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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (a "Couche-Tard" is a "late-nighter" in French) is the largest Canadian convenience store retailer, operating or franchising over 2,500 stores across Canada, the United States, and in other countries.
There are 680 stores in Quebec under the names Couche-Tard, Provi-Soir and Depanneur 7 jours, as well as 1038 stores in Ontario and Western Canada under the names Mac's, Mike's Mart, Beckers Milk, Daisy Mart and Winks. The flagship Couche-Tard and Mac's stores, as well as some older Winks outlets, prominently feature a distinctive anthropomorphic red owl head. Many Couche-Tard locations in Quebec are gas stations co-branded with Irving Oil, some of which previously operated under Irving's "Marché Mainway" banner.
The corporation also operates Circle K stores in the United States, Asia, and elsewhere, and holds the master franchise for Dunkin' Donuts in Quebec.
Alimentation Couche-Tard is headquartered in Laval, Quebec. It employs 34,000 people and had revenue of $4.28 billion CAD in the fiscal year of 2004.
Corporate governance
Current members of the board of directors of Alimentation Couche-Tard are: Alain Bouchard, Robert Brunet, Jacques D'Amours, Roger Desrosiers, Jean Élie, Richard Fortin, Josée Goulet, Roger Longpré, Réal Plourde, Jean-Pierre Sauriol, and Jean Turmell.
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