Need gas or a hoagie? Wawa opening 12 more convenience stores in South Florida

Wawa fans are in luck. Twelve more of the Philadelphia-area chain’s convenience stores serving hoagies, fountain drinks and snacks, with gas pumps outside, are soon opening across South Florida. That’ll give the three-county region 37 Wawas.

The privately owned retailer is adding stores by the end of March in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, as part of a national expansion. The Media, Pa.-based company operates about 1,000 stores in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Palm Beach County is getting seven more stores, in Loxahatchee, Lantana, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and Boynton Beach. Miami-Dade will have three Wawa openings, two in Hialeah and a store in Homestead, while two sites are opening in Hollywood and Oakland Park.

Wawa made its debut in Miami in 2019, after opening stores in Broward and Palm Beach counties in 2017. By the end of this year, the gas station and convenience store company plans to have 250 stores in Florida. Of that number, there will be 37 in South Florida, with 19 in Broward, 10 in Palm Beach and eight in Miami-Dade.

With so many Floridians patronizing Wawa, company spokeswoman Lori Bruce said the chain will keep opening stores for “many years to come.”

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The region’s population growth during the ongoing pandemic has drawn more companies to expand South Florida operations. That includes food or retail chains.

As Wawa sets store opening dates, gas prices are trending down. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Miami-Dade County reported an average pump price of $3.02 a gallon at the end of December, a decrease from $3.17 a gallon in December 2021. But those prices are considerably higher than the pre-pandemic average price of $2.44 a gallon in December 2019.

Here’s the rundown where the 12 additional Wawas will open in South Florida:

Miami-Dade

▪ 11200 SW. 248th St., Homestead (spring 2023)

▪ 2901 W. 16th Ave., Hialeah (spring 2023)

▪ Intersection of Northwest 116th Way and Northwest S. River Drive, Hialeah (spring 2023)

Broward

▪ 1851 N. Federal Highway, Hollywood (spring 2023)

▪ 1675 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park (spring 2023)

Palm Beach

▪ 4530 Lantana Road, Lake Worth (winter 2023)

▪ 2307 45th St., West Palm Beach (winter 2023)

▪ 8115 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach (winter 2023)

▪ 2505 W. Wooldbright Road, Boynton Beach (winter 2023)

▪ 9910 S. Jog Road, Boynton Beach (spring 2023)

▪ 1201 W. Lantana Road, Lantana (spring 2023)

▪ 15475 Southern Blvd., Loxahatchee (spring 2023)