The country has finally caught on to something Pennsylvanians have known for ages -- Wawa makes great hoagies.

Wawa has been named the best quick-service chain for sandwiches by Market Force Information, a customer experience management company. The Pennsylvania based chain beat out Firehouse Subs, Jersey Mike’s, Jimmy John’s,Panera Bread, Subway, Arby’s and more.

Market Force Information asked more than 11,000 people to complete its annual survey to figure out the winners. This marks the first time in the survey’s history that a convenience store has won the best sandwich title.

Wawa got top marks in the value for money spent category, also scoring hire in the speed of service one. Other categories survey respondents voted on included food quality, staff friendliness, cleanliness, atmosphere, curb appeal and availability of healthy options.

A little more information on the methodology involved: to get the scores, Market Force asked more than 11,000 people to rate their most recent experience at a quick service restaurant, and whether or not they were likely to refer that restaurant to a friend. “Only chains that received at least 100 votes and representing 2 percent or more of votes were analyzed,” according to Market Force’s survey site.

Sandwiches weren’t the only food item Market Force was interested in. It also looked at burgers (In-N-Out crushed the competition), Mexican food (Chipotle was the narrow winner), pizza (all hail Pizza Ranch) and chicken (Chick-fil-A won all the accolades).

You can see the results of the survey for yourself at marketforce.com.