ALTOONA, Pa. -- Sheetz Inc. has opened a new, 5,000-sq.-ft. convenience store in Farmville, Va. The newest addition to the 330-store chain is its 54th location in Virginia.
While the store opens to the public yesterday, employees will host a community grand opening celebration Thursday, January 4, with a ribbon cutting ceremony set for 3:30 p.m. that day. As part of the festivities, the company will present $2,500 to The Southside Virginia Family YMCA in Farmville.
"It's exciting for us at Sheetz any time we are able to bring [image-nocss] our latest concepts in convenience to a new area," said Louie Sheetz, executive vice president of marketing. "We are grateful for the opportunity to reach out to a new community and we hope our donation to the YMCA program in Farmville will benefit many."
Sheetz offers a new menu with a variety of fresh Made-To-Order branded items. The new store in Farmville features cold and toasted subs, paninis, hand tossed salads along with hot fries, onion rings, chicken fingers and burgers. It also has Sheetz Bros. Coffeez, a full-service espresso bar staffed by a professionally trained barista. Customers can order handmade coffee drinks including lattes, cappuccinos and mochashot, frozen or iced. Frozen fruit smoothies and a variety of teas round out the SBC menu. Sheetz also offers new premium brewed self-serve coffees made from 100% Arabica beans in many flavors such as Breakfast Blend, Serious Dark Roast, 100% Columbian and Vanilla Nut Cream.
Customers place their food and specialty coffee orders at touchscreen order kiosks located both inside the store and outside at the fuel island.
Self-serve milkshakes, bulk candy and peanut dispensers, a cold grab-n-go case and self-serve bakery items are all available at the new store, as well.
A full-service automatic carwash is a new feature also available at the Farmville store.
And it offers MasterCard PayPass. Customers can tap their PayPass-enabled card on a specially equipped terminal instead of handing their card to a merchant or manually swiping it through a reader.
All locations are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz operates 330 convenience locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina.
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