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Two fast food delis with gas stations tacked on. Somehow Sheetz also bribed Harrisburg and now a few of them sell beer.
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Feb 5, 2020 16:38
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Wawa has better food and coffee, but anything that isn’t a sandwich, donut, or coffee sucks imo. Sheetz has more selection and the non sandwich stuff is decent, but slightly lower quality imo, especially on sandwiches and coffee (why I’m there 69% of the time). Sheetz does get major points for finding beer sale loopholes in the state of PA so residents can see how the other 49 states live.
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Feb 5, 2020 17:33
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I haven’t been to either but Zeldathon people swear by Sheetz so I gotta give it up.
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Feb 5, 2020 17:56
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Two fast food delis with gas stations tacked on. Somehow Sheetz also bribed Harrisburg and now a few of them sell beer. I'm in WV so we get Sheetz too. They're everywhere. And they've always sold beer.
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Feb 5, 2020 18:08
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Never been to sheets but Wawa is the reason I'd jump at any chance to go back to Philadelphia. All the other Philly food was between good and fine. Rolling into a Wawa and punching every button on the sandwich (hoagie?) kiosk was a delight every time.
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Feb 5, 2020 18:28
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Jose Oquendo posted:I'm in WV so we get Sheetz too. They're everywhere. And they've always sold beer. I think the trick was they convinced the PLCB that they are a deli (thus can sell six packs to go), but now they have to fight the municipalities for the same fixed amount of licenses. There's at least one Sheetz outside of Hershey now with a beer cave. I dunno why Wawa hasn't been more gung ho about it, but in other states they sell beer too.
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Feb 5, 2020 18:35
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Wawa is good, haven't been to Sheetz yet but I'll bet it's also good. I like Wawa's shakes as well as their sandwiches.
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Feb 5, 2020 20:00
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i dont live in a place serviced by any of these but i was told that sheetz tacos are as good as Jack in the Box tacos and I can confirm that theyre pretty drat close when i visited one to test this
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Feb 5, 2020 20:02
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theyre both OK dont know why people go nuts about them, they're nothing special just a step above most fast food places
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Feb 5, 2020 20:41
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Actually gently caress 'em both. The right answer is QuikTrip.
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Feb 5, 2020 20:41
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Jose Oquendo posted:I'm in WV so we get Sheetz too. They're everywhere. And they've always sold beer. the no beer is a PA thing, where Sheetz is based out of. The liquor laws have always been very strict and outdated, and until recently you could only get 6 packs from bars, or cases from special beer case stores. Also no full kegs, or any grain alcohol. Liquor and Wine is sold in a seperate store that is run by the state government, though more recently some grocery stores now carry beer and wine. Sheetz probably falls under that category now.
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Feb 5, 2020 20:43
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wawa is the only thing i miss about living on the east coast
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Feb 5, 2020 20:44
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dsf posted:theyre both OK dont know why people go nuts about them, they're nothing special just a step above most fast food places Getting a step above fast food at a gas station is basically witchcraft in 95% of the country. I think that's the appeal. Like even "nice" gas station stores in most places sell pure garbage, or at most semi drinkable coffee if you're lucky.
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Feb 5, 2020 20:45
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I’m a Wawa man myself
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Feb 5, 2020 21:33
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JakeP posted:the no beer is a PA thing, where Sheetz is based out of. The liquor laws have always been very strict and outdated, and until recently you could only get 6 packs from bars, or cases from special beer case stores. Also no full kegs, or any grain alcohol. I'm very aware of PA alcohol laws  I'm right on the PA border.
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Feb 5, 2020 21:53
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I spent 8 years doing a lot of driving up and down the east coast including a great deal of time in the Wawa and Sheetz compete directly shanghai-la that is southeastern Virginia. Wawa has better: Coffee, deli meat sandwiches, those bowls are p okay sometimes too I guess, PRETZEL, general grocery selection, Breakfast sandwich. Sheetz has better: Hot food, especially hot sandwiches like Steak sandwich or chicken tendies (my god are Wawa's so bad), blended/frozen fancy dumb coffee things. Both are several tiers above nearly every other gas station/restaurant chain around, with a single extremely important and notable exception that I am going to make a god drat thread for because it requires the attention of this whole drat forum.
