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    Default Say goodbye to Crack Mac's

    http://business.financialpost.com/ne...-k-in-may-2017

    Did they really pick crack Mac's for the picture?

    VAL, Que. — The 54-year-old Mac’s convenience store brand is being retired by owner Alimentation Couche-Tard, which is adopting the Circle K banner for most of North America, Europe and Asia.

    The company will keep its Couche-Tard banner in Quebec, where the company has its head office in Laval.

    It will begin rolling out its Circle K brand to other parts of Canada in May 2017, following rollouts in the United States and Europe that begin next year.

    The change will also see the disappearance of Scandinavia’s Statoil store brand acquired in 2012 and The Pantry’s Kangaroo Express, bought last year.

    Circle K is already Couche-Tard’s most widely used store banner, primarily in the United States plus 12 other countries.

    The brand will be used on licensed stores across Asia that is part of Couche-Tard’s future growth plans.

    “Today we are setting out to make it easy for existing and new customers in more countries than ever before to prefer Circle K as their destination for convenience and fuel,” CEO Brian Hannasch said.

    ouche-Tard acquired Mac’s in Quebec in 1993 and six years later bought the remaining 980 Mac’s, Mike’s Mart and Beckers brands operating in Ontario and Western Canada from Silcorp Ltd.

    Mac’s Milk Ltd. was founded in 1961 by Ontario businessmen Ken and Carl McGowen. The name changed to Mac’s Convenience Stores in 1975, a few years after being taken over completely by Silverwood Dairies Ltd.

    The announcement was made ahead of Couche-Tard’s annual meeting.

    Shareholders are being asked to approve a plan to extend the voting advantage of the company’s four founders.

    They would retain multiple voting shares as long as one sits on the company’s board. The current rules say the control ends when the last of the four turns 65 or dies. Jacques D’Amours is 58, while Alain Bouchard, Richard Fortin and Real Plourde are at least 65.

    Executive chairman Bouchard said the four would like to continue playing a strategic role in growing the company.

    “Our strong involvement has been beneficial to all,” he wrote in the proxy circular.

    Couche-Tard’s shares have surged over the years, making the retail chain the 15th largest Canadian company by market capitalization at $35.3 billion.

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    Now its just Circle Krack.

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    ^ This....
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    misleading I thought the Macs at 7ave x 8 St SW was closing. Cranston Macs is hardly Crack Macs

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    Originally posted by sputnik
    Now its just Circle Krack.
    Sounds like Circle Jerk lmao

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    Originally posted by OU812
    misleading I thought the Macs at 7ave x 8 St SW was closing. Cranston Macs is hardly Crack Macs

    Thats exactly what I thought too
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    You know those bored stay at home moms who's entire lives revolve around driving their kids to soccer, various cleaning accessories, and worrying about neighbourhood rapists? The kind of people that watch the View and go "uh huh..." Those unfulfilled people who try to fill the void in their empty lives by writing whiny letters to the editor complaining about shit that no one really cares about?

    Well imagine if instead of writing that letter to the editor, she just posts on a car forum for car enthusiasts. That's Kritafo.

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    Call them what you want it will always be Macs to me.

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    Originally posted by JustinMCS


    Sounds like Circle Jerk lmao
    That's behind the building in the alley.

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    Originally posted by OU812
    misleading I thought the Macs at 7ave x 8 St SW was closing. Cranston Macs is hardly Crack Macs
    I've seen a car go through the front door of Cranston Macs. Close enough to Crack Macs for me.

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    Couche-Tard?? Serieusement????!?!?!

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    Originally posted by sputnik
    Now its just Circle Krack.
    Krack Circle?

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    Misleading thread title is misleading.

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    Default All Crack Macs are now Circle K.

    https://globalnews.ca/news/4431582/m...cle-k-rebrand/

    https://dailyhive.com/calgary/macs-c...le-k-crackmacs

    That winking owl always reminded me of the people that went there. It was the perfect logo.
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    Don't care I still call it Macs. Just like Marks.

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    Wish it was like Circle K in Japan, Karaage Bento and a can of Boss coffee for lunch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZenOps View Post
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    https://globalnews.ca/news/4431582/m...cle-k-rebrand/

    https://dailyhive.com/calgary/macs-c...le-k-crackmacs

    That winking owl always reminded me of the people that went there. It was the perfect logo.
    Didn’t they adopt that logo when they took over the “Winks” convenience store chain in the 90’s? The original Mac’s logo was a cat if I recall.
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    Yes, they stole that logo. Still the best one ever made though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxt View Post
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    Wish it was like Circle K in Japan, Karaage Bento and a can of Boss coffee for lunch.
    Convenience stores in Japan is just whole another level.

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    I wouldn’t even qualify to work at circle K HK. The lady spoke 4 languages lol canto, mando, Tagalog, English. Convenience stores in Asia are so badass
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    Quote Originally Posted by OU812 View Post
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    misleading I thought the Macs at 7ave x 8 St SW was closing. Cranston Macs is hardly Crack Macs
    It’s funny, lots of people use the phrase crack Mac’s to refer to other locations. Don’t think they realize the location you mention is the real crack macs. Silly millennials

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