A senior worker says Wawa skipped its own discipline rules - then walked her out the door
A former Wawa employee says the chain fired her at 57 after she complained about age discrimination - and claims HR ignored her.
Lori Graff filed suit against Wawa, Inc. in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 5, 2026, bringing claims under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. She is seeking back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, and attorneys' fees.
Graff joined Wawa in January 2018 and worked as a Senior Quality Assurance Risk & Safety Professional out of the company's Media, Pennsylvania offices. According to the complaint, she began reporting to Amanda Douglas in February 2020. Douglas, a younger manager, reported to Nancy Wilson, the Director of Quality Assurance & Risk Management, who is also younger than Graff. Graff says she was the oldest employee reporting up to Douglas.
The filing alleges Graff was sidelined for years. She was ignored, assigned lower-level tasks, ostracized, and denied a Certified Professional in Food Safety certification that Wawa paid for younger team members to obtain. Graff alleges Douglas once told her she did not like Graff's face, and could not explain the comment when pressed.
The retaliation timeline is the heart of the case. Graff says she went to HR on May 1, 2024, to report that Douglas was holding her to a higher standard...
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