BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Wawa\, Inc. today announced the celebration of the grand open ing of their brand new store located at 7124 Ritchie Highway\, Glen Burn ie\, MD 21061. To commemorate the opening of the store\, Wawa is hosting a hoagie building competition between members of the Anne Arundel Count y Police Department and the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.\n \ ;\nOn Friday\, November 30th at 10:00AM\, Wawa will officially commence the grand opening ceremony. Members of the Glen Burnie community and loc al officials\, Wawa executives\, store associates and Wawa&rsquo\;s masc ot\, Wally Goose\, will be on hand to share in and celebrate the grand o pening festivities and ribbon cutting ceremony. \; As part of the ev ent\, Wawa&rsquo\;s Chief Information Officer\, Suzanne Keenan\, will le ad the event\, giving brief remarks about the history of Wawa and thanki ng everyone in the community who works hard to keep us safe.\n \;\nI mmediately following the ribbon cutting ceremony\, the hoagie building c ontest will begin. \; The Anne Arundel County Police Department will compete against the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. \; Each te am will be challenged to build as many hoagies as they can in the tradit ional Wawa way in three minutes. \; On behalf of the winning and run ner up teams\, Wawa will donate $1\,000 and $500\, respectively\, to the winner and runner up.\n \;\nThe Glen Burnie location features Wawa& rsquo\;s new store design prototype\, including 4\,085 square feet of re tail space and additional gasoline facility\, as well as new in-store gr aphics\, colors\, restroom design\, and merchandising features. \; D onna Reesey will serve as General Manager of the store\, leading a team of 40 associates\, all of which are new positions brought to the area th rough the development of the store.\n \;\n \;&ldquo\;Our grand o pening celebration is a wonderful way to show our support\, bring the co mmunity together and provide the Glen Burnie community with the Wawa pro ducts it loves&rdquo\; said Chief Information Officer\, Suzanne Keenan.\ n \;\nThe Glen Burnie store offers customers numerous Wawa brands su ch as the award-winning Wawa coffee (195 million cups sold annually)\; t he Sizzliä\;\, Wawa&rsquo\;s hot breakfast sandwich\; a full-service deli\; Wawa Bakery\; Wawa&rsquo\;s built-to-order hoagies (80 million s old annually)\; and Wawa&rsquo\;s beverage line of dairy products\, juic es and teas.\n \;\nAbout Wawa\, Inc.\nWawa\, Inc.\, a privately held company\, began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. \; Toward the end of the 19th Century\, owner George Wood took an interest in dai ry farming and the family began a small processing plant in Wawa\, Pa\, in 1902. \; The milk business was a huge success\, due to its qualit y\, cleanliness and &ldquo\;certified&rdquo\; process. \; As home de livery of milk declined in the early 1960&rsquo\;s\, Grahame Wood\, Geor ge&rsquo\;s grandson\, opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an o utlet for dairy products. \; Today\, Wawa is your all day\, everyday stop for fresh\, built-to-order foods\, beverages\, coffee\, fuel servi ces\, and surcharge-free ATM's. \; \; A chain of more than 600 c onvenience retail stores (300 offering gasoline)\, Wawa stores are locat ed in Pennsylvania\, New Jersey\, Delaware\, Maryland and Virginia and C entral Florida. The stores offer a large fresh food service selection\, including Wawa brands such as built-to-order hoagies\, freshly-brewed co ffee\, hot breakfast sandwiches\, built-to-order specialty beverages\, a nd an assortment of soups\, sides and snacks. URL:http://glenburnie.patch.com/events/wawa-and-local-dignitaries-celebra te-grand-opening-of-glen-burnie-store SUMMARY:Wawa and Local Dignitaries Celebrate Grand Opening of Glen Burnie Store LOCATION:7124 Ritchie Hwy\, Glen Burnie\, MD 21061: 7124 Ritchie Hwy\, Gl en Burnie\, MD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR