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[Legionnaire11]

Wawa vs Sheetz

Sheetz scores points for looks and selection, but Wawa's dalliance with more hearty and fine fare places it a cut above the competition's fast-food-influenced menu. If we're looking for a scenic soda trip, we'll stop by Sheetz, but the food at Wawa justifies a visit in and of itself.

Sheetz is typically louder and flashier, with a more intense vibe than Wawa's unassuming, plain and simple appearance. ... But while Sheetz may seem like it has more options, Wawa reminds us that no matter how you are dressed, you are welcome there.

And of course, where Wawa wins hands down is the pretzels, you're not getting a Philly pretzel at Sheetz and there's really no reason to eat pretzels after you've had authentic Philly pretzels. I'm not joking when I say, the first thing I do when I land in Philly or Tampa is head to Wawa for pretzels.

 

[Adz]

I've heard of Wawa, never even heard of Sheetz.

I like grocery shopping, not an in and out sort of person. I'm a Publix gal, but I don't mind checking out the competition if it's nearby. Wawa sounds like one I'd like to have move in to Hermitage, let 'em duke it out.

I still miss Albertson's. That one was my favorite EVER.

 

[Marty Party]

I have been tracking my fuel costs since April 6th 2014 and these past 19 months have been staggering. Steady increases every single month and it looks like with no end in sight.

My Averages Per Year - 93 Octane - Nashville Area:

2014: $3.47
2015: $2.59
2016: $2.57
2017: $2.99
2018: $3.41
2019: $3.25
2020: $2.63
2021: $3.57
2022: $4.47

Not sure about anyone else but I've been cutting back on "non-essentials" and leisure activities.

Still as full STH though. Yee haw.

 

[Armourboy]

Yeah we are doing what we can to save here and there. Luckily my wife works from home now so that cuts a chunk of fuel out. We also are eating at home for about 85% of our meals when before it was closer to 25%.

 

[Viqsi]

Can confirm

I find that surprising consiering what happened the last time you went to Sheetz when we were on the road. I think the phrase went "it gave me the... you know".

 

[Adz]

I have been tracking my fuel costs since April 6th 2014 and these past 19 months have been staggering. Steady increases every single month and it looks like with no end in sight.

My Averages Per Year - 93 Octane - Nashville Area:

2014: $3.47
2015: $2.59
2016: $2.57
2017: $2.99
2018: $3.41
2019: $3.25
2020: $2.63
2021: $3.57
2022: $4.47

Not sure about anyone else but I've been cutting back on "non-essentials" and leisure activities.

Still as full STH though. Yee haw.

I saw regular at $4.69 in Hermitage yesterday. It's always cheaper there (don't know why) so I figure it's $4.79+ elsewhere. In CA it's over $9 so my son and his SO are also very glad to be WFH.

I haven't cut back on non-essentials or leisure activities because of gas prices, tbh. Never a big gas consumer as a rule so if I want to do something, I do it. But my gas consumption is LOW. Even pre-pandemic I don't think I ever put more than 9000 miles on in a year-- maybe when I had to take a kid to a magnet school last century (been awhile!) I have been a lot pickier about food. We are part of a CSA veggie and meat share so that has made it so we don't go to the grocery as much in the summer. I cook at home 90% of the time. But it wasn't long ago that I spent over $300 in one trip (granted it was after not going for a month) and that was a first. I remember when we first married (39 years ago in August) I was shocked when groceries were $50 under similar circumstances.

 

[adsfan]

I've heard of Wawa, never even heard of Sheetz.

I like grocery shopping, not an in and out sort of person. I'm a Publix gal, but I don't mind checking out the competition if it's nearby. Wawa sounds like one I'd like to have move in to Hermitage, let 'em duke it out.

I still miss Albertson's. That one was my favorite EVER.

There was a Sheetz in Lexington, VA near the Kroger's. I would buy gas and then groceries when visiting my daughter. They had the cheapest gas in the entire Lexington metroplex. I never went inside. That Kroger's was the only grocery store for miles. It was medium sized, but new looking and handy to have in a town of 7,500.

It was the first Sheetz that I ever saw.

BTW, gas at Sam's Club in Milwaukee is $4.85. I saw a Kwik Fill at $4.99. Everybody else around here seems to be around $5.15.

 

[Armourboy]

$4.56 this afternoon in Unionville, about as cheap as I've seen lately.

