National Press Release

ALTOONA, Pa., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheetz is saying thank you for a lifetime of loyalty and patronage as it opens a much-anticipated new location for two neighborhoods that have shopped at other Sheetz stores for decades.

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The store, located at 1016 Old Sixth Avenue Road in East end of Altoona, PA, will replace two other nearby locations that are closing their doors after almost 40 years in operation.

"The idea of building a new store to serve this area of our hometown community has excited us for a long time," said Stan Sheetz, president and CEO, Sheetz, Inc.

The store is bigger and provides the space needed to offer an expanded food and beverage menu including the signature MTO(R) line of fresh made foods and MTGo! and Shweetz Bakery lines of freshly made sandwiches, wraps, donuts and muffins.

The two stores that will close today as a result of the new opening are located at 528 Fourth Ave. in the Juniata section of Altoona and 130 East Sixth Ave, Altoona. Each of these stores has been in operation since 1970 and 1972 respectively.

Sheetz is also happy to note that the closings of the older stores have not eliminated any jobs. In fact, the new store allows the employee count to almost double. Some staff will be relocated to existing stores, while others will work at the new store.

"When we reposition a store, we work hard to ensure that there is no job loss," adds Sheetz, "Because greater staffing is needed, more positions have been created and we think that is great economic news in 2009."

The bigger, well-lit property allows Sheetz to offer a new self-service car wash as a feature of the new store as well.

Established in 1952 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Sheetz, Inc. is one of America's fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience store chains, with more than $4.9 billion in revenue for 2008 and more than 12,000 employees. The company operates more than 350 convenience locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. Sheetz provides an award-winning menu of MTO(R) subs, sandwiches and salads, which are ordered through unique touch-screen order point terminals. Sheetz currently ranks 82nd on the Forbes list of largest private companies, and has ranked for seven consecutive years on the list of Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania. All Sheetz convenience stores are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information, visit www.sheetz.com.

SOURCE Sheetz, Inc.