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Pala Snack & Beverage Sicklerville Is A Big Hit With Wild International Snacks

Pala Snack & Beverage Sicklerville Is A Big Hit With Wild International Snacks

Pala Snack & Bev Co is a newer independent convenience store located on Williamstown-New Freedom Road in Sicklerville (directly behind Wawa) offering customers a unique twist… An owner who loves international snack foods and fills the store with a constantly changing variety of unique flavors.

Their tagline “We have the Coolest snacks in South Jersey!”

I stopped in at the end of last week and caught up with local owner Ashish who is a super-friendly guy and genuinely enthusiastic about unique snack foods… putting a lot of time and effort into researching different interesting items to bring into his Sicklerville convenience store.

To be clear this is a full traditional convenience store offering smoke products and more.

But in the snack category instead of stopping with basic Snickers and bubblegum, Ashish is importing a wide variety of snacks from all around the world… how Cinnamon Bun Oreos from Canada, Lutti “tongue painter” Tubble Color from the Netherlands, or maybe a Lobster with Golden Salted Egg Sauce Wavy Lay’s Potato chip!?

One that I didn’t notice until looking at my photos back home (and that I want to try) is a Lay’s Exotic Craft Beer Potato Chip… also from Japan! 

And for the really adventurous, Pala just posted 2 days ago at their Instagram page that they just got in the Jolo chip which is the dangerously hot 2.2 million SHU chip!   42Freeway does not recommend that you try this chip!

Most of the items are packaged in the country’s native language with English subtitles, but there are some where I had to ask ” so what is this one?”’

Honestly, in chatting with Ashish he gets so excited over these different really cool snacks… I would bet he opened this convenience store just to have an excuse to bring the snacks into South Jersey for himself!

Word has gotten out about Pala Snack & Bev store, with fans posting about the store on social media at sites such as the popular South Jersey Food Scene group.  Ashish tells me there are customers driving in from an hour or more away to shop his selection, purchasing bags of items!

Beverages are also a big part of the selection, including a line of Colas in flavors such as Peach Blossom, Honey Rose, or even Blueberry.

For a really extra twist with a more local representation, Ashish is also a partner in Loki Cannabis Infused Seltzer.  It is a hemp derived product which is also gluten free, naturally flavored and available in a variety of flavors

I got to try a few things during my visit including Swedish Skalle Gelantfri candy, and even Dubai Chocolate…which is all the craze right now! (Ingredients from Dubai, made in Canada).

I’ll be back again and again to check on what’s new at the store, and hopefully to catch up with Ashish.  Turns out he and I originally come from the same industry, actually working for competitors which gave us a lot of things to talk about… And yes of course I talked too much about 42Freeway!

Links and Location

Pala Snack and Bev Co.
515 Williamstown Road
Sicklerville, NJ 08081

Open 11am to 10pm Everyday!

JoloChip Challenge. 2.2 million SHU. DO NOT TRY THIS!