{"id":773454,"date":"2026-05-04T21:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773454\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:48:17","slug":"wawa-releases-gritty-themed-smoothie-amid-philadelphia-flyers-return-to-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773454\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawa releases Gritty-themed smoothie amid Philadelphia Flyers&#8217; return to playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wawa has released a Gritty-themed fruit smoothie amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/rick-tocchet-flyers-vs-hurricanes-game-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia Flyers&#8217; return to the playoffs<\/a> for the first time in six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Gritty Smoothie&#8221; has mango, pineapple, and tart cherry flavors, is topped with whipped cream and chocolate chips, and is served in a disposable cup with the mascot&#8217;s orange fur and googly eyes. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wawa released a video Monday showing Gritty pitch Wally Goose, the mascot of Wawa, the fruit smoothie idea, where the latter looked terrified. The Flyers mascot made him an offer he couldn&#8217;t refuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wawa-2026-gritty-2.png#.png\" alt=\"wawa-2026-gritty-2.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Wawa has released a Gritty-themed fruit smoothie amid the Philadelphia Flyers&#8217; return to the playoffs for the first time in six years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Wawa<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a lil choosy on who I meet with during the playoffs, but when Wally the Wawa Goose calls, you answer,&#8221; Gritty said in a news release. &#8220;Like most Philadelphians, I&#8217;m rough around the edges, everyone knows it. But on the inside, I&#8217;m smooth (and doughy). What if there was a way to harness my smooth side and put it in a 24oz cup? Impossible? Wrong. We did it. We made a smoothie. WE MADE A GRITTY SMOOTHIE. You&#8217;re welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The limited edition smoothie is now available in 400-plus stores in the Philly and surrounding regions. It&#8217;s available to order on touch screens in stores or through the Wawa app for store pickup, curbside service, and delivery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This partnership was all about having fun, celebrating local pride, and giving our customers something that feels uniquely Philadelphia,&#8221; Doug Martin, Wawa CMO, said in a statement. &#8220;Gritty&#8217;s pitch to Wally couldn&#8217;t have come at a better time as Philadelphia cheers on its home team in postseason. You can feel the excitement everywhere in and around the City and we know Gritty&#8217;s smoothie is sure to be a winning recipe among all fans!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wawa has released a Gritty-themed fruit smoothie amid the Philadelphia Flyers&#8217; return to the playoffs for the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":773455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,32317,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,65053],"class_list":["post-773454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-gritty","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wawa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116518512712460386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}