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Wawa pizza tastes like cheese-topped cardboard. So why does it exist?

October 16, 2023 at 4:06 p.m. EDT
Wawa's Supreme pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, green peppers and red onions. (Jennifer Beeson Gregory/The Washington Post)

Introduced this summer as part of the chain’s latest menu expansion, the pizza at Wawa inspires just one question: Why?

The obvious answer is that Wawa is on a mission to stretch the boundaries of what a convenience store can be. Last year, the Pennsylvania-based chain introduced Angus beef hamburgers (and fries) to its dinner menu in hopes of attracting customers beyond the midday hoagie and late-night munchies crowd.