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Stripes Stores is a chain of more than 700 convenience stores in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas.Most locations are former Circle K and Town & Country Food Stores.
After making some tentative moves in the U.S. under the Mac's brand in the early 2000s, Couche-Tard acquired the Circle K chain from ConocoPhillips in 2003, promptly rebranding its existing U.S. locations to the better-known Circle K moniker. The Circle K brand is also franchised in Asia and elsewhere. Couche-Tard obtained the master franchise ...
On February 10, 2014, Modelo Group sold the Tiendas Extra brand of stores to the Mexican franchise of Circle K, Circulo K. A Circle K with an Exxon fuel station in North Richland Hills, Texas. On December 18, 2014, Couche-Tard announced its acquisition of The Pantry for $860 million all-cash tender ($1.14 billion in 2024 dollars [23]).
On April 29, 2009, Canadian convenience store company Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates stores in the United States under the Circle K name, acquired the 450-store On the Run franchise network (the stores themselves remain with local franchisees) plus 43 ExxonMobil-owned and operated stores in the Phoenix, Arizona area. [3]
[2] [3] [4] It previously owned the Hong Kong franchise for convenience store chain Circle K, but sold the chain to the franchise owner in late 2020. [5] The company was established in 1985 and is headquartered in Hong Kong. It is a subsidiary of Fung Group, one of the largest retailers in Hong Kong.
In 1983, the Circle K Corporation bought all of the stock of Utotem Inc. for 225 million dollars from American Financial Corporation, and in 1984 rebranded the stores as Circle K stores. Herb Ralston was an early partner. Ralston made history when he designed, built and opened the first convenience store in the United States that also offered gas.
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.
Mac's – based in Canada, rebranded as Circle K in 2017; McColl's – former UK chain, traded under as Martin, McColls and RS McColl; Mills – based in the UK, sold to Tesco in 2010; Pak-A-Sak-based in (Shreveport, Louisiana); sold to 7-Eleven in 1970; Somerfield – bought by the Co-operative Group in 2009