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Wawa· Founded 53 years ago on April 16, 1964 and based in WaWa, PA,

Wawa stores have served as an unfailing source of clean, friendly, and

reasonably priced convenience.

Wawa's surcharge-free ATMs, free air, made-to-order hoagies, bever­

ages, and other fresh foods give them a competitive advantage over

other traditional convenience stores.

The Public Relations Manager of Wawa, Lori Bruce says that "Wawa

picks locations on the basis of population growth, ease of access and

distance from other Wawa stores". Loyal customers crave Wawa

above all else because of the quality, the choices, and the right price

which make Wawa second to none in the convenience store wars.

(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-conve­

nience-store-expansions-20140918-story.html & http://www.busines­

sinsider.com/why-wawa-is-the-best)

In CSP Daily New's ranking of the Top 202 Convenience Stores Wawa

was ranked number 13 with 730 stores which is up from 14th last year

(http://www.cspdailynews.com/industry-news-analysis/top-

conve­nience-stores-2017).

It operates stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,

Virginia, & Florida with over 22,500 employees (https://en.wikipe­

dia.org/wiki/Wawa_lnc.)

Forbes has ranked Wawa as number 36 on Its list of largest privately

held companies in America with an estimated revenue of 8.9 billion

(https://www.forbes.com/companies/wawa/).

WaWa boosts that is it 41% owned by its employees. (https://www.wa­

wa.com/ about/ public-relations/faqs#publicrelations)

CITY OF

KISSIMMEE 1 e e 3

Kissimmee incorporated in 1883, is a city in and the

county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.

As of the 2010 US Census, the population was 59,682.

Kissimmee is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissim­

mee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area,

which had a 2010 population of 2,134,411.

In the 2010 census, Kissimmee had a population of

59,682. The racial and ethnic composition was 58.9%

Hispanic (33.1 % Puerto Rican, 5.1 % Dominican, 4.0%

Colombian, 3.9% Mexican, 2.6% Cuban, 1.4% Venezu­

elan, 0.9% Ecuadorian, 0.7% Salvadoran, 0.7%

Peruvian, 0.6% Honduran, 0.6% Nicaraguan) or Latino,

P A R T N E R S

26.2% non-Hispanic White, 9.6% non-Hispanic African American, 2.8% Hispanic black, 0.6%

Native American, 3.4% Asian (1.1% Asian Indian, 0.8% Filipino), 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.4%

Non-Hispanic from some other race and 4.7% two or more races.

The Houston Astros conduct spring training in Kissimmee, at Osceola County Stadium.

Kissimmee had a population of 4,310 in 1950. At that point there was some citrus packing as

well as the ranching. Ranching remained an important part of the local economy until the

opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 that now calls Kissimmee home. After that, tourism and

development supplanted cattle ranching to a large measure.

Kissimmee ranked number 10 on U-Haul's list of growth cities with a population of more than

50,000. (https://www.uhaul.com/ Articles/ About/9630/Migra­

tion-Trends-U-Haul-Announces-2016-Us-Growth-Cities/ ). Forbes Magazine also recognized

Osceola County as America's 10th fastest growing county. (http://www.aroundosceola.com/­

forbes-osceola-10th-fastest-growing-county /)