Wawa vs. Sheetz: Fast-food chains mark their own territories

PHILLY.COM: Pennsylvania divides a few ways: Phillies vs. Pirates. Democratic ex-factory towns vs. Republican ex-farming townships. Nittany Lions fans vs. everyone else.

And Wawa vs. Sheetz – though that might be the least bitter rivalry: The state’s two big gas-and-milk, Cokes-and-smokes, Tastykakes-and-store-built sandwich chains try not to fight. They’re not like Ford vs. GM. Instead, they have mostly drawn lines and split the land between them. Like Comcast and TimeWarner Cable…  (more)

EDITOR: Where is the “line” between friendship and restraint of trade?   We have been told that the heads of both Wawa and Sheets had travel together to conventions.

We have always avoided getting together with competitors in the apartment and hotel industries.

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