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The Sheetz chain of restaurant-gas stations will open its first central Ohio location at 710 Sunbury Road in Delaware on April 13, and more will follow this year, said Travis Sheetz, company president and chief operating officer.
The company intends to open 10 to 12 more central Ohio stores in 2021 and could open 50 in the next five years, he said. We ll have sites all over town – on every side of Columbus – in a year to a year and a half, he said.
Each store will have at least 30 employees, Sheetz said, and by the end of five years or so here, we should have over 1,500 local employees that we ll hire.
“It’s a natural extension for us,’’ Sheetz said.
What s with the Sheetz obsession?
What is the fascination with the store? After all, it s just a place where drivers can fill up the car and get something to eat. Most convenience stores offer that now. It’s just kind of the way we do it, he said. It’s the culture. It’s the brand. It s technology.
What makes the difference is what goes inside the store, Sheetz said. It s one of the things you have to experience and you have to experience it over time, Sheetz said. It’s a bit cultish.