Alimentation Couche-Tard

"We did more than maintain the status quo... our company culture and balance sheets are stronger than ever before."

The company is looking at adjacent sectors such as dollar stores, travel retail, grocery and quick service retail, said CFO Claude Tessier.

Taxi is the AOR for the Circle K and Couche-Tard banners in Canada.

The pandemic has changed consumer buying criteria, but the move to more sustainable packaging and products is accelerating.

Focus is on clean transportation; energy efficiency; renewable energy; pollution prevention and control; sustainable water and wastewater management in car washes; and green buildings.

In 2020, nearly 70% of consumers in both Canada and the United States primarily shopped locally in order to strengthen the local economy: Jackman Human Insights Study.

The co-directors of McGill University’s Retail Innovation Lab explore how new technologies and shifting consumer behaviours are converging to revolutionize the retail experience.

Program launched in Sweden, with plans to expand it across the Circle K network in the next few years.