Wawa vs. Sheetz

       We've been getting a little too heavy on the Kyle-written articles lately here at the Beat, at least that's what our metrics are telling us.  Though I've been a bit too busy lately to watch and report on all the Flyers games, I will get back on that wagon ASAP.  In the meantime, I find it necessary to cover an ever important topic that was being tweeted about last week when we compared old Roy Halladay to Wawa and new Roy Halladay to Sheetz...or Royal Farms or whatever it got whittled down to.
       Coming from an area where there are too many Sheetz and hardly any Wawas, I always catch flack from people when I try to tell them that Wawa is better.  Roughly 95% of people in Central PA live in a state of blissful ignorance where they believe that Sheetz is the best gas station/food chain in PA.  Now essentially Sheetz and Wawa are the same thing, but there are a few differences that set them apart.
       It's basically quality vs. quantity when it comes to made-to-order menu items.  Wawa dominates in quality, Sheetz owns quantity.  Wawa's menu doesn't really extend too far beyond hoagies, but the quality can't be matched (by a gas station anyway).  While at Sheetz you can also get pizza, fried macaroni, burgers etc. it just isn't enjoyable food unless you're blacked out at 3 in the morning.  The bread on their hoagies is dry, while the turkey or ham has a slightly gooey consistency and the cheese may as well be some sort of a powder.  Also they are very misleading with advertising.  If Wawa says you're gonna get a classic for 4.79, you're gonna get a classic for $4.79.  At Sheetz they advertise $4 footlongs, only to charge you extra for the cheese.  Knowing a few employees that worked at Sheetz too, I've learned that most of their food comes in frozen.
       Another field Wawa wins in is their drinks.  Sheetz does not even have it's own brand of teas or milk or anything for that matter.  Part of the joy of Wawa is downing one of their Wawa brand lemon teas with your hoagie.
       I suppose if a Sheetz fan has never been to a Wawa then it might be okay to continue living with just Sheetz.  That's why people become Pirates fans right?  They don't know how good it is on the eastern side of the state.  I suppose I should tie this back into sports now.  Halladay takes the mound again on Sunday against the Miami Marlins (the broken down Shell station that may or may not still have gas of the MLB).  This is as good an opportunity as any for Doc to get his first win of the year and reaffirm that he is in fact the Wawa of Phillies pitchers.