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Fuel and Food Are Quick, but the Fealty Is Forever – The Times
The comforts of two chains of convenience stores — Wawa in the east, and Sheetz to the west — inspire Pennsylvanians to choose sides.
There really isn’t any new ground in this Times story — I blogged about it 4 years ago when The [...]

Wawa vs. Sheetz: Isn’t That Convenient? – The PostHank Stuever has a long column comparing and contrasting two Pennsylvania based convenience stores, Wawa (of the Philadelphia suburbs) and Sheetz (of Altoona). The former tends to be found as your get closer to the ocean and the latter closer to the mountains. Basically, I-95/The Fall Line [...]

Since I pretty much gave up on McDonald’s and other fast food joints, I have switched to Subway and other chain sandwich joints for quick meals. I almost always go with a roast beef on wheat without cheese or mayo. Here is a rundown of my favorites
Sheetz
In the last six months Sheetz, the Altoona based [...]

Subway Ends Free-Sandwich Promotion – AP/The PostThis is bad news, the Sub Club cards (I have three in my wallet right now) are one of the big reasons I go to Subway. A pox on you counterfitters!
I still have to wonder if Subway is really losing a lot of money on this even with the [...]