Wawa's Big Push: These 11 New Jersey Towns Getting New Or Remodeled Stores

You won't have to drive an hour to get a taste of a "shorti hoagie" anymore.

Wawa, the convenience store known for selling fresh fruit and celebrating Hoagiefest, is opening and remodeling as many as 80 stores nationwide -and New Jersey's getting a fair share of them.

Eleven New Jersey towns will either get new stores in 2016 and 2017, or their stores will close for about a month before opening with a newly remodeled look.

Nearly half of the new stores will be located in Florida, but Wawa - a South Jersey staple - will continue to expand its presence in North Jersey.

Wawa once located several stores inNorth Jersey, but in the late 1990s, the decision was made to abandon the market because it was too competitive. The company came back to North Jersey in 2010 with a new store in Parsippany. In 2012, Wawa came to Woodbridge, followed by Kearny and Lodi in 2013.

Here are the locations for new New Jersey stores:

• Bridgewater: Summer 2016; 580 Union Avenue
• Hamilton: Winter 2016; 3817 Crosswicks Hamilton Sq Rd
• Hamilton: Fall 2016; 1200 State Hwy. 33
• Pennsville: Sumer 2016; 418 N. Broadway
• Somerdale: Fall 2016; Rt. 30 & Somerdale Rd.

These stores will be remodeled:

• Brick: 595 Brick Blvd.; Closed: 08/08/2016; Reopening: 09/08/2016
• Mount Holly: 1301 Route 38; Closed: 07/25/2016; Reopening: 08/24/2016
• Monroe Township: 337 Applegarth Road, Suite 1A; Closed: 07/05/2016; Reopening: 08/03/2016
• Thorofare: 196 Crown Point Road; Closed: 06/27/2016; Reopening: 07/27/2016
• Collingswood: 668 Haddon Avenue; Closed: 05/31/2016; Reopening: 06/29/2016
• Toms River: 254 Route 37; Closed: 6/06/2016; Remodeled: 07/01/2016
• Egg Harbor City: 907 White Horse Pike; Closed: 04/18/2016; Remodeled: 05/18/2016