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Feb 6, 2020 00:49
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ham pretzel melt from sheetz, but you transport 12 years into the past to get it. delicious.
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Feb 6, 2020 00:51
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Two fast food delis with gas stations tacked on. Somehow Sheetz also bribed Harrisburg and now a few of them sell beer. there are like 2 wawas that sell beer and they are making all the local liquor stores mad as hell by doing lots of discounts on cans
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Feb 6, 2020 02:23
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I grew up in Sheetz country but now Wawa moved into my part of FL and I dig it If you get there at just the right time on a hungover Saturday morning you can get the Wawa triple play: hot side and a Sizzli breakfast sammich from the hot case by the register for brunch, and a cold-cut sub to put in the fridge for dinner
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Feb 6, 2020 03:32
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I wish Wawa had the roast turkey all year long. the mashed potato bowl with roast turket and gravy is delish (albeit expensive)
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Feb 6, 2020 03:34
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:Two fast food delis with gas stations tacked on. Somehow Sheetz also bribed Harrisburg and now a few of them sell beer. About an hour south of Harrisburg, Sheetz started selling here too. I'm pro Sheetz personally.
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Feb 6, 2020 04:29
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Sheetz quesaritos are bomb, especially digging the breakfast ones with maple chicken sausage. Does wawa have the insane emphasis on jokes, because damned near everything at sheetz is a pun or a joke. years ago we got a sheetz pizza and the inside of the box under the pizza said "We're open 24/7, like your mouth." Like, gently caress, savage. I just wanted to try the lovely pizza sheetz, I didn't want any sass. Free coffee on christmas and new years is cool but it's a shame that people will go in and basically trash the area around the machines, just letting coffee spill all over the floor. They used to have beer cheese but it was just a test item unfortunately, hoping the curly fries stick around though. I like futzing around with the different flavors for trying to put together a good frozen mocha. they put out a new flavor for that poo poo recently, black raspberry, and I'm still trying to get a good flavor combo to make it good. wish there was a way to get some of those mixed in with the shakes. I feel like something changed in the past year or so with the local sheetz frozen drinks. They mostly seem a lot more... liquidy, less thick. Occasionally I still end up with a thick frozen mocha but it's not the norm now which is a shame. I miss the "buy 5 subs get a free sub" thing though. I know they got rid of it 'cause of people like my fiancee and I who would go in for that 6th free sub and just get everything on it and make it into a hell sub that some sheetz locations couldn't even actually make into a sandwich so they'd just shove it into a plastic container and bam, dinner for the next few days. A free hell sub that should have cost us like $20+. I kinda love that Sheetz of all things has a loving wine section. Also, there was a short time where we had a sheetz being built across the street from a sheetz. The plan was to have the older sheetz moved but it was still funny when both were in operation, especially since there was another sheets just a short 3 minute drive up the road. We've got so many sheetz here in johnstown and it's kinda crazy because it feels like you can go pretty much anywhere here and find one. Super convenient. At one point sheetz seemed to be trying to compete with surrounding businesses. When a Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt moved into town, the closest sheetz started selling ice cream with their own topping bar for you to pick from. They seemed to try to compete with 5 Guys too in terms of burgers but they've always had burgers so that one isn't as blatant as "oh they sell froyo across the street? well now we sell ice cream and you can put little candies in it. gently caress you sweet frog, this is sheetz frog now." There's no way to make this not sound sad but sheetz legit helped me make it through the day more than once back in 2012. I was homeless and they had that 3 for $1 hot dog deal and god drat if that poo poo didn't fill me up for the day. Cheap and decent food and they even accepted stamps so even though I didn't have a home, I could at least get a drink and find some change to get 3 hot dogs and it was just very nice to have access to that between trips to the library and hunts for a parking garage to squat in for the night. FirstAidKite fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Feb 6, 2020 |
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Feb 6, 2020 08:37
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Had a Sheetz for breakfast AMA
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Feb 6, 2020 15:21
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It's Wawa.
