Sheetz will open its first Hellertown store on Thursday, July 16, marking the convenience chain’s fourth location in Northampton County and expanding its presence in eastern Pennsylvania.
The store at 1740 Main St. (Route 412) opens to the public at 8 a.m. with free self-serve coffee and soda available throughout the day, according to a news release Monday.
A larger grand opening celebration is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, beginning at 9 a.m., which will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:45 a.m.
This is the second Sheetz to open in about two years on Route 412, following the May 2024 opening of the 1780 E. Fourth St. location in Bethlehem.
The new location will employ approximately 30 people and operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
It’s accessible via a right-turn-only entrance/exit off Route 412 South and via the signalized intersection at Kichline Avenue across from the Interstate 78 East interchange.
The store will feature unleaded and diesel fuel across 12 pumps as well as Sheetz’s Made-to-Order menu, which includes customizable breakfast items, subs, sandwiches, pizza, chicken, salads, cold brew, milkshakes, smoothies and specialty drinks available around the clock.
Sheetz at 1740 Main St. (Route 412) in Hellertown is photographed Monday, July 13, 2026, ahead of its opening Thursday, July 16, and grand opening celebration Wednesday, July 22. The fourth Sheetz location in Northampton County will employ about 30 people with 24/7 operations, offering 12 fuel pumps and the convenience store and gas station’s Made-to-Order menu.Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com
Additional amenities include indoor and outdoor seating, expanded grocery options, touch-free restrooms and free Wi-Fi. Window signs indicate plans to sell alcoholic beverages.
During the July 22 event, Sheetz will present $2,500 donations to two local organizations. Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley — which has distributed more than 15.8 million pounds of food to people in need across northeast Pennsylvania — will receive one donation. The Special Olympics of Pennsylvania, an organization Sheetz has supported for more than 30 years, will receive the second donation.
Customers attending the grand opening celebration can donate non-perishable food items and receive Sheetz merchandise while supplies last from 9 to 11 a.m. The company will also offer giveaways including $250 Sheetz gift cards and a Free Sheetz for a Year prize valued at $2,500 to attendees.
Sheetz earned recognition in May as a Top 10 Best Gas Station for Food by USA TODAY’s 2026 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. The company also ranked second on Fortune’s latest Best Workplaces in Retail list and appeared on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the 11th consecutive year. Last year, the brand was named to Great Place to Work and PEOPLE Magazine’s “Companies that Care” list for the fourth consecutive year, ranking among the top 10 companies.
The family-owned company, established in 1952 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, operates more than 830 store locations across Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. More than 315 of those locations are in Pennsylvania.