its highest paying competitors, like Circuit City, B & B Corporate Holdings Inc, and ALDI USA, pay $39,180, $37,920, and $37,663, respectively.
Wawa is an industry leader with 37,000 employees and an annual revenue of $13.0B that is headquartered in Pennsylvania.

Wawa's mission statement

Fulfilling lives, every day. Wawa's associates are our best resource and our number one competitive edge. People building and team building are the keys to business-building. We provide a flexible work environment that promotes a balanced lifestyle.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2024
Pros of working at Wawa

Esop

Cons of working at Wawa

Being a supervisor and getting paid the same amount as a associate

Wawa benefits

Esop

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2024
Pros of working at Wawa

Esop

Cons of working at Wawa

Being a supervisor and getting paid the same amount as a associate

Wawa benefits

Esop

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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2024
Pros of working at Wawa

They are very supportive team, environment and benefits

Cons of working at Wawa

I feel there's not room to growth at the moment

Wawa benefits

Perks

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2023
Pros of working at Wawa

Inclusive company that values your opinion

Wawa benefits

Tuition reimbursement and the surveys

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023
Pros of working at Wawa

Wawa's benefits are unquestionably fantastic and the work environment outside of management is a cut above the rest.

Cons of working at Wawa

Management was akin to a hawk hovering over your shoulder and have the communication skills of hieroglyphs.

Wawa benefits

Free Wawa brand products

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2022
Pros of working at Wawa

Very friendly environment, good managers, nice coworkers, overall experience working is good.

Cons of working at Wawa

No consistent schedule. At times I would be working 43 hours a week, and then 16 the next.

Wawa benefits

Free shorties. Wawa makes amazing food.

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2022
Pros of working at Wawa

Benefits , coworkers, opportunities to advance

Cons of working at Wawa

Fearing Customers in city locations

Wawa benefits

Pay and motivational points for free merchandise, excellent employee development program

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2022
Pros of working at Wawa

The co workers are nice and it’s always something to do

Cons of working at Wawa

The less hours and less staff hired

Wawa benefits

The health benefits and able to learn more about the food industry

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2022
Pros of working at Wawa

Very rewarding to have success building your team, developing future leaders, and hitting your budget goals.

Cons of working at Wawa

Pay, Benefits, Hours, and work-life balance are all poor.

Wawa benefits

ESOP

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2022
Pros of working at Wawa

Working with people

Cons of working at Wawa

Nothing, i liked working there

Wawa benefits

Meeting new people and helping them

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2022
Pros of working at Wawa

Work life balance pay rate is good

Cons of working at Wawa

the amount of stress

Wawa benefits

Retirement plan stocks etc

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2021
Pros of working at Wawa

I love working with the people at Wawa because we worked as a team to get the job done.

Cons of working at Wawa

There wasn't really anything I did not like at WAWA, I love looking forward to working there on a daily basis.

Wawa benefits

I love the yearly bonuses and cultural diversity

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2021
Pros of working at Wawa

The nonstop movement

Cons of working at Wawa

Customer service like wawa or Burger King just isn’t for me

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2021
Pros of working at Wawa

I loved the people and the customer service aspect.

Cons of working at Wawa

My management was not very kind.

Wawa benefits

The discount because when I was a high school student, I enjoyed saving my money on eating.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2020
Pros of working at Wawa

good pay for what i do

Cons of working at Wawa

it’s not what i want to do for the rest of my life

Wawa benefits

interacting with others

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2020
Pros of working at Wawa

Very clean and helpful coworkers

Cons of working at Wawa

Too busy and stressful

Wawa benefits

Always nice to customers even when busy

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2020
Pros of working at Wawa

ESOP company

Cons of working at Wawa

The lack of training and the amount expected from new employees

Wawa benefits

Always having incentives

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2020
Pros of working at Wawa

The pay is amazing and the time off and retirement benefits are unbelievable.

Cons of working at Wawa

Very laborious and strenuous depending on which area you live in. I dont like having to work at night but I do what I need to to get to the next position!

Wawa benefits

The stock retirement. Each year you get a stock grant. One share is worth 16000. Each position you move up the more Grant's you get and additional each year. After 6 years you are 100% vested and I'm 22, if I kept with it until I am 55 I will have a few million worth of stock to retire with.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros of working at Wawa

You meet a lot of new people.

Cons of working at Wawa

As management, you have to work weekends and holidays with no extra pay other than Christmas Day. Your schedule can be all over the place, sometimes with turnaround with less than 8 hours.

Wawa benefits

Employee stock program

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2019
Pros of working at Wawa

The staff and the extra hours you can take up

Cons of working at Wawa

The amount of labor they expect you to do in such a short amount of time and the pay it’s worth it

Wawa benefits

The discount of food and drinks. The occasional free coupons, too.

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019
Pros of working at Wawa

I enjoyed the work/life balance, the communication and transparency of supervisors, and the community involvement

Cons of working at Wawa

It's challenging to hire people who are dependable, responsible, dedicated and hard working

Wawa benefits

I love how our company promotes from within and we're growing at a rapid pace

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019
Pros of working at Wawa

I love how Wawa values people, our leaders are transparent, we are active in our communities, we promote from within, and we are growing at a rapid speed

Cons of working at Wawa

It's challenging to hire people who are dependable, responsible and hard working. It makes it frustrating to be effective in my leadership role

Wawa benefits

I love the bonus opportunities each month. It inspires me to work harder to accomplish budgeted goals

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The team at Wawa

  • The founders of Wawa is Grahame Wood.
  • The key people at Wawa are Chris Gheysens and Grahame Wood.
Key people
Chris Gheysens
Grahame Wood

Wawa rankings

Wawa is ranked #6 on the Best Retail companies to work for in America list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Wawa salaries

Average Wawa salary
$13.74
hourly
$28,576 yearly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Wawa diversity

9.9
Diversity score
We calculated Wawa’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Wawa’s workforce.
Wawa diversity summary. Zippia estimates Wawa's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Wawa's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Wawa's workforce.
  • Wawa has 37,000 employees.
  • 57% of Wawa employees are women, while 43% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Wawa is White (64%).
  • 14% of Wawa employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 14% of Wawa employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Wawa makes $28,576 per year.
  • Wawa employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Wawa stay with the company for 3.9 years on average.

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Wawa financial performance

9.8
Performance score

Highest paying Wawa competitors

Compare Wawa salaries to competitors, including Circuit City, B & B Corporate Holdings Inc, and ALDI USA. Employees at Circuit City earn the highest average yearly salary of $39,180. The salaries at B & B Corporate Holdings Inc average $37,920 per year, and the salaries at ALDI USA come in at $37,663 per year.
RankCompanyAverage salaryJobs
1$39,1800
2$37,9200
3$37,6630
4$33,8160
5$33,1750
6$33,0300
7$32,7140
8$32,0040
9$31,4090
10$31,3610

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