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Alimentation Couche-Tard Announces Plans To Sell 355 Sites Across The US, Canada

Fuel operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has announced it has teamed up with a real estate advisory firm to coordinate the sale of 306 forecourt and convenie...

Couche-Tard Confident Despite COVID Impact On Third Quarter Revenues

Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates the Circle K forecourt business, has reported what it described as a 'solid' third quarter, despite the COVID-19 p...

Brazil's BRF Gets Nod To Export Chicken Wings To Canada

Brazilian food processor BRF SA has said that Canada has authorised chicken wing exports from two of its plants located in top farm state Mato Grosso. B...

Walmart Canada To Invest Over C$500m On Store Upgrades

Walmart Canada has announced plans to invest more than C$500 million (€335.8 million) this year to refurbish its stores. It would be the largest ye...

BAT To Pick Up Stake In Canada-Based Pot Producer Organigram

British American Tobacco said on Thursday it will buy a nearly 20% stake in Canada-based cannabis producer Organigram for about £126 million ($175.81...

Rapeseed Rush Sends Prices Soaring As Chinese Demand Swells

Rapeseed prices are surging to record highs as traders scour the world for supplies of the oil-rich crop, illustrating growing strain across oilseed market...

McCain Foods Invests In Fiddlehead Technology

Frozen food producer McCain Foods has acquired a minority share of New Brunswick-based data science firm Fiddlehead Technology. Fiddlehead provides...

Couche-Tard CEO Would Love Second Shot At Carrefour Deal

Alimentation Couche-Tard would revive its $20 billion bid for France's Carrefour if the Canadian convenience store operator saw a change in the French gove...