What it's like to work at the best sandwich shop in America, where employees get stock options and serious discounts

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• Wawa is a popular East Coast convenience store chain.
• It was recently voted America's favorite sandwich shop.
• Business Insider visited a Wawa in Williamsburg, Virginia, to get a sense of what it's like to work there.
• Area manager Amanda Holman said the chain looks for employees with "goose blood."

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Wawa isn't just another gas station. For many people up and down the East Coast, it's an experience.

With locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida, Wawa is a convenience store chain with a wide reach. It's also the greatest store of its kind in America, according to Business Insider's Kate Taylor and Hollis Johnson.

The rest of the country apparently agrees — or, at least, the approximately 11,500 people who participated in Market Force Information's annual consumer survey. Wawa triumphed in the survey and was declared America's best sandwich shop.

I attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, which is conveniently located right next to a brightly-lit, 24/7 Wawa. I spent a lot of time there in college, making great decisions like buying large quantities of mac and cheese at 2 a.m.

Last year, I traveled back down to Williamsburg and took a tour of that same Wawa, to get a sense of what it's like to work there.

Here's what I saw:

I arrived at the store on a sunny morning in October. Inside, I met with Wawa area manager Amanda Holman. She oversees 13 Wawas in the area.

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Holman said she started her career with Wawa 14 years ago working in a store as a part-time customer service associate. She didn't expect to stick around this long in the beginning, but she said the company's values and benefits couldn't be beat.

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Wawa's benefits include a 401k plan and an employee discount. Employees rate the company 3.9 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor.

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Source: Glassdoor

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