 

[adsfan]

I saw regular at $4.69 in Hermitage yesterday. It's always cheaper there (don't know why) so I figure it's $4.79+ elsewhere. In CA it's over $9 so my son and his SO are also very glad to be WFH.

I haven't cut back on non-essentials or leisure activities because of gas prices, tbh. Never a big gas consumer as a rule so if I want to do something, I do it. But my gas consumption is LOW. Even pre-pandemic I don't think I ever put more than 9000 miles on in a year-- maybe when I had to take a kid to a magnet school last century (been awhile!) I have been a lot pickier about food. We are part of a CSA veggie and meat share so that has made it so we don't go to the grocery as much in the summer. I cook at home 90% of the time. But it wasn't long ago that I spent over $300 in one trip (granted it was after not going for a month) and that was a first. I remember when we first married (39 years ago in August) I was shocked when groceries were $50 under similar circumstances.

Adz, I will guess that it is supply and demand. Just like eggs, gas is cheaper in the country (even though the Hermitage isn't as far out of town as in Andy Jackson's day).

I remember buying a week's groceries for $50 to $60 when I had 2 hungry kids living at home. I used to go to a dog track in Kenosha and a few times my youngest would advise me on which dogs to bet on. My $2 bets were usually enough to pay for the week's food. Usually, it was near a holiday and she would pet a greyhound that was up for adoption. The dog would not want to leave! She has always had a way with animals, they just adore her.

Let me wish you and Mr Adz an early and a very happy 39th anniversary!

 

[Adz]

Adz, I will guess that it is supply and demand. Just like eggs, gas is cheaper in the country (even though the Hermitage isn't as far out of town as in Andy Jackson's day).

I remember buying a week's groceries for $50 to $60 when I had 2 hungry kids living at home. I used to go to a dog track in Kenosha and a few times my youngest would advise me on which dogs to bet on. My $2 bets were usually enough to pay for the week's food. Usually, it was near a holiday and she would pet a greyhound that was up for adoption. The dog would not want to leave! She has always had a way with animals, they just adore her.

Let me wish you and Mr Adz an early and a very happy 39th anniversary!

Same to you and Mrs Adsfan! Same day, same year. It was hot as blazes here, 107 degrees (according to the bank time and temp nearby) right before I walked down the aisle and both the AC and power had failed in the chapel.

We are part of Metro Davidson County but unlike a lot of areas Hermitage never became "Nashville". It's the reason we don't have liquor stores but the why is still unknown, ha! I think Bellevue is the same way.

I have noticed lower prices in Hermitage and Hendersonville--sometimes Donelson will follow suit. I don't see it in other outlying areas--Antioch, for instance, was 30 cents higher than Hermitage a couple of weeks back. When I filled up my car last week it was $4.39. I hadn't really been out and about til yesterday evening and I saw it had risen a LOT. I don't know why it is less out this way but I'm glad it is!

 

[LCPreds]

Never been happier than the last few months that we own an electric car. The low mpg small suv we have has been sitting in the garage with some limited trips just to keep everything in order.

With that said we’re heading out of town next weekend, and need the driving range, so about to finally join in on the pump pain.

 

[ShagDaddy]

Never been happier than the last few months that we own an electric car. The low mpg small suv we have has been sitting in the garage with some limited trips just to keep everything in order.

With that said we’re heading out of town next weekend, and need the driving range, so about to finally join in on the pump pain.

Be glad you don’t live in California, they’re asking people to refrain from charging their cars due to the high energy demands from the heat……

 

[LCPreds]

Be glad you don’t live in California, they’re asking people to refrain from charging their cars due to the high energy demands from the heat……

I'd love to have enough $$$ to move to certain parts of California. Alas.

 

[Adz]

$4.54 in Hermitage
Might be worth the drive if it hasn't lowered in your area AND you need gas.

Isn't that just ridiculous? -- push electric over gasoline and then don't let you use the electric.

 

[Armourboy]

$4.54 in Hermitage
Might be worth the drive if it hasn't lowered in your area AND you need gas.

Isn't that just ridiculous? -- push electric over gasoline and then don't let you use the electric.

It's been the major argument against electric from the start, the power grid in lots of areas couldn't handle it if everyone swapped.

Tennessee is a bit different than lots of places, we don't even remotely use the power generation that is available to us. ( Thank you Manhattan project )

 

[Viqsi]

Be glad you don’t live in California, they’re asking people to refrain from charging their cars due to the high energy demands from the heat……

Oh, over here in Columbus the approach to that was just to shut off electricity entirely. For two days. At the height of a heat emergency. I ended up spending one night in my car simply because it was too hot in the house.

 

[Adz]

Oh, over here in Columbus the approach to that was just to shut off electricity entirely. For two days. At the height of a heat emergency. I ended up spending one night in my car simply because it was too hot in the house.

Oh, that's just terrible. We were without AC for 2 days back in the spring and I thought I was going to melt. Our business would definitely suffer from an electricity shutdown -- beyond being unable to create anything, the computers would be fried by the heat.

 

[PredsV82]

Truth.

 

[Adz]

Truth.

Yes, except we had no Bradys yet, so mine was Liddle Kiddles.

 

[Legionnaire11]

If anyone here wants to try their hand at Sim hockey (great way to pass the NHL offseason), the AHL is starting season 14 on Friday and has 4 GM openings at the moment: Hurricanes, Thrashers, Devils, Wanderers

Atlantic Hockey League - STHS

AHL - index

You would need a windows PC and download the STHS client to manage your roster.

Contact – AHL

atlantichockeyleague.com

 

[BigFatCat999]

Reporters and analists ruin the fun of awards and HOFs.

I'm going to focus my rage to goals. Make some goals, make them realistic, make them something that makes you proud, and make them happen.

 

[AnalogKid]

Truth.

Super 70's Sports can be a hilarious, albeit wildly inappropriate, rabbit hole.

 

[FossilFndr]

$4.54 in Hermitage
Might be worth the drive if it hasn't lowered in your area AND you need gas.

Isn't that just ridiculous? -- push electric over gasoline and then don't let you use the electric.

3 years ago last week I got a Camry Hybrid XLE. people then ask me why with such low gas prices would I spend the money on such a car. Because of Covid I have not driven it as much as expected, planned some long trips beginning in spring 2020 but .... I've only got about 23,000 miles but over the life it has averaged 44.5 MPG. I'm about to drive to NW of Cincinnati and can make the round trip with only 15.5 gallons, (680 milles) plus what I drive around there. I don't feel like I made a mistake about now.

On another subject I've never done much walking for exercise etc but beginning May 10th through tonight I just broke 80 miles. I mowed out a 1.5 mile loop around my hay fields which I now usually walk twice a day. Also go to a nearby park and do a 3 mile walk around the lake 3 mornings a week plus the 1.5 miles that night. I only missed one day and that was because of all day rain. I started with just 1 mile a day.

 

[Armourboy]

3 years ago last week I got a Camry Hybrid XLE. people then ask me why with such low gas prices would I spend the money on such a car. Because of Covid I have not driven it as much as expected, planned some long trips beginning in spring 2020 but .... I've only got about 23,000 miles but over the life it has averaged 44.5 MPG. I'm about to drive to NW of Cincinnati and can make the round trip with only 15.5 gallons, plus what I drive around there. I don't feel like I made a mistake about now.

On another subject I've never done much walking for exercise etc but beginning May 10th through tonight I just broke 80 miles. I mowed out a 1.5 mile loop around my hay fields which I now usually walk twice a day. Also go to a nearby park and do a 3 mile walk around the lake 3 mornings a week plus the 1.5 miles that night. I only missed one day and that was because of all day rain. I started with just 1 mile a day.

If I were going to do it I think I would go more the hybrid route more so than fully electric.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

3 years ago last week I got a Camry Hybrid XLE. people then ask me why with such low gas prices would I spend the money on such a car. Because of Covid I have not driven it as much as expected, planned some long trips beginning in spring 2020 but .... I've only got about 23,000 miles but over the life it has averaged 44.5 MPG. I'm about to drive to NW of Cincinnati and can make the round trip with only 15.5 gallons, (680 milles) plus what I drive around there. I don't feel like I made a mistake about now.

On another subject I've never done much walking for exercise etc but beginning May 10th through tonight I just broke 80 miles. I mowed out a 1.5 mile loop around my hay fields which I now usually walk twice a day. Also go to a nearby park and do a 3 mile walk around the lake 3 mornings a week plus the 1.5 miles that night. I only missed one day and that was because of all day rain. I started with just 1 mile a day.

Yeah, I want to make my next car electric. I don't know what but it's gotta be the way to go heading forward. Even looking past the current bubble. I will count myself "behind the curve" when I should have been ahead of it like you. But right now I drive a dumb truck and have a 30 mile commute to work. So uh...