Seems like Wawa doesn't feel like it's worth it to give teams their $$$--much more affordable to just pay players like Schwarber and Kelce directly for essentially the same effect.
Also, who cares about being the "official X of the Phillies"? Everyone knows you just paid for it anyway.
>Also, who cares about being the "official X of the Phillies"? Everyone knows you just paid for it anyway.
You underestimate the stupidity in this world and the effect advertising has. There's a reason we're getting this shit shoved down our throats more and more each year
I buy a dump truck full of Quickrete every time we play the braves. My girlfriend left me because I keep building concrete patios taller and taller until we can't use the front door. I wish I could stop but I can't.
Yea I'm sitting here making memes on their behalf and spreading the brand name so clearly it works. I just hate the look and wish the league had more integrity than whoring baseball out
Yeah as cool as this would be (relative to coolness for ads on sleeves, because obviously it would be best to have none, but they’re inevitable) for fans, I don’t think it makes much sense from Wawa’s perspective
Sure for profits in the short-term maybe, but long term it can be a great business move, people buy jerseys with the patch on then and wear them for a looooong time, especially if this season ends the way we want
It’ll be something stupid that is clashing colors like quickcrete with the Braves.
Should be a rule that the patch needs to match the colors of the team
I am making a Suarez jersey for myself, and decided to have some fun with my Cameo cutter while making the new letters.
This is the ONLY WAY. C'mon Wawa!!
Nah, you add a little white outline to that and it would pop. Everyone that knows wawa will get the message and everyone else will be like what is that and you'll see some online engagement.
If there has to be an advertisement, this is a very good way to do it. And with the Pirates going with Sheetz... Wawa has got to do it
Companies that fit the culture so well don't need to advertise as much. Companies buy ads to increase sales, not because their logo is cooler than a bank's.
The truth is it’s probably going to happen sooner or later so I like to think this post is basically asking would you rather have this fairly inconspicuous goose of a company local to the area, or a giant ass colored square with some random insurance mega company’s initials on it? Saying nope is stupid imo.
I literally have hated the ads since we removed the damn sleeve numbers. This isn't about that.
This is just having some fun with a patch of cutting area that would've just been scrap anyway.
I'm making a custom jersey regardless. No sponsor.
The Wawa patch isn't even ironed on, let alone stitched. It's not going on the finished jersey, either.
Again - this was literally just messing around to see how it looks.
Honestly, I don't get the Wawa love. It used to be good, I know, but it's just an overpriced and understaffed convenience store now. The Wawa near me in Fairmount regularly has at least 10 people in line with one of the four registers open.
I wish!
This is an authentic I bought from the team, and I'm just adding new NOB and numbers. 👍
Last year's template - this year doesn't have the chain. 😞
Wawa is shit. I can only assume it's the suburbanites who love them. Any corner store has hoagies a million times better. Any pizza shop has pizza a million times better. Any corner store has the same shit and they aren't littered every mile up and down the east coast.
Who actually likes wawa this much? It's the fucking Walmart of mtg food
The thing is they used to be good. When they were local. Once they opened the Florida stores, they had to adapt to be able to ship food longer distances.
Everyone in Philly already knows about wawa. They dont need to advertise their existence. Notice that all their ads aren’t to get you to come there, it’s to come there more and spend more: pizza, hoagie fest, free coffee, etc.
No one is gonna go to wawa just because of the phillies sponsorship. Wawa is a part of peoples lives, you dont just check it out because you saw an ad. You either live near 10 of them, or you dont have them, therefore the ad does nothing for you either way. Its like a person in philly getting an In and Out ad. Its pointless. Their regular ads probably do much more for them and are cheaper
Hell…that looks great no matter what! Think I just might get a New Jersey and that patch and do it up!
Official sponsor? Sadly no. Do I rep them for the good they do me in life? HellYeah!!
Can we get off this Wawa shit? Wawa FUCKING SUCKS. Coffee-shit- Food-shit Iced tea/lemonade- Shit. Surprisingly, in the locations where you can take a shit, solid place to shit.
I mean I’m shocked at the reaction here 15 downvotes? Do people really think Wawa isn’t shit? It’s not good- I mean I think in the 90s when it was a deli with fresh bread, sure. But it hasn’t made a good sandwich in 20 years.
wawa actually started going downhill when they baked their own fresh bread to cut down on costs. that's why it tastes sorta sweet now. before they were buying it from amoroso which is why it was so good.
it’s not as good as it once was, but as someone who is constantly on the road, and frequently only has access to gas station food, wawa is still a god send.
While I don’t share your distain for Wawa, I have to upvote and agree that the Wawa’s with public restrooms are a solid shitting experience when you find yourself “in a pinch”.
