Retail
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Wawa Expansion Goes to Alabama, Where No One’s Heard of Them
So what’s a Wawa, they’re asking in Alabama. Will it be as exciting as when the Buc-ee’s planned to open in the state? Wawa announced Monday it’s rapidly expanding in the Florida Panhandle into Lower Alabama as it migrates toward the central Gulf Coast, writes Lawrence Specker for AL.com. Some Alabamans have run across Wawa’s…
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Wawa Looking to Double by 2030 in Aggressive Growth Campaign
Wawa will expand in the next decade, launching its “most aggressive growth” in its history, doubling its store count, writes Laura Smythe for Philadelphia Business Journal. Wawa now operates about 965 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and Washington, D.C. It plans to expand its number of stores to 1,800 locations by…
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Wawa Day Thursday Celebrates 58th Anniversary With Free Coffee, Charitable Donations
Wawa is celebrating the 58th anniversary of opening its first store opening April 16, 1964 in Folsom with several Wawa Day events and actions, starting with free coffee on April 14. On Thursday, customers can get a free coffee, any size, at any Wawa store. April 14 also marks the anniversary of the 2014 launch…
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Penncrest TOPS Shop in Media Gives Special Needs Workers a Place to Grow
“I want to pursue stuff in life and I will not let autism get in the way of making me achieve my dreams,” said 19-year-old TOPS Shop employee Zachary Paikoff, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc.com. Paikoff and his brother, Ezra sell Penncrest High merchandise at the TOPS Shop. It is run by current and former…
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Nostalgia Could Be Triggering a Return to the Chain Bookstore
The heyday of the chain bookstore could be traced to the Harry Potter phenomena between 1997 to 2007, writes Alexandra Lange for Bloomberg CityLab. Amazon.com, dying malls and fewer bookstores have dwindled those chain bookstore crowds. But the chain bookstore could be seeing a resurgence, driven by Millennial nostalgia for Waldenbooks or Borders and other…
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Ever-Expanding, Wawa Takes a Look at North Carolina
Wawa continues to bring its Delco and Philly goodness to the rest of the country, this time with plans by 2024 to open stores in North Carolina, writes Catherine Muccigrosso for the Charlotte Observer. Wawa’s already listing 17 new store openings by the end of 2022 in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. “We…
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Luxury Self-Care Shop Opens in West Chester, Thanks in Part to a Grant from Beyoncé
Odelia, Marie & Patrice — which creates beauty products, accessories, and home goods — recently opened in West Chester, writes Bill Rettew for the Daily Local News. The new women-run, Black-owned shop on 117 West Gay Street is owned by Candice Parrish. It sells handmade candles, soaps, body butters, and more. Parrish cut the ribbon…
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Springfield Mall Owner PREIT Worried About Staying in Business
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), the owner of the Springfield Mall, has “substantial doubt” about being able to remain in business over the next year, according to the annual report the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. PREIT made this conclusion after evaluating its…
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Constitutional Amendment to Eliminate Pa. Liquor Store Monopoly Is on the Rocks
A plan to eliminate Pa.’s state-run liquor store monopoly through a constitutional amendment has presently hit a snag. Its future is uncertain, even before the issue has even appeared put on a ballot. Tom MacDonald, WHYY, distilled the reasons behind its current inactivity. Republican State Rep. Natalie Mihalek is preparing a constitutional amendment that would…
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Acme Could be Sold as Part of a Business Review Underway by Parent Company Albertsons
Albertsons, parent company of Acme Markets, may be selling off its almost two dozen grocery chains in a business strategy review, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Acme could be sold “as real estate,” to other store chains, said John Stanton, a St. Joseph’s University professor of food marketing. Acme has about 161…
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Radnor Board of Health Opts Not to Regulate Kratom Found in New Wayne Store
The Radnor Township Board of Health would rather not regulate the sale of Kratom, an herbal extract that has been linked to some deaths in the past few years, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for mainlinemedianews. The legal extract is part of the inventory at the currently-closed CBD Kratom store on Lancaster Avenue in Wayne. Members of…
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Amazon Gives Us a Sign That It’s Opening a Grocery Store in Havertown
There’s another sign, literally, that a new Amazon grocery store is coming to the Llanerch Shopping Center, 403 West Chester Pike in Havertown, writes Max Bennett for patch.com. Amazon Retail LLC has filed an appeal with the Haverford Township Zoning Hearing Board to get a variance for a wall sign at that location. The Haverford…
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Yeadon Zoning Board Reverses Decision on Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Restore marijuana dispensary at 735 Church Lane in Yeadon opened with Yeadon Borough Zoning Hearing Board permission, but the board has now reversed that decision, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Restore Integrative Wellness Center operates seven days a week providing medical marijuana in-store and at a drive-thru window. Borough Council President Sharon…
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Delaware County Leadership: Bob McGowan, Chief Operating Officer at Peddler’s Village
Bob McGowan, the COO of Peddler’s Village, the Delaware Valley’s top tourist destination in 2020, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Northeast Philadelphia as one of 11 people (his parents and eight siblings) living in a three-bedroom Olney row house; how his family moved to Bucks County when his father started his own…
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Peddler’s Village, Survivor of Numerous Boom-Bust Cycles, Wasn’t Going to Let a Pandemic Beat It, Either
Last year, despite a travel-tourism-retail environment of ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic, Peddler’s Village closed the 2021 books with record-breaking sales. In fact, the site has proven so resilient that the latest performance numbers top the previous sales pinnacle from FY2019, beating it by 35 percent. In 2020, the shopping-dining-performance destination had more than 2…
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Wawa and Sheetz Food Are OK, But When You Combine Them, Wow!
William Penn reporter Asha Prihar has experienced Sheetz and Wawa in her lifetime. She grew up in Sheetz territory but has since moved to Philly, where Wawa is king. Adapting to her new terrain, Prihar decided to try one new Wawa item every day for two weeks. After consulting with friends, colleagues, Twitter and…
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Springfield Mall’s PREIT: 2021 Had Strong Anchor, Tenant Mix Driving Sales
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, owner of the Springfield Mall, as well as the Plymouth Meeting Mall and Willow Grove Mall, closed 2021 on a high note with core mall rolling 12-month sales traversing the $600 per square foot milestone at $603. PREIT properties emerged as winners for the last year thanks to new anchors…
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Some Residents Dismayed to Learn a Cannabis Dispensary Opened in Wayne
The sudden appearance earlier this month of a CBD/kratom dispensary in a closed Starbucks on Lancaster Ave. in Wayne has some parents and Radnor Township officials upset, reports the CBS 3 staff. “How did a store that sells substances that are banned in 19 states literally open illegally next to two schools, three nursery…
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