CStore Decisions

  • Home
  • Today on CSD
  • Categories
    • CBD
    • Foodservice
    • Fuel & Gas
    • Health & Beauty
    • Independent Operators
    • Operations & Marketing
    • Technology
  • CStore Playbooks
    • Alcoholic Beverage Playbook
    • Candy Playbook
    • CBD Playbook
    • Foodservice Playbook
    • Technology Playbook
    • Tobacco Playbook
  • Products
    • 2022 Hot New Product Contest
    • Hot New Products Contest
    • Beverages & Cold Vault
    • Candy, Gum & Mints
    • Snacks
    • Tobacco
  • Resources
    • Digital Issues
    • Research & Downloads
    • Podcasts/How To Series
    • On Location
    • FAQ
    • 2022 Top 111 Chains
    • Leaders in Convenience
    • Rack Prices
    • Sponsored Content
    • Videos
    • Webinars / Digital Events
    • White Papers
  • Events
    • 2021 Chain of the Year
    • Convenience Directions
    • NAG Convenience Conference
    • Young Executive Organization
  • Join
    • National Advisory Group
    • Safe Shop Assured
    • Young Executive Organization

couchetard eyeing shell sites

By CSD Staff | October 15, 2007

Share
Canadian company looking to take advantage of dissolving MSO program.

Alimentation Couche-Tard expressed its desire to expand further into the U.S. market making a bid for some of the 2,000 stations Shell plans to sell in the coming years.

“We are always interested in any asset that can become available in the U.S. that can fit with our existing network,” CFO Richard Fortin said to the Canadian Press. “If Shell really intends to sell some other assets and they are offered to us, we might be interested.”

Fortin said this after reading about Shell’s new strategy to sell off many of its multi-site operations (MSO), which would double the amount of “direct-supplied and company operated” sites.

Among the new markets to be “transitioned” are Washington, D.C., southeast Florida, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles. This is in addition to markets remaining from the first go-round in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Portland, Alaska, Sacramento and Hawaii. Shell intends to complete the sell-off by the third quarter of 2009.

Fortin told the press that Couch-Tard hasn’t heard from Shell about the expanded sale and couldn’t say if the company has bid on the first round of opportunities. He added that Couche-Tard’s strategy has been to add stores near clusters of outlets it already operates.

“We would not buy say 50 stores that would be lost in a market where we have no presence whatsoever.”

The acquisition of Shell stores has demonstrated the opportunities that exist to put Couche-Tard’s stamp on the outlets by boosting merchandise sales, according to the Canadian Press.

For more on Shell’s MSO program, stay tuned to the November issue of Convenience Store Decisions.

Related Articles Read More >

FDA Temporarily Suspends Juul Marketing Denial Order
Competitor Update: What C-Stores Need to Know
Buc-ee’s Opens First Tennessee Location
Yesway Continues Expansion With New Texas Allsup’s Stores
Safe Shop Assured

CStore Decisions Newsletter

Sponsored Content

  • Create Some Positivity at the Pump: 3 Ways to Fuel Customer Experiences
  • How Minuteman Food Mart Ensures a Consistent Customer Experience Across 44 Stores
  • Three Challenges Disrupting C-Store Operations and How to Overcome Them
  • Why Wait? Converting to E15 is easy.
  • It’s time you profited from your checkout line

Get the Magazine

Subscribe Now!
Subscribe Now!

Manage Current Subscription
CStore Decisions
  • New CSD Print Subscription
  • Manage current print subscription
  • CBD Retail Trends
  • CStore Products
  • NAG Convenience Conference
  • Convenience Directions
  • Rack Prices
  • Subscribe to CSD’s E-Newsletter
  • About CStore Decisions
  • Advertise

Copyright © 2022 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us

Search CStore Decisions

  • Home
  • Today on CSD
  • Categories
    • CBD
    • Foodservice
    • Fuel & Gas
    • Health & Beauty
    • Independent Operators
    • Operations & Marketing
    • Technology
  • CStore Playbooks
    • Alcoholic Beverage Playbook
    • Candy Playbook
    • CBD Playbook
    • Foodservice Playbook
    • Technology Playbook
    • Tobacco Playbook
  • Products
    • 2022 Hot New Product Contest
    • Hot New Products Contest
    • Beverages & Cold Vault
    • Candy, Gum & Mints
    • Snacks
    • Tobacco
  • Resources
    • Digital Issues
    • Research & Downloads
    • Podcasts/How To Series
    • On Location
    • FAQ
    • 2022 Top 111 Chains
    • Leaders in Convenience
    • Rack Prices
    • Sponsored Content
    • Videos
    • Webinars / Digital Events
    • White Papers
  • Events
    • 2021 Chain of the Year
    • Convenience Directions
    • NAG Convenience Conference
    • Young Executive Organization
  • Join
    • National Advisory Group
    • Safe Shop Assured
    • Young Executive Organization