Circle K
American chain of convenience stores
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| March 2025 | The Humane League criticized Circle K for failing to publicly report progress toward its cage-free egg commitment. |
| August 19 2024 | Couche-Tard announced it would buy GetGo from Giant Eagle, expanding Circle K's presence in Pennsylvania and complementing existing stores in Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia. |
| 2023 | Circle K expanded its cage-free egg commitment to include thousands of international franchise locations. |
| 2021 | A report by the Center for Public Integrity named Circle K as one of the 'worst offenders' in wage theft in the United States. |
| September 2021 | Circle K announced the purchase of 10 convenience and food stores from the Griffin Group in Dublin, Ireland. |
| 2020 | Circle K Hong Kong was sold back to Couche-Tard after being operated by Fung Retailing since 1985. |
| 2019 | Circle K agreed to pay a US$8.3 million settlement for a 2014 class-action lawsuit. |
| 2019 | Over 800 Mac's branded stores were rebranded to Circle K throughout central and western Canada. |
| 2018 | Couche-Tard announced a commitment to sell only cage-free eggs in its corporate-owned Circle K stores in North America and Europe by 2025. |
| November 2018 | Circle K opened its first store in New Zealand through master franchisee Pamma Retail Group. |
| 2015 | Circle K settled a class-action lawsuit related to wage violations. |
| September 2015 | Couche-Tard announced a global rebranding strategy to make Circle K the worldwide brand for all its convenience stores, replacing multiple existing brands. |
| August 12 2015 | Circle K opened its first five convenience stores in Costa Rica after buying and rebranding the local Delimart chain. |
| March 2015 | Circle K completed acquisition of The Pantry for $860 million, with plans to rebrand Kangaroo Express stores under the Circle K banner. |
| 2014 | A class-action lawsuit was brought against Circle K regarding wage