Richmond Hoagiefest: A Celebration of Peace, Savings and Shortis
Wawa's Summer Festival Comes to Richmond
July 2008
On July 25, 2008 at 4:00 PM at the Wawa located on Southshore Pointe Drive & Hull, Midlothian, Virginia, hoagie lovers from across Richmond will come together to celebrate peace, savings and Shortis at the Richmond Hoagiefest event. The festivities include community and charity hoagie-building contests, Hoagiefest songs, and a 94-foot long hoagie served to the crowd.
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Philadelphia Hoagiefest: A Celebration of Peace, Savings and Shortis
Wawa’s Summer Festival Honors the Great Hoagie Tradition in Philadelphia
July, 2008
Wawa is bringing its 1960s-inspired Hoagiefest campaign full circle by hosting its Philadelphia Hoagiefest Event, a festival paying tribute to the all-mighty hoagie and celebrating a summer of peace, savings, and Shortis. On July 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM at the Wawa located on 12301 Academy Road, hoagie fanatics from across Philadelphia will come together and celebrate their love of Wawa hoagies. Attendees can dance to original Hoagiefest songs along with tie-dye wearing Wawa associates and can tour a Peace, Love and Provolone exhibit featuring 1960's imagery and hoagie photos of famous hoagie moments in history.
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Hoagiefest: A Celebration of Peace, Savings and Shortis
New Wawa Website Honors the Great Hoagie Tradition
June, 2008
Wawa, Inc. announced the launch of Hoagiefest, a harmonious campaign celebrating the almighty hoagie with special price promotions and events carried on throughout the summer. Beginning June 9th, a different Wawa Shorti will be featured every two weeks for just $2.99. To bring the love and serenity imbued in every hoagie bite to all of its loyal customers, Wawa has created its first ever microsite, completely dedicated to Hoagiefest. Customers can now enter into an interactive hoagie world and experience all the peace, love, and provolone anyone could ever want by logging onto Hoagiefest.com. Hoagiefest is going on in all of Wawa's 570 stores throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia and runs through August 3rd.
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Wawa and Minor League Baseball Hit it out of the Park
Wawa Gives Minor League Fans Another Reason to Head to the Ballpark this Season
June 2008
This season, Wawa is teaming up with Minor League Baseball for a promotion that pairs America's favorite pastime with its favorite hometown store. Wawa will help fans from 13 teams in the mid-Atlantic cheer on the home team with on-field fun between innings, special giveaways, and appearances from Wawa's very own mascot, Wally Goose. Wawa's partnership extends to the Aberdeen IronBirds, Atlantic City Surf, Bowie Baysox, Camden Riversharks, Delmarva Shorebirds, Lakewood BlueClaws, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Norfolk Tides, Reading Phillies, Richmond Braves, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Trenton Thunder, and Wilmington Blue Rocks. With Wawa in the lineup, fans of all ages have the winning ingredients for fun all season long.
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Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia Celebrates 10 Years
CSFP honors Christy Walton and Wawa at 10th Annual Student Award Ceremony
June 2008
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) today celebrates 10 years of hope, opportunity, and success at its 2008 Student Award Ceremony. 2500 attendees will gather to honor Christy Walton and Wawa as 2008 Citizen of the Year and Corporate Citizen of the Year, respectively, as well as to recognize the achievements of CSFP students during the 2007-08 school year and announce the student recipients of 1,500 new four-year scholarship awards for grades K-8.
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High Tech Hoagie
Wawa Launches Text and Web Food Ordering in Eight Philadelphia-Area Stores
May 2008
Wawa, Inc. announced the expansion of their pilot for a new service that allows customers to pre-order food through text messages or online. In partnership with GoMobo, Wawa’s launched the service in two Malvern, Pennsylvania locations earlier this year. Now, Wawa is rolling it out to six additional Philadelphia-area locations.
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Wawa Fuels Up Race Runners
Wawa Sponsors Susan G. Komen’s Race for a Cure for Fifteenth Year
May 2008
For the 15th consecutive year, Wawa will sponsor and support Susan G. Komen’s Race for a Cure. This annual Mother’s Day event is dedicated to fulfilling the promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. In addition to serving as the Race’s major local food sponsor, hundreds of Wawa volunteers will be on hand to serve Wawa food and drinks to race participants at the Wawa food and coffee tents. Read More