Wawa Celebrates Grand Opening Triple Header

Today, the convenience store chain will open three new locations in Chantilly, Hampton and Suffolk, Virginia.

December 18, 2015

CHANTILLY, Va. – Wawa Inc., today announced the opening of three new stores in Virginia, celebrating its first-ever grand opening triple header in the state of Virginia and Wawa’s first location in Fairfax County. The stores will be located in Chantilly, Hampton and Suffolk, Virginia.

To celebrate this event, Wawa is hosting three in-store celebrations, each of which will include a ribbon cutting and charitable Hoagies For Heroes sandwich-building competition. The contest will benefit local charities identified by the fire and police from each area. As Wawa opens three stores in Virginia, the nonprofit Wawa Foundation will announce a donation of $30,000 to the Special Olympics, honoring Wawa’s long-standing partnership with the organization and its importance as a national and regional partner.

“We are thrilled to celebrate this tremendous milestone in our Virginia expansion as we spread our wings to serve more customers and communities and fulfill more lives each day,” said Chris Gheysens, Wawa’s president and CEO. “Opening our first Fairfax County location and new stores in Suffolk and Hampton is a significant step toward furthering our ability to invest in Virginia by building new stores and creating more jobs. We are honored and excited to be able to open three stores on the same day, and we welcome our new neighbors three times over.”

By the end of 2015, Wawa will have 79 stores in the Virginia market, eight of which will have opened in 2015. During 2015, Wawa opened 50 stores throughout its operating area, including 24 in the Middle Atlantic market and 26 in the Florida market. In 2016, Wawa plans to open at least three more stores in Virginia.

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