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Circle K Stores, Inc. is a North American chain of convenience stores ... the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990 and went through several owners, ...
A Circle K in Colorado Springs, CO. Circle K is an international chain of convenience stores owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard. The brand is the flagship international brand of the company, and has largely replaced other brands previously used or acquired by the company. [38]
Karl Eller's Big Thirst for Convenience Stores — (June 1988) Karl Eller, then Chairman of Phoenix, Arizona-based Circle K Corp., plans to mold Circle K into the industry's most aggressive, fastest-growing player. The number of Circle K stores tripled to about 4,600 under Eller's leadership, and sales soared to $2.3 billion from $747.8 million ...
Giant Eagle CEO Bill Artman said selling GetGo to Couche-Tard, Circle K owner, will allow Giant Eagle to lower prices and build and remodel stores.
In March 1992, at which point Antioco had become the company's CEO, Circle K was sold for approximately $425 million to a private investor group led by management in conjunction with Investcorp. [14] [15] In 1994, as CEO Antioco took Circle K public, selling 6.5 million shares of stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Canadian owner of Circle K convenience stores has made a bid to buy 7-Eleven in what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company on record and the largest cross-border ...
The operator of 7-Eleven has rejected an opening offer from the owner of convenience store rival Circle K, saying its business is worth more.
The original mascot. The original mascot for Mac's was a cat named MacTavish (seen above), wearing a Tam o' shanter and a kilt, holding a jug of milk.Following Mac's acquisition by Couche-Tard in 1999, it was changed to the winking owl named Hibou, which was the mascot for Couche-Tard's convenience stores and gas stations in Quebec.