The central base of operations for the Fresh Channel is located in a Swedesboro, N.J., warehouse, which acts as a
cross dock for products from various sources, such as J&J Bakery and Amoroso’s Bakeries.
Before arrival at the cross dock, truck drivers stop at Ready Pac Swedesboro to pick up the Wawa-branded
prepackaged refrigerated foods. The cross dock facility is adjacent to J&J Bakery and connected to the bakery by
a conveyor system. The workforce at the Swedesboro cross dock is made up of 20 J&J employees, whose labor is
charged directly to Wawa. On a daily basis, Penske’s local drivers are dispatched to Amoroso’s Bakery to pick up the
fresh-baked rolls as they come off the production line and return them to the cross dock.
After the baked goods are collected in the warehouse, the orders are organized by store into the trucks. Each truck
then makes an early morning run to the stores and is finished by early morning. The truck drivers are responsible for
checking the inventory of their trucks before they leave and then distributing a shipment to each store along their
route. At the store, the drivers unload the shipment and bring the product into the store, separating the different
parts of the order to their respective areas. Particularly important is that the refrigerated items are taken directly to the
store refrigeration units. It is also the drivers’ responsib