Sheetz vs. Wawa: Round 5
ROUND 5: Everything else.
Sheetz is morally more corrupt than Wawa. Sheetz sells porno, lottery tickets, even beer pong game kits. Sheetz features beer caves and questionable trucker gambling machines that I don’t think are legal even in Nevada. They have a very wide range of hardware items and automotive care products.
Also, almost all Sheetz locations sell gas (cheap shitty gas but it will still make your car go) whereas a good number of Wawa locations do not sell any gas at all - there aren’t even any air pumps.
From personal experience I also know that Wawa sells very few automotive products. I once ran out of gas outside of Baltimore and walked nearly 2 miles to Wawa (I was trying to get there in the first place). I asked if they had a loaner gas can and they said “no, because its a liability”- okay fine - so I asked to buy one. They had only one, and that one was a 10 gallon jug that couldn’t even fit in my trunk. I drove back to the Wawa after pouring in a gallon. Having no need for the gas container I offered to donate it to the store for any future patrons who may be in my position but they just said “we’ll just throw it away and put in an order for a new one to replenish the stock.” I guess they needed to make room for their hard boiled egg party platters and “How I Met Your Mother” t-shirts.
Sheetz is now starting to put touch screen MTO ordering systems out by the pump. Though there have been a number of technical problems with the systems due to their exposure to elements, when they are working its great to get all your beep beep boops done before your gas is even done pumping.
For a while neither location welcomed patrons to stay around and loiter. Neither had any kind of eating area or seating. There has been a slight change in the tides with the newer Sheetz locations however. Metal tables and chairs adorned with bright green metal umbrellas have appeared outside of some storefronts and others have a cafe area where patrons can sip their coffee in a Starbucks like atmosphere. The first company to offer free Wifi might just be decalared a defacto winner of this round but as of yet, you still need to drive across the street to the Microtel and steal theirs.
ADVANTAGE: Sheetz is the winner here, there is just too much convenience at Sheetz when you compare to Wawa - and that’s important as afterall they are both convenience stores.
