The Sheetz at 12163 Hull Street Road in Chesterfield County. (Jack Jacobs photo)
The Richmond-area turf war between convenience store giants Sheetz, Wawa and Royal Farms continues, this time with one of them making a move south of the James River.
Sheetz last week filed plans with Chesterfield County for a new location at 14301 Midlothian Turnpike, across the street from the Aldi-anchored Winterfield Crossing shopping center.
A site plan filed with the county shows a 6,100-square-foot store with a drive-thru in addition to fuel pumps.
The company doesn’t have a timeline on when the location would open, according to a spokesman Tuesday.
The Sheetz would rise on what’s now a wooded property at the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Old Otterdale Road.
The site is part of the pending development Midlothian West, which is planned to feature 150 townhomes built by Main Street Homes.
Construction on the townhomes is anticipated to start by early next year, according to John Costello of Main Street Homes.
The homebuilder’s project would also include, as a proffered condition tied to the project’s rezoning approval, a roundabout on Old Otterdale Road just south of the road’s intersection with Midlothian Turnpike.
A site plan of the proposed Sheetz that would be built at the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Old Otterdale Road. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
Earlier this month Sheetz opened a new location at 12163 Hull Street Road near the Brandermill area in Chesterfield. That outpost similarly features a 6,100-square-foot convenience store with drive-thru, 12 fuel pumps and a car wash.
Sheetz is also working on an additional south-of-the-river location at 2911 Hathaway Road in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center. The company spokesman said the plan was to open that location next month.
The Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain is also planning a new location on Staples Mill Road across from the Amtrak Station in Henrico County. That store is moving through the county’s zoning review process and is expected to be considered by the Henrico Planning Commission in November.
Sheetz’s moves come as competitor Royal Farms is likewise lining up new locations in town. Wawa has stores coming to 5900 W. Broad Street and one in the 100-acre Landmark development on Williamsburg Road east of Sandston.
Another competitor, Texas-based Buc-ee’s, is working on opening its first Virginia location in New Kent.
The Sheetz at 12163 Hull Street Road in Chesterfield County. (Jack Jacobs photo)
The Richmond-area turf war between convenience store giants Sheetz, Wawa and Royal Farms continues, this time with one of them making a move south of the James River.
Sheetz last week filed plans with Chesterfield County for a new location at 14301 Midlothian Turnpike, across the street from the Aldi-anchored Winterfield Crossing shopping center.
A site plan filed with the county shows a 6,100-square-foot store with a drive-thru in addition to fuel pumps.
The company doesn’t have a timeline on when the location would open, according to a spokesman Tuesday.
The Sheetz would rise on what’s now a wooded property at the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Old Otterdale Road.
The site is part of the pending development Midlothian West, which is planned to feature 150 townhomes built by Main Street Homes.
Construction on the townhomes is anticipated to start by early next year, according to John Costello of Main Street Homes.
The homebuilder’s project would also include, as a proffered condition tied to the project’s rezoning approval, a roundabout on Old Otterdale Road just south of the road’s intersection with Midlothian Turnpike.
A site plan of the proposed Sheetz that would be built at the corner of Midlothian Turnpike and Old Otterdale Road. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
Earlier this month Sheetz opened a new location at 12163 Hull Street Road near the Brandermill area in Chesterfield. That outpost similarly features a 6,100-square-foot convenience store with drive-thru, 12 fuel pumps and a car wash.
Sheetz is also working on an additional south-of-the-river location at 2911 Hathaway Road in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center. The company spokesman said the plan was to open that location next month.
The Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain is also planning a new location on Staples Mill Road across from the Amtrak Station in Henrico County. That store is moving through the county’s zoning review process and is expected to be considered by the Henrico Planning Commission in November.
Sheetz’s moves come as competitor Royal Farms is likewise lining up new locations in town. Wawa has stores coming to 5900 W. Broad Street and one in the 100-acre Landmark development on Williamsburg Road east of Sandston.
Another competitor, Texas-based Buc-ee’s, is working on opening its first Virginia location in New Kent.
Would love a Royal Farms, wish that is what had been slated for Stratford Hills. And only because of their fried chicken!
