You've said it to yourself a hundred times: "I want Wawa, but I'm not driving there."

Clearview Regional High School graduate Ryan Karolyi kept that train of thought going until he became -- according to his licensing company -- the East Coast's first fast food delivery service.

"Why not go in the polar opposite direction and do places that don't deliver?" he said of online food ordering and delivery platforms that already offer Chinese food or pizza options.

"SJ Food 2 U" hit the road Monday and allows you to place an online order that a driver will take to, for example, Steak Out in Mantua, wait for your food to be cooked and deliver it to your door.

From start to finish, it takes about two minutes to place an order from places like Sonic, Starbucks or SmashBurger, said Karolyi. The list of restaurants available depends on where you live.

Just make sure the order is spelled out specifically -- sizes, sauces and any other items you do or don't want. Before you ask, no, they can't pick up cigarettes and a six-pack for you. Karolyi said the legal implications there are too wide-reaching to get involved with.

The drivers have all signed contracts to become part of the business. When they arrive at your door, you can pay in cash or use a bank card swiper attached to a smart phone to pay the bill at actual cost, a $7 delivery fee and optional tip.

Delivery tools like GrubHub, Foodler and OrderUp are "the Kayak of the food industry," said Karolyi, whose business has 10 zip codes in their coverage area.

Fastfooddeliveredtoyou.com, which licensed Karolyi's company, assigns 10 zip codes to the delivery start-ups for a one-year period. When the time's up, the individual company can decide to expand and purchase additional areas.

Nine part-time delivery drivers are currently on board and assigned to one zip code or municipality each. The company currently delivers to Glassboro, Mantua, Mullica Hill, Pitman, Richwood, Sewell, Wenonah and Woodbury Heights.

"Glassboro is definitely going to be a prime place," he said Thursday of orders received thus far, noting that customers are definitely excited at the prospect of Wawa delivery. Also excited are businesses like the Amish Farmer's Market in Mullica Hill, which will likely see a bump in business due to delivery.

"They are very interested in this," Karolyi said of businesses having new doors open.

Karolyi said he's been leaving business cards around and plans to post flyers around the Rowan University campus; their target audience is high school and college students.

"We're doing a lot of looking, planning, plotting," said Karolyi, who studied small business management at Gloucester County College (now Rowan College at Gloucester County) before taking his own stab at things.

"Getting your hands dirty is the best way to do it," he said.

Sooner rather than later, the group hopes to expand deliveries into the Glendora and Runnemede areas instead of places like Logan Township or Swedesboro simply because of population concentration.

Looking at a long term 2-year-plus plan, Karolyi hopes the service will eventually expand to large cities; Philadelphia being the first in his sights due to proximity.

"Major cities all over is the goal," he said.

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