Mergers & Acquisitions

Podcast: How Big of a Deal Is the Potential Alimentation Couche-Tard, 7-Eleven Acquisition?

CSP Senior Editor Hannah Hammond talks to Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze on significance of deal, how c-stores are competing with QSRs

CSP Senior Editor Hannah Hammond talks to Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze on the publication’s A Deeper Dive podcast.

The two discuss Circle K owner Alimentation Couche-Tard's potential acquisition of 7-Eleven and how c-stores are upping there games in foodservice and becoming a bigger threat to quick-service restaurants (QSRs).

  • Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven is No. 1 on CSP’s 2024 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by store count. Laval, Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard is No. 2.

A Deeper Dive is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today. Each Wednesday, its audience will hear from restaurant industry leaders—from Chipotle to Pincho Factory and Firehouse Subs to McDonald’s. Listen to more episodes here.

At Your Convenience is the official podcast of CSP and launches a new episode every Tuesday.  It explores the hottest trends and news in convenience retailing. Once a week, listeners will hear CSP’s editors discuss topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions and foodservice trends to store design and tobacco regulations with convenience-store retailers and other experts from around the industry. Listen to more episodes here.

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