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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2024 17:26:53 JST Minoru Saba

"Seven & i Holdings Co. said...it has received a proposal by Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. to acquire all of its outstanding shares"
"...sources have indicated that...the offer may be too low to be feasible"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240819/p2g/00m/0bu/023000c
🔸Didn't know that Japanese convenience store Circle K Sunkus, which FamilyMart absorbed in 2016, had licensed its name from Alimentation Couche-Tard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_K_Sunkus
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  Japan 7-Eleven operator to review takeover bid by Canada retail giant - The Mainichi
  
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  TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. said Monday it has received a proposal by Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation
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  Circle K Sunkus
  
  Circle K Sunkus (サークルKサンクス, Sākuru K Sankusu, stylized as CircleKSunkus) was a chain of company-operated and franchised convenience stores in Japan. The company is a division of UNY Co., Ltd., which licensed the Circle K name from Alimentation Couche-Tard, a Canadian convenience store company that owns the Circle K brand. At the typical Japanese convenience store, goods such as magazines, manga, soft drinks, contraceptives, onigiri, and bento are available. As of September 1, 2016, due to Circle K Sunkus’ acquisition and absorption by FamilyMart, all Circle K Sunkus stores have been rebranded as FamilyMart stores as a result of the FamilyMart Co. and Uny Group Holdings Co. merger. History The first Circle K store in Japan opened on March 15, 1980, in Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya. The first Sunkus store opened in Aoba-ku, Sendai, on July 23, 1980. The Sunkus chain expanded to Tokyo in 1981, Hokkaido in 1982, Osaka in 1989 and Nagoya in 1992. Sunkus and Circle K Japan formed...

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