{"id":185408,"date":"2026-05-06T15:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:33:06","slug":"wawa-launches-gritty-smoothie-for-flyers-playoff-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185408\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawa Launches Gritty Smoothie for Flyers Playoff Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/wawa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wawa<\/a> has teamed up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/philadelphia -flyers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> mascot Gritty to roll out a limited-edition &#8220;Gritty Smoothie&#8221; at more than 400 stores in the <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/Philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> area and surrounding regions. It will be offered through June.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion aligns with the Flyers&#8217; playoff run and the team&#8217;s hunt for the coveted Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The fruit blend features mango, pineapple, and tart cherry, topped with whipped cream and chocolate chips, served in a cup designed to resemble Gritty&#8217;s orange fur and googly eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a lil&#8217; 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 24-ounce cup? Impossible? Wrong. We did it. We made a smoothie. WE MADE A GRITTY SMOOTHIE. You&#8217;re welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new Gritty Smoothie is available for order at touchscreens in stores or through the Wawa app for store pickup, curbside service, and delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wawa has teamed up with the Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty to roll out a limited-edition &#8220;Gritty Smoothie&#8221; at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,4845,71,70,5795],"class_list":["post-185408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-wawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}