The Wawa Way
How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience

interesting that I finished the book on Wawa day (April 14th). I read this book because my son works at Wawa and has since 2012. he LOVES wawa, everything about it, and wants to make a career of it. they offer great benefits (that ESOP!) and training and he loves his crew. he was recently promoted a......more

Part of me is keenly aware that I just read a 238-page advertisement for a corporate retailer, and paid $20 for the privilege. However, I picked up this book out of idleness and flipped it open to the chapter on employee ownership (Chapter 5, "Private and Shared Ownership"), and that was intriguing......more

How uplifting and inspiring. The positive message of “servant leadership” permeates the narrative. Wawa is truly in a class all its own, and it was fascinating to get a “glimpse behind the curtain.” It’s interesting how The Wawa Way seemed almost magical throughout the story - but in the spirit of tr......more

I was first introduced to Wawa during the summer of 1987...at least that's when I think it was. That's when I spent a four-day weekend in Cape May with my fiancé and her sister. The cute little Wawa on Texas Ave was our grocery store while we were there; and every time we returned to Cape May, we ha......more

Partly read this for work (because Wawa is one of our big clients) but partly read this because I'm a branding junkie. It was pretty good, got a little repetitive in spots and a bit of a PR dump, but nevertheless there were some cute anecdotes, and some good insight into Wawa's history and values. I......more