Attempts to push through the biggest ever foreign acquisition of a Japanese business took another possible step forward after ...

What can you do when you can’t go hostile in a deal? For Alimentation Couche-Tard , the answer is a press conference. On Thursday, the Canadian owner of the Circle-K convenience store chain made the ...

Alimentation Couche-Tard could bolster its $47 billion offer for Seven & I if the Japanese firm became more cooperative and shared its financial information in greater detail, the founder of the ...

Along with public overtures, Couche-Tard founder and Chairman Alain Bouchard met privately with some Seven & i shareholders ...

Tard will continue its friendly pursuit of Seven & i, executives said, even as they vented their frustrations over the slow progress in acquisition talks with the Japanese owner of the 7-Eleven ...

Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is trying to assure shareholders that management hasn’t lost sight of operations amid ...

The recent-quarter results come after founder and Executive Chairman Alain Bouchard said last week that Couche-Tard will ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Alain Bouchard, chairman of Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo ...

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. could increase its offer to acquire rival global convenience-store retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd., but only if the Tokyo-based company engages in talks, Couche-Tard ...