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Feb 6, 2020 18:24
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FirstAidKite posted:Does wawa have the insane emphasis on jokes, because damned near everything at sheetz is a pun or a joke. years ago we got a sheetz pizza and the inside of the box under the pizza said "We're open 24/7, like your mouth." Like, gently caress, savage. I just wanted to try the lovely pizza sheetz, I didn't want any sass. I'd say Wawa is straight laced, except when they did Hoagiefest in the style of Yellow Submarine, but that was just a splattering of psychedelia on top of everything. There's no substituting "z" on everything like Sheetz does. They also don't have seating in Wawa, which I'm not sure is that much of a drawback.
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Feb 7, 2020 03:10
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:They also don't have seating in Wawa, which I'm not sure is that much of a drawback. Downtown Philadelphia Wawa's had seats all along the windows which was the nicest place to sit, enjoy a heavily cheesed hoagie and watch the nighttime city go by. 
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Feb 7, 2020 03:43
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On a nice warm sunny day there are few great joys that match sitting on the hood of my car in a Wawa parking lot, halfway through a road trip to somewhere, hoagie in hand, watching the cars come and go as I enjoy my lunch. But in lovely grey windy freezing January, I am so loving glad that I can just sit down in a cramped booth in the corner of Sheetz and scarf down my lovely gas station lunch in relative warmth before going on my way. In short, Pennsylvania is a land of contrasts.
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Feb 7, 2020 03:49
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Wawa is superior, but I’ve not had hot sandwiches at sheetz and they’re just ok at wawa. They started putting out phyllo dough pastries that are pretty good. 2 dollar smoothies in the summer are the best.
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Feb 7, 2020 03:51
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CaptainPsyko posted:I spent 8 years doing a lot of driving up and down the east coast including a great deal of time in the Wawa and Sheetz compete directly shanghai-la that is southeastern Virginia. I realized in my comparison that I failed to credit Wawa for the Gobbler, which is a god tier seasonal sandwich and worth calling out in it's own right.
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Feb 7, 2020 04:36
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indigi posted:I wish Wawa had the roast turkey all year long. the mashed potato bowl with roast turket and gravy is delish (albeit expensive)
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Feb 11, 2020 20:50
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the gobbler is so goddamn good
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Feb 11, 2020 21:08
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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:They also don't have seating in Wawa, which I'm not sure is that much of a drawback. I like their pretzels, and they’re awfully big for $1.49.
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Feb 11, 2020 23:26
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:The ones in Florida have outdoor covered seating, and I’ve never seen it empty. They’re great. Y’gotta buy two of the half pretzels (they’re 79 cents individually, but 2 for 1.49, same as the whole one), to save the second for later more easily
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Feb 11, 2020 23:37
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If Wawa had the tater tot selection of sheetz, sheetz could go right in the dumpster!
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Feb 12, 2020 16:36
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20 years ago I'd have taken Wawa any day. Even back before that, they used to cut the meat right there at the deli. They've expanded the menu too much and quality has really suffered. The nail in the coffin was when they went to those "store baked" rolls. I'll still get the Pork Roll, Egg, and Cheese Bagel. I've only been to Sheetz once and it was fine.
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Feb 12, 2020 18:40
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https://www.nj.com/food/2020/02/wawa-has-burgers-now-and-they-are-beyond-awful.html Wawa is dipping their toe in burgers and chicken sandwiches. It's not impressive.
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Feb 17, 2020 05:50
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the only people that make this argument are the same wrong people that think sheetz is anywhere in the same stratosphere as wawa.
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Feb 17, 2020 06:17
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I'm digging motorized WAWA and it's workers. They seem like nice people. Oh! And the coffee is hot!
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Feb 17, 2020 11:26
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Wawa’s food quality is all over the place, but ordereing a Gobbler was sometimes the only reason I left my apartment in the winter. I don’t miss a single living soul from Philly but holy poo poo do I miss WaWa
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Feb 17, 2020 12:48
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Wawa in the streets Java in the Sheetz
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Feb 17, 2020 15:37
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