Wawa’s first travel center catering to truck traffic is opening during the second quarter of 2025 in Hope Mills, North Carolina, reports the staff for Truckers News.
The new store is located in a suburb of Fayetteville, not far from Interstate 95.
The 4,800-square-foot facility will have six diesel lanes and free overnight parking for truckers.
Read more in Truckers News.
Meanwhile, Wawa opened its first Ohio store and gas station in April in Liberty Township, writes Christian LeDuc for the Cincinnati Business Courier.
It’s an aggressive expansion campaign for Wawa, close to the hometown giant United Dairy Farmers.
For the past 85 years, the Lindner family-owned UDF, with 200 locations in the Tri-State, has become a destination for ice cream, malts, and milkshakes for generations of Cincinnatians and was the only convenience store in town with a devoted following.
Wawa is aiming for at least eight locations in Greater Cincinnati by the end of 2025.
Wawa President Brian Schaller said the company is planting its flag in Greater Cincinnati.
“The corner of Main and Main is a key part of our strategy,” Schaller said. “We want corners, and we will pay up for the best corners.”
In the next decade, Wawa is looking at 50 stores in Ohio, investing more than $375 million.
Wawa’s direct Pennsylvania competitor, Sheetz, has also started expanding in Ohio, with 50 stores planned in the Columbus market and 20 in Dayton.
Its first Cincinnatii-area location opened in Frankin in August 2024.
Read more about Wawa and Sheetz taking on Cincinnati’s home-grown UDF in the Cincinnati Business Courier.
Editor’s Note: This post was initially published on DELCO Today in May 2025.
