Alimentation Couche-Tard

SANFORD, N.C. -- Leading Southeastern c-store operator The Pantry, Inc. said yesterday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 19 convenience stores in North Carolina from Lee-Moore Oil Company, which has been operating the stores under the TruBuy and On-The-Run banners. The announcement came just days after The Pantry said it would acquire 39 Interstate Food Stop convenience stores in Mississippi and Louisiana from Waring Oil Co., LLC.

SANFORD, N.C. -- The Pantry, Inc., the top independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern United States, said yesterday that it will acquire 39 Interstate Food Stop convenience stores in Mississippi and Louisiana from Waring Oil Co., LLC. The stores generated total revenue of about $100 million last year. Terms of the transaction were not revealed.

SANFORD, N.C. -- The Pantry Inc. reached a new gasoline branding and supply agreement with ExxonMobil Oil Corp.

LAVAL, Que. -- Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., based here, said yesterday that through its subsidiary, Circle K Stores, Inc., it has signed an agreement with Conway Oil Co. and Conway Real Estate Co. to buy 16 convenience stores in New Mexico. If this transaction closes as scheduled in December, the acquisitions would add sales of about US $66 million to Couche-Tard's revenues and contribute to its earnings on an annualized basis.

Compassion has poured forth from many in the retailing community in the past week, demonstrating the industry's eagerness to do what it can to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

SANFORD, N.C. -- The Pantry, Inc., the Southeast United States' leading independently operated convenience store chain, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 13 convenience stores in Alabama from Chatham Oil Company, Inc., which has been operating the stores under the Speedmart Food Stores banner.

SANFORD, N.C. -- Independently operated convenience store chain The Pantry, Inc. here announced yesterday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 23 convenience stores in Virginia from Angus I. Hines, Inc., which has been operating the stores under the Sentry Food Mart banner. The 23 stores generated total revenue of approximately $122 million in 2004. Terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed.

SANFORD, N.C. -- The Pantry, Inc., a convenience store chain based here, has accused two of its competitors, Kroger and Sheetz, of illegally undercutting the price of gasoline in a town outside Raleigh, N.C., according to published reports.