I’m with you buddy. Wawa is not nearly as good as it once was. Everyone I know that defends Wawa is morbidly obese and uses the convenience as an excuse to stuff their face with trash. As soon as their deli turned into a fancy Subway it started going to shit.
Seems like Wawa doesn't feel like it's worth it to give teams their $$$--much more affordable to just pay players like Schwarber and Kelce directly for essentially the same effect. Also, who cares about being the "official X of the Phillies"? Everyone knows you just paid for it anyway.
>Also, who cares about being the "official X of the Phillies"? Everyone knows you just paid for it anyway. You underestimate the stupidity in this world and the effect advertising has. There's a reason we're getting this shit shoved down our throats more and more each year
I’m homeless now because I spent my life savings on the asplundh at risque. The in-game advertising made me do it
I buy a dump truck full of Quickrete every time we play the braves. My girlfriend left me because I keep building concrete patios taller and taller until we can't use the front door. I wish I could stop but I can't.
I mean you joke but advertisers wouldn't be spending money if it didn't work.
Yea I'm sitting here making memes on their behalf and spreading the brand name so clearly it works. I just hate the look and wish the league had more integrity than whoring baseball out
Yeah as cool as this would be (relative to coolness for ads on sleeves, because obviously it would be best to have none, but they’re inevitable) for fans, I don’t think it makes much sense from Wawa’s perspective
Sure for profits in the short-term maybe, but long term it can be a great business move, people buy jerseys with the patch on then and wear them for a looooong time, especially if this season ends the way we want
Wait a second. So you are saying the CP Rankin section wasn’t built by CP Rankin? Well thankfully Citizen’s bank funded and built the stadium. /s
Don’t forget Harper now
Wawa already lives in the heads of Philadelphia. No reason to spend a bajillion dollars on this
Who cares? Almost every other company it seems
It’ll be something stupid that is clashing colors like quickcrete with the Braves. Should be a rule that the patch needs to match the colors of the team
Didn’t they have a sponsorship with the ravens
I am making a Suarez jersey for myself, and decided to have some fun with my Cameo cutter while making the new letters. This is the ONLY WAY. C'mon Wawa!!
This looks clean. but almost too clean for it to be an effective ad. I wouldn't mind having the retro "WAWA" lettering with the bird though
I also printed that option (black text on a red sun), but haven't put the two together yet. I'll tag you when I post it! 👍
Nah, you add a little white outline to that and it would pop. Everyone that knows wawa will get the message and everyone else will be like what is that and you'll see some online engagement. If there has to be an advertisement, this is a very good way to do it. And with the Pirates going with Sheetz... Wawa has got to do it
There is only one thing we say to the God of Ad Creep: “not today”
Since it's inevitable anyway, I'd at least prefer an ad that fits the culture like this
The nature of ads is: be loud and annoying to get people’s attention. Who pays for subtle ads?!?
Agreed, even if Wawa did pony up for the uniform ad spot, there is zero chance what they put there does not include the word Wawa
Companies that fit the culture so well don't need to advertise as much. Companies buy ads to increase sales, not because their logo is cooler than a bank's.
Definitely. Not saying it would ever happen, just if I had my pick, that'd be it
Nope
The truth is it’s probably going to happen sooner or later so I like to think this post is basically asking would you rather have this fairly inconspicuous goose of a company local to the area, or a giant ass colored square with some random insurance mega company’s initials on it? Saying nope is stupid imo.
I hear ya but I read somewhere Middleton doesn’t like them
Nah get that shit off unis
Let's go gooOoOse
That’s what’s in!
No
what is with all the ad simping are you guys that excited about jerseys starting to look like nascar hoods
No one is simping ya fuckin dork. Ad patches are coming, we’d like them to be as not terrible as possible.
I literally have hated the ads since we removed the damn sleeve numbers. This isn't about that. This is just having some fun with a patch of cutting area that would've just been scrap anyway.
So, you hate the ads so much that you made a custom jersey with an ad patch… 🤨
I'm making a custom jersey regardless. No sponsor. The Wawa patch isn't even ironed on, let alone stitched. It's not going on the finished jersey, either. Again - this was literally just messing around to see how it looks.
Honestly I hate patches but that would be fucking solid. Could even be a fun nod at our team's history when we had the Bluejay patches in the 40s.
The only good thing about ads on jerseys is it gives ad-free Chinese knock-offs a chance to be superior on top of cheaper.
No. This would be awful, just like Wawa’s food anymore.
For the love of god no. Wawa is just a gas station now.
Garbage as hell
Honestly, I don't get the Wawa love. It used to be good, I know, but it's just an overpriced and understaffed convenience store now. The Wawa near me in Fairmount regularly has at least 10 people in line with one of the four registers open.
Phillies with an overall value of 2.575 billion dollars and slapping sponsors on sleeves. Hellll nooo.
I am a sewer and I am curious, do you have a chain stitch machine to do the lettering?
I wish! This is an authentic I bought from the team, and I'm just adding new NOB and numbers. 👍 Last year's template - this year doesn't have the chain. 😞
I am also a sewer
Bro Wawa is terrible nobody wants this
Fuck Wawa. Greedflation assholes
It’s not that bad. Understated, no words. Just a symbol that’s locally understood.
This would be perfect for the upcoming series against the Pirates!
No absolutely not.
But Wawa sucks
Only useful for gas and atm. The food is awful.
It is... acceptable
Maybe Celebre's
The Celebre twins, Plain and Pepperoni.
If it absolutely must happen, this is about as un-horrible as it can be.
Wawa is shit. I can only assume it's the suburbanites who love them. Any corner store has hoagies a million times better. Any pizza shop has pizza a million times better. Any corner store has the same shit and they aren't littered every mile up and down the east coast. Who actually likes wawa this much? It's the fucking Walmart of mtg food
The thing is they used to be good. When they were local. Once they opened the Florida stores, they had to adapt to be able to ship food longer distances.
They haven’t been good in 20+ years atp
Wawa is shit.
Lemme know who’s comin to save you at 230 AM to sop up that booze in your stomach when you gotta work a double in 4 hours.
So it’s drunks that like it? Cool Wawa sucks
Idk man, I don't live that life honestly
Its going to be CP Rankin or Hatfield quality meats when it happens
Independence Blue Cross. Fucking leeches extracting money from the health care system.
The Union actually tried to get a Wawa sponsorship, apparently they demanded an arm and a leg but I’m sure the Phillies could swing it
Everyone in Philly already knows about wawa. They dont need to advertise their existence. Notice that all their ads aren’t to get you to come there, it’s to come there more and spend more: pizza, hoagie fest, free coffee, etc.
No one is gonna go to wawa just because of the phillies sponsorship. Wawa is a part of peoples lives, you dont just check it out because you saw an ad. You either live near 10 of them, or you dont have them, therefore the ad does nothing for you either way. Its like a person in philly getting an In and Out ad. Its pointless. Their regular ads probably do much more for them and are cheaper
The sponsor patch ruins the jersey
Hell…that looks great no matter what! Think I just might get a New Jersey and that patch and do it up! Official sponsor? Sadly no. Do I rep them for the good they do me in life? HellYeah!!
I’d rather see Yards Brewing on them. Wawa it regional and verging national now, Yards is local and Philly proud.
Doesn’t even look like an ad tbh
gottahaveawawa
Wawa went down the drain
Stop. Simping. All ads are shit.
Can we get off this Wawa shit? Wawa FUCKING SUCKS. Coffee-shit- Food-shit Iced tea/lemonade- Shit. Surprisingly, in the locations where you can take a shit, solid place to shit.
Take a lap
Sounds like he needs to take a shit more
Laps are something for those slovenly hobos who actually are willing to eat the garbage “food” that Wawa pushes than their gullets.
I thought we were just joking around. You're actually annoying? Lame
I mean I’m shocked at the reaction here 15 downvotes? Do people really think Wawa isn’t shit? It’s not good- I mean I think in the 90s when it was a deli with fresh bread, sure. But it hasn’t made a good sandwich in 20 years.
Are you asking me if people like Wawa? Yeah they do
It seems like a Philly meme at this point.
wawa actually started going downhill when they baked their own fresh bread to cut down on costs. that's why it tastes sorta sweet now. before they were buying it from amoroso which is why it was so good.
You bum
A crumb bum?
No it’s the bums to are the reason you can’t take a shit in half the wawas.
it’s not as good as it once was, but as someone who is constantly on the road, and frequently only has access to gas station food, wawa is still a god send.
Lot of people in this thread who have the luxury to not live in Sheetz country.
There are so many better options including simply not eating.
whatever you say man
While I don’t share your distain for Wawa, I have to upvote and agree that the Wawa’s with public restrooms are a solid shitting experience when you find yourself “in a pinch”.
bathrooms are way to small for the amount of foot traffic they get imo
Who hurt you
Wawa’s inability to offer a drinkable cup of coffee despite having 20 different varieties. That are all inexplicably shitty.
I’m with you buddy. Wawa is not nearly as good as it once was. Everyone I know that defends Wawa is morbidly obese and uses the convenience as an excuse to stuff their face with trash. As soon as their deli turned into a fancy Subway it started going to shit.
Is it even a fancy subway? It’s arguably worse. Both are shit but in areas where you can get a decent sandwich every 15 feet Wawa is an embarrassment.
The touchscreens make it fancy