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UPDATED: 9:04 a.m.
For now, customers must forgo the touch screens at all 42 Philly Wawa locations. The company says in-store ordering for hoagies and other items is on hold as of 5 a.m. Friday.
"This change in our Philadelphia City stores will enable us to move people through the store faster and keeping their interactions brief, while further encouraging the practice of social distancing," the company said in an official statement.
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Wawa already suspended self-serve coffee and fountain drinks and is in the process of installing face shields at checkout counters.
Wawa says stores will still have prepackaged food, and they are trying to expand their hot and cold to-go food offerings, including pre-made Italian and turkey hoagies.
Delivery is still an option. Wawa says customers can still order through the company's mobile app, and the food will be made and sent out from one of four stores in the city that have been designated to handle delivery orders, with Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats.
This change comes after a Wawa employee at the 2535 Aramingo Avenue store in Port Richmond tested positive for coronavirus.
That store was closed for disinfecting.
Wawa's temporary change, approved by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, lines up with the city's ban on in-person ordering for takeout while the stay at home order is in effect.