Philadelphia Inquirer:
For more than four decades, Swiss Farms drive-through convenience stores have been providing a quick and easy way for Delaware County residents to grab a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread on the way home from work.
Now, the retailer has plans to branch out through franchising. The first franchise location is scheduled to open its lanes to traffic next spring across the Delaware River in Somerdale, Camden County.
“It’s been a Delaware County staple of a long time, done very well. There’s no reason it can’t be everywhere,” said chief executive officer Paul Friel, who joined the Broomall company two years ago after 20 years at the Wawa and Sunoco A-plus convenience-store chains.
That Swiss Farms is not already in New Jersey came as a surprise to Maureen Fries, a Prospect Park resident and a regular customer at the Swiss Farms location on Route 420 near MacDade Boulevard. It’s almost as if she pitied anyone who had to live without the store.
