Description

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. oversees and authorizes the operation of convenience stores across multiple regions. These retail outlets provide customers with a broad range of goods, including tobacco products, groceries, candies, snacks, beer, wine, various beverages, and fresh food options. Additionally, they supply fuels for road transportation, aviation, and stationary engines. Beyond merchandise, the company offers practical services such as the sale of lottery tickets, gift cards, postage stamps, and bus tickets, alongside money order issuance, automatic teller machines, and car wash facilities. Its convenience store chain operates under well-recognized brands like Circle K, Couche-Tard, Holiday, Ingo, and Mac's. By April 24, 2022, the company's extensive network comprised 12,166 convenience stores. This total included 9,808 company-managed locations spread across North America, Europe, and Asia, complemented by approximately 1,800 stores licensed under the Circle K banner in countries such as Cambodia, Egypt, Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Established in 1980 and headquartered in Laval, Canada, the company was formerly known as Actidev Inc. until its name change in December 1994.