Royal Farms typically has a much bigger footprint. People complained enough about Sheetz, which I think has turned out pretty nice, I can’t imagine what they would have said about Royal Farms at that spot.
Why? Is there some object reason why they are better? A Royal Farms opened near me but I never stopped in — what do you like about it?
Just when this part of the TPK is beginning to come around. Absolutely do not need a glorified gas station here. These obnoxious mega-stations bring too much of the heard-hat crew getting their gas, smokes, scratch-offs, and roller-dogs in their fleets of white pickups and ladder adorned work vans. They bring mostly litter and traffic, and this area does not need another traffic inducer.
God forbid the people that come and work on your house get gas or food anywhere near you.
That’s not food. More importantly, this is what the county thinks western Midlothian needs, another mega gas station? They have plans for a Royal Farms at Old Hundred (but it’s famous for gas station fried chicken!), just down the way from the WaWa. This stretch is destined to be nothing more than apartment towers and dine-in fuel depots. Have to keep both the renter-class, and their vehicles, fueled.
Sheetz doesn’t have food? Royal Farms, known for their chicken as noted above, doesn’t have food? You have obviously not been to one. They probably make more profit off of food than gas. People, whether they drive a BMW or a white utility truck need somewhere to get gas and food. Classism does not do anyone any good.
It’s not food. It’s feed.
But class does a lot of good. Like the kind that informs one to not eat at a gas station.
I never eat at a gas station unless I am WORKING and I am in and out of a vehicle — 9-5 is a time=money thing for many people and they don’t want to waste any of that. There are healthy options at these places.
Many parts of the country see Sheetz and WaWa the way Virginians saw Wegmans when they first came in — slack-jawed wonderment!
Classy people also eat a lot of unhealthy food — not as much as the classes that only eat fast food of course, but that is often partly because they are stressed both by time and life and the fact that carbs are addictive. Feed is actually often pretty healthy, oats for example. But there are a lot blond virginian moms buying their kids gluten free cupcakes after picking their kids up at St. Catherine’s — you get get a LOT more healthy food at a WaWa — I should know, I know a guy who delivers all the fresh… Read more »
The gas is just the means for getting people to stop in. The real profit center is inside.
True! And Sheetz and WaWa are some of the few gas stations that CAN lure me inside, sometimes. Saves time when a family member is hungry but I don’t want to make a food stop. One gases up, the other buys a wrap or something.
I can’t speak for Sheetz or Royal Farms in particular but there are publicly traded convenience stores that release results by segments. The last I saw their profit figures were something like 7% on fuel, 32% on pre-packaged store food and merchandise and 65% on prepared food. So they make as much on your $7 sub as they do on your $50 fill up.
How is it that the Renter Class is the only ones who need to keep their vehicles fueled? And it is hardly the munis decided how many gasstations we “need” — it’s the gasstations that do that, and they are FAR smarter about such things than the munis are, since it is THEIR skin in the game and there are specialized research firms that assist them in ways that government consultants, who are often just sciencey-data-y intellectual rubber stamps on whatever the government already wants to do (or else they stop getting contracts from governments) Kroger was going to put… Read more »
You seem to have it all figured, don’t you?
What the hell? I am sure you are better than the people who build buildings with their hands and minds, whatever it is that you do.
Coffee and fountain drinks are the money makers.
Sheetz has some of the best fresh-ground coffee on the road!
I live nearby and look forward to both the Sheetz on Midlo and the Wawa on Robious going in. Too many times we’ve left our house to head to 288 and/or 64 and need gas and such before a road trip, and there is not a convenient stop. Similarly, we’ve had folks visit and come off of 288 needing gas, and again, it’s surprisingly inconvenient despite the density of the area. Not the most attractive building, but at least for our household, it will offer some QOL convenience.
I smile every time I see a new concrete block form of a new Sheetz or Wawa going up — just saw one on 460 I think just South of Petersburg on the way to Wakefield.
Why do they assume the henrico planning board will vote in favor to rezone for the Staples Mill location. So disappointing
This area already has several locally-owned and operated gas stations. While I think Sheetz provides a quality service and product, it is not one that is needed in this particular area. I hope that the county denies these plans.
It is so frustrating that they want to build them in neighborhoods. It will totally drive out the locally owned businesses.