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For such a short article, wow. Some notes, because I haven't looked up any of this
A person or entity from Canada named Alimentation Couche-Tard runs Circle-k, which does some stuff in Europe
A Japanese billionaire was in charge of bringing 7-11 back from the 90s
It's CNN business, so they don't cover the shittyness of 7-11, speedway or circle-k. It's fucking terrible when that type of place is your only option even in an urban area, to buy nutritious food or supplies. It's a step up from those shitholes to dollar ex or whatever, which is also going to be awful
Also they're all great places to buy illegal drugs, but speedway really sucked the life out of many communities when they bought superamerica (whoever the fuck owned that) /s kinda
That doesn't even get into independent bodegas and small, local chains like Plaid Pantry.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Pantry
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., or simply Couche-Tard, is a Canadian multinational operator of convenience stores. The company has approximately 16,700 stores across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Japan, China, and Indonesia. The company operates its corporate stores mainly under the Couche-Tard, Circle K, and On the Run brands but also under the affiliated brands Mac's Convenience Stores, go! (Go Store), 7-jours, Dairy/Daisy Mart, Becker's and Winks. Operations in Russia (38 stores) were suspended in 2022.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimentation_Couche-Tard