Sheetz Renews Contract with Wright Express
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 9, 2005 -- Sheetz has executed a five-year contract extension with Wright Express Corporation . Wright Express, a leading provider of payment processing and information management services to the U.S. commercial and government fleet industry, has administered and offered a proprietary branded fleet card for Sheetz for more than 15 years. The agreement also extends Sheetz's Affinity Program with Wright Express and its acceptance of the Wright Express universal fleet card.
"We are delighted that Sheetz, one of America's fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience store chains has chosen to extend both its private label and Wright Express card contracts with us," said Michael E. Dubyak, President and CEO of Wright Express. "The fuel card provides Sheetz with an additional opportunity to secure long-term customers whose drivers also purchase Sheetz's convenience store products. In addition, our vested commitment in technology, new products and high performance customer service provides the differentiation our strategic partners seek in the market place to help drive growth in their programs."
Sheetz, Inc. operates more than 300 convenience locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. Sheetz currently ranks 87 on the Forbes list of largest private companies and was named fourth best place to work in Pennsylvania this year.
About Wright Express.
Wright Express is a leading provider of payment processing and information management services to the U.S. commercial and government vehicle fleet industry. Wright Express provides these services for more than 298,000 commercial and government fleets containing more than 4.2 million vehicles. Wright Express markets these services directly as well as through more than 90 strategic relationships, and offers a MasterCard-branded corporate card. The Company employs more than 635 people and maintains its headquarters in South Portland, Maine. For more information about Wright Express, please visit http://www.wrightexpress.com/.