Wawa Superstore Inches Forward On The Newtown Bypass

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Development of a new Wawa convenience store is slowly inching forward at the intersection of Lower Silver Lake Road and the Newtown Bypass.

After delays due to unforeseen site issues, construction appears to be back on track with the first semblance of a building - a cinder block wall - beginning to take shape.

Soon the steel girders of the store will begin rising from the ground and the familiar shape of a Wawa store will begin to appear.

Ground was broken in 2024 for the new 5,000-square-foot Wawa superstore and gas station, which is expected to open later this year.

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A new sidewalk along Lower Silver Lake Road. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Wawa, a family-owned business based in Delaware County, is known for its hoagies, freshly- brewed coffee, the “Sizzli” − a hot breakfast sandwich - dinner items including burgers, fries and pizza along with soups, sides and snacks, and a full line of hot, iced and frozen specialty beverages. Wawa also carries more than 6,000 items including groceries, tobacco and candy.

For years, the convenience store chain has had its eye on the Newtown area, the only larger community in Bucks County not served by the chain. The closest stores to Newtown are in Yardley Borough and Richboro.

George Wood founded the Wawa Dairy in 1902 in Delaware County, to bottle fresh milk products from certified Guernsey cows. The Wawa Dairy produced and delivered certified Wawa milk to the doorsteps of homes throughout the Philadelphia region. Its milk and cream products were of the highest quality and received the highest accolades from physicians and consumers. The first Wawa Food Market opened on April 16, 1964, in Folsom. By 1969, the first stores in New Jersey and Delaware opened, and Wawa Kitchens were offering foods like hamburgers and fried chicken.

In the decades since, the company has grown to become a gas station chain as well as convenience store chain. It has 1,095 locations spread across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., with stores coming soon to Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.

Wawa is planning to open 90 new stores over the next decade.

(Jeff Werner/Patch)