Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania ranked Sheetz Inc. No. 12 on its list of 100 top companies for 2007 and the top retailer among them.

The Altoona, Pa.-based convenience store chain has been given that honor for the past six years.

Sheetz, which operates more than 340 convenience stores throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina, is ranked in the large company category of businesses with more than 251 employees.

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