Robertsdale Wawa holds grand opening

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — Wawa now has three stores across Mobile and Baldwin Counties after opening two stores on Thursday, one location being in Robertsdale.

Local officials and area residents showed their support for the new location.

The Fairhope and Robertsdale locations have created over 40 jobs.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony included giveaways, live performances and the announcement of grants from The Wawa Foundation. The event also featured a fun hoagie-building competition that benefited two local charities.

“Because we just now opened our second Wawa in Baldwin County and it was such a blasting opening the first one up and just to be able to expand Wawa and bring our culture to the area is just such a great thing and it’s excites me every day.” Wawa General Manager Gene Woerher said.

Wawa hopes to have 7-10 additional locations in Baldwin County and an additional location in Pensacola.

The Wawa team told News 5 that customers will receive free any size coffee through Sept. 8.

The Mobile Wawa location also opened on Thursday.

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