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I see these places in PA when I go there. Worst name EVER.

7 posted on 08/12/2013 8:46:55 AM PDT by TheRhinelander

To: TheRhinelander

Wa-wa
You made me such a big star
Being there at the right time
Cheaper than a dime
Wa-wa, you’ve given me your wa-wa, wa-wa

George Harrison

11 posted on 08/12/2013 8:51:29 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)

To: TheRhinelander

Great store though with very good coffee.

26 posted on 08/12/2013 9:14:06 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy

To: TheRhinelander; Kid Shelleen; Prov1322; Twink

I see these places in PA when I go there. Worst name EVER.

Not to natives of the area it isn't. The first dairy farm that started the business, and now its corporate headquarters, is located in the town of Wawa, Pennsylvania. The town of Wawa was named before the USA began, in the language of the Leni Lenape Indians native to the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region. It means "wild goose", apparently the sound a goose makes flying over. Hence, the company's logo:

Old logo before redesign in 2004:

Best. Coffee. Ever. And -- fresh Philly soft pretzels with mustard every day, and hoagies, TastyCakes, and Goldenberg's Peanut Chews -- all Philadelphia delights. I was ecstatic when the chain started moving into Maryland and Virginia!

38 posted on 08/12/2013 11:24:14 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)

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