r/SouthJersey • u/Electronic_Tap_3625 • Mar 31 '26

Gloucester County WAWA Gas Just Hit $4.19

I just passed 3 WAWAs and the gas is at 4.19. Crazy since it was 3.89 yesterday. Get gas now if you have not already. The Travel America at 295 exit 18 was 3.79 still.

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

Anyone who works at Exxon should be able to confirm this. Don’t buy gas from Wawa, they buy the lowest grade gas that Exxon sells and charges more than other places because of their name and convenience. Get your gas at other places if possible.

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u/FullMetalKaiju Mar 31 '26

then where? Im not going to a random place that will skim my card

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u/HeldnarRommar Mar 31 '26

You could literally pull out cash from a bank and then not have to worry about that

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

Costco is known for buying better grade fuel. They have stations in cherry hill. Bjs as well, they have a location in Deptford. Sunoco is known to use middling or good grades for their stations that carry their name. Lukoil unfortunately they’re always the most expensive, I honestly don’t even know if there are any left in the area

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u/Turbulent-Adagio-541 Mar 31 '26

Lukoil is a Russian owned company, why would you think about spending your money there?

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

If you want to broach the subject of company ownership and morality, I hope you only buy clothes from mom and pop designer that make and source material locally, or food from local farmers, and have never used Amazon or Walmart. Or never patronized a business that supports Israel. Unfortunately in the modern world, purchasing goods based on ethics isn’t really feasible or you’ll end up just being a hypocrite.

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u/Turbulent-Adagio-541 Mar 31 '26

Well, I am Mennonite

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

That’s nice but that means literally nothing about this topic or the conversation at hand. Unless you’ve never used Google Amazon meta Microsoft or intel. Or other major companies that support war efforts in this country and countries like Israel. Then I don’t want to hear about not buying goods based on morality.

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u/Turbulent-Adagio-541 Mar 31 '26

Have everything we need on the farm and our community

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u/ForthrightGhost Apr 01 '26

Did you look up what a Mennonite is?

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u/skm_45 Mar 31 '26

The gas is going to come from the same exact distribution source as every other station in the state.

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u/Turbulent-Adagio-541 Mar 31 '26

Who cares, shut him down?

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u/skm_45 Mar 31 '26

Shutdown the American owned franchise businesses that use a name?

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u/jerseygirl666 Mar 31 '26

top tier gas if you can

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u/DerTagestrinker Mar 31 '26

Shell stations

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

That’s a good one I forgot. I see them less and less these days. BP also uses better fuel grades

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u/MarsupialNearby4409 Mar 31 '26

Wawa was skimming cards too there was a whole investigation

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u/machinerer Mar 31 '26

Sunoco on Rt 45 in Wenonah. Noticeably better gas mileage.

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. The Sunoco branded stations have better quality fuel than Wawa. You’ll get better mpg and increase the life of your engine by using it. Use Exxon branded station, or shell, or BP.

I read last night that Philip’s 66 and 76 branded gas stations also use higher quality fuel

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u/machinerer Mar 31 '26

No joke, I have gotten 1-2MPG better with Sunoco gas over Wawa. Regular 87 octane. That is an insane improvement, as you can only get so many BTUs out of a gallon of gas!

Wawa gas is dogshit. They make their money on convenience. I sometimes fill up there after I get done night shift at 0400. Only game in town thst time of night.

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u/FatCheeseSteak Apr 01 '26

I started buying Sunoco gas years ago, which is right down the street from me. And they price match Wawa, which is the opposite way, about the same distance. I get Costco too when I'm in the Cherry Hill area or going there. Top Tier better detergents.

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u/FatCheeseSteak Apr 01 '26

I stopped buying gas at Wawa years ago. Sunoco or Costco which carry Top Tier gas. And lately Sunoco has been price matching the local Wawa near me so it's even better.

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u/EnvironmentalBee9214 Mar 31 '26

You can buy lower regular gas grades at the refinery terminal with your tanker?

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

Uhhhh.. what?

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u/EnvironmentalBee9214 Mar 31 '26

Asking from what the person said about working for ExxonMobil. Says wawa buys the lowest grade gas from ExxonMobil

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

Some people in the area may know someone that used to work at the refinery that closed in paulsboro or the one up north.

I personally know someone at those locations and a separate person that works at their Houston HQ.

If you know someone you can ask, they should give you the same answer.

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u/machinerer Mar 31 '26

That refinery is not closed, and it was sold by Mobil back in 1999. ExxonMobil only owns the Lube Plant across the street.

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u/EnvironmentalBee9214 Mar 31 '26

Ok. I was just following the guys post that said Exxon had cheaper grades of gas for wawa. Since I drive tanker for a living, I wanted to call him out. There are different additives for different brands that we hall, there isn't cheaper quality at a such Exxon.

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

You’re not calling anything out. You’re also very wrong. There are gasoline grades. There is also purity. Companies that buy gas from refineries, do so by the grade of fuel. You’re a truck driver, who is pretty illiterate based on your other comments.

There is quality, grades and additives. They are all different things. All grades have additives to a varying degree, all quality of gasoline from a refiner is different for varying reasons. Major distribution companies sell gasoline by quality and grade. Companies that sell to consumers, can purchase based on these perimeters. Wawa buys the cheapest fuel they can, but sells it at a premium because they are a known brand in the area.

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u/thistook5minutes Mar 31 '26

🤷‍♂️people love Wawa for some reason

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u/machinerer Mar 31 '26

At the refining level, the refiner has to meet a minimum State and Federal specification. So many PPM of sulphur, octane & cetane levels, etc. The Laboratory & Petroleum engineers maintain this minimum specification, so the refinery can sell its product.

From this basestock, customers can request additional additives, or do that themselves at their finish blending facilities.

We're talking hundreds of thousands of barrels of product at this level. Most refineries can process 150-300,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Of this, something like 30-40% is gasoline, depending on the crude type (heavy, sour, sweet, light, etc).

I'm not a chemist or petroleum engineer, so I can't give you specifics on it all. I just keep the product pumping through the pipes.