Site clearing and preparation is well underway for a new Super Wawa being developed on the White Horse Pike and Waterford Road in Winslow Township.
And with the effort starting, the beloved and almost 80 year old D&S Sub Shop is now gone, along with an adjacent home… both of which sat close to the intersection.
As 42Freeway reported back in December just days ahead of the sandwich shop’s closing it was a tough decision for owner Daryl Salvatore and family to close the beloved sandwich shop.
On one hand they were absolutely connected to the community, with D&S being a favorite spot for generations of locals… but after 40+ years of standing in front of the grill and missing out on many experiences with family and friends, Daryl knew it was time to move on to a new chapter.
Sadly while there was some discussion of people saving the iconic building, it seems no one stepped up to take on the expense of relocating that building.
That being said the iconic sub shop’s roadside signage is now in the possession of the Salvatore family.
ohh I’m keeping the grill, the sign outside and even the counter. Not exactly sure what I’m going to do with all but I think I’m going to set up a bar at my house with the counter
Daryl Salvatore Sr – December 2024 on the closing of his D&S Sub Shop
Super Wawa – Winslow Waterford Works
42Freeway first wrote about plans for this Wawa as part of a multiple Wawa update back in June 2023.
While everyone locally calls this area Waterford Works, it is actually part of Winslow Township… and this project gained its approvals from the Winslow Planning Board which actually goes back a few years before my 2023 article.
When this Wawa was first presented to the township, the Winslow Planning Board initially denied the application saying the Zoning did not support gas stations. A lawsuit was filed by the Wawa developer, and the trial court reversed that initial denial, leading to the approval of the Wawa.
Things were quiet for some time but on December 18th,2024 42Freeway wrote that the D&S Sub Shop was closing. I stopped in three days before their final closure. I enjoyed my time chatting with Daryl and his food was amazing… many regrets that I hadn’t been visiting him for 40 years!
With the closing of the sub shop it was expected that developers would be on the site quickly.
I recently heard through one of the local town Facebook groups that the project had started, and I stopped over yesterday with the drone.
It wasn’t until i got home and started putting my article together that with some additional research I found that the Hammonton Gazette also put an article up last week.
In the Hammonton Gazette article they state the 77-year old building was demolished just two weeks ago on June 11th!
Their article has a photo of the closed sub shop with significant amounts of earth moving equipment positioned directly next to it, likely just days ahead of the demolition
The Gazette article also says the iconic sign was the first piece of the property removed, and was returned to the Salvatore family on April 30th
At this time there is no known completion date for the Wawa project
In my experience in covering many new Wawa development projects, the pattern is that they break the project into two phases with a more locally based developer focused on the site approvals, site prep work and underground utility connections.
Once the site is prepared, Wawa then schedules one of their larger developers to come in and build the actual convenience store. Depending on scheduling at that time, there could be some delays before the building actually starts getting developed.
Wawa305 S White Horse PikeWaterford Works, NJ 08089