Posted on 04/19/2018 10:22:57 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
A filmmaker is planning a documentary about one of the many debated aspects of Pennsylvania's interstate rivalry between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
No, it's not whether the NHL's Penguins or Flyers are better. With the Pens up 3 games to 1 in the Stanley Cup playoffs, there doesn't appear to be much debate over that.
The rivalry to be explored in the documentary: Sheetz versus Wawa .
"The rivalry is not between the stores, the rivalry is really between the fans," said Matthew Fridg, a Pittsburgh-based filmmaker behind the documentary.
Fridg hopes to answer the age-old question of which gas station and convenience store is superior with help from taste tests and the "fiercely loyal" fans in Western and Eastern Pennsylvania where the chains are based.
"I'm not trying to tear one business down," Fridg said. "Both businesses have very good community and employee relations. I want to showcase and really celebrate that aspect of them."
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I first saw Sheetz in West Virginia and assumed the stores were named after their former Senator, Robert “KKK” Byrd.
Sheetz food is horrible.
Fine, but a lot of places there’s only one or the other.
Mr. Sheetz's ancestors, in the one case. Not an uncommon name in Pennsylvania.
Get Go has the best gas station hoagies.
I concur.
We have 2 fast food places in my town...McDonald’s and Sheetz.
My 2 year old got a stomach bug last winter and barfed up our Sheetz dinner in the car.
That was the proverbial straw. I could barely stomach it before that.
Competition tends to raise all standards but the only Get Gos near me sell prepackaged hoagies in plastic. They aren’t bad, but they aren’t as good a fresh either.
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?56778-Negative-OC-at-Tappahannock-Sheetz
I have more, but that should be enough.
I-76 connects them, no?
Wawa is a suburb of Philly. It is Native American for goose, hence the goose...
Wawa. But I like how Sheetz plays 80s music.
when my son moved into his new house he complained “these people live like animals out here. It is six miles to the nearest wawa.
Wawa, PA is the name of the town in which the company originally started, as the Wawa Dairy. It is from the language of the original inhabitants of the area, the Leni-Lenape Indians—their word for Canada goose. You can see a Canada goose in the Wawa stores' logo.
Someone upthread mentioned that Sheetz is the family name of the people who started the Sheetz chain.
NYTimes "Sheetz vs Wawa" article from 2013:
Fuel and Food Are Quick, but the Fealty Is Forever
Wawa vs Sheetz on Reddit's Philadelphia subreddit:
Wawa vs Sheetz
Long, wonderful 2009 article from the pre-Bezos Washington Post:
Wawa vs. Sheetz By Hank Stuever
Wawa means Goose in a local Indian dialect. The corporation is headquartered in Wawa, Pennsylvania.
>>Whenever I go to Wawa I get the Sheetz.<<
We only have Sheetz here in western Maryland. I go there often, but I never get the Wawa.
>> I would be curious if you had a link or other documentation. Sheetz is headquartered in Altoona, which would be like Rawlins, Wyoming in terms of being a pro-second amendment area.<<
Ditto, because if true, I’ve made my last stop at Sheetz. And I will spread the word in my area.
>>No contest... Wawa<<
No contest. Royal Farms beats both Sheetz and Wawa.
Interesting, because Wawa is now an out-of-state import to Florida, and seems to be fancier than either Racetrac or Speedway, both of which we have had in Fla. for years. I like the Wawa kiosks, and the prices seem to be reasonable as well. Sheetz hasn't made an appearance down here yet, as far as I know...
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