Dick Wood Jr., The Leader Who Built Wawa’s Convenience-Store Legacy, Dies at 88

Dick Wood Jr., the man who spent 34 years steering Wawa from a regional dairy business into a convenience-store powerhouse, died peacefully at his home on July 10, according to KYW Newsradio. He was 88.

Wood carried his family’s legacy forward. His great-grandfather, George Wood, opened Wawa Dairy in 1902.

The first Wawa Food Market opened in 1964 in Folsom, laying the groundwork for what Wood would later build into a household name across the region…

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