VA, DC Wawa Closes Self-Serve Areas, Stores To Be Cleaned Nightly

WASHINGTON, DC — 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.

The chain of convenience stores — which began in 1803 as an iron foundry in the Garden State — operates more than 850 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida and Washington, D.C.

With its company headquarters in Pennsylvania, Wawa recently opened stores in the District of Columbia region. Wawa's expansion goal in Northern Virginia calls for two to three new store openings per year and 40 new stores in 15 years.

"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.