LELAND, N.C., June 11, 2026, 13:07 EDT
- Sheetz’s latest plans for Leland, North Carolina, point to more expansion for the chain in the Wilmington area.
- Sheetz is offering $15 an hour for several jobs in Leland, according to recent postings. Full-time overnight store team positions are included.
- Kamar Marshall Parham got 10 to 12 years in Ohio after he pleaded guilty in a Cuyahoga Falls road-rage shooting.
Sheetz is making a bigger move into southeastern North Carolina, filing plans for a Leland site as the chain keeps expanding in the Wilmington area. Local reports say this would be the first Sheetz in Brunswick County if it gets built, according to the submitted plans.
Sheetz has expanded in the area before the Leland proposal. The chain launched its first Wilmington-area site in Hampstead in July 2024, according to WilmingtonBiz, then followed with two stores on Carolina Beach Road and another on Shipyard Boulevard.
Sheetz is hiring in Leland as it gets ready to open. A job post from June 10 lists a full-time overnight store team member position at $15 an hour, with a 28451 ZIP code. Night shifts between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. get an extra $1.50 an hour.
Sheetz also has a posting from June 9 for a part-time cleaning team member job in Leland, paying $15 an hour with the overnight pay differential. Duties cover cleaning in the store, fuel pumps, restrooms, food and beverage stations, coolers, and the store’s grounds.
The move is part of a wider push by convenience store chains in the Cape Fear region. Sheetz, Wawa, Royal Farms, 7-Eleven and Refuel have each been linked to recent or planned sites. In 2024, WilmingtonBiz said Sheetz was among several companies growing in the area, pointing to a near-complete, 6,100-square-foot Sheetz on Shipyard Boulevard.
Sheetz is growing across the U.S. The chain hit 800 stores with a new Raleigh location in August 2025, according to NACS. Sheetz now runs stores in Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland.
The company’s growth update landed the same week as another legal story tied to a Sheetz store in Ohio. In Summit County, Kamar Marshall Parham of Akron pleaded guilty Wednesday after a road-rage shooting where shots hit two cars in November 2025, authorities said.
Parham got 10 to 12 years in prison after he admitted to three counts of felonious assault and one count of evidence tampering, according to Cleveland 19. Police said the Nov. 9 incident started on Home Avenue in Akron and carried on to Main Street in Cuyahoga Falls. Nobody was hurt.
News 5 Cleveland said the shooting took place at the Sheetz gas station on Main Street in Cuyahoga Falls, with gunfire hitting two vehicles. One of the vehicles had a 13-year-old boy inside. News 5 also reported that police first looked for Parham and Lashay Nicole Marie Jackson after warrants came out.
Jackson, who is also from Akron, faces three counts of felonious assault and is set for a jury trial on Aug. 3, Cleveland 19 reported. For Sheetz, the twin headlines point to two issues for convenience-store operators moving fast: they need to grab new real estate in tight markets and keep their sites safe as they keep adding stores.
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