“Busy,” said Shawn Wilson, proprietor, as he stepped from the garage into the customer lounge.
Next door is busy, too, but not in a good way. At least, not for Stiles’ Sunoco, a family-owned business at the corner of Route 38 and Hartford Road for 55 years. A new neighbor’s moving in.
“Wawa,” Wilson said, “Eight pumps. I didn’t even know they were coming until I got a call from a reporter.”
For a little guy like Wilson, it unnerves to learn a corporate competitor like Wawa, everyone’s favorite convenience store, is coming to eat your lunch.
The phone call from the reporter came last November.
Wawa proposal to build beside family-owned gas station in Mount Laurel, N J , riles neighbors
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