MD Wawa Closes Self-Serve Areas, All Stores To Be Cleaned Nightly

MARYLAND — Wawa is changing store hours and its self-serve areas during the outbreak of the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

Effective at 5 a.m. Friday, Wawa customers will not be able to pour their own cup of coffee. Wawa employees will instead serve customers their caffeine. Additionally, all self-service fountain beverages, Icee drinks, cappuccino, and iced coffee areas are closed to customers.

Wawa employees will individually bag all bakery products for customers.

The convenience store chain said that in order to remain open safely, Wawa has increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfecting all touch points and surfaces. To do that, store hours will change and all locations will close from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. for deep cleaning.

Crews will also stock shelves from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Wawa has stores in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C.

There are dozens of Wawa stores in Maryland, where the company has a presence in Aberdeen, Abingdon, Annapolis, Baltimore, Bel Air, Beltsville, Cockeysville, Dundalk, Edgewater, Eldersburg, Elkton, Essex, Fallston, Gambrills, Glen Burnie, Grasonville, Halethorpe, Hanover, Joppa, Mechanicsville, Millersville, Prince Frederick, Reisterstown, Rosedale, Towson and Westminster.

"Wawa remains committed to delivering our purpose of fulfilling lives every day and will continue to monitor the way we operate and make adjustments as needed," the company said in the announcement.

Check the Wawa website for updates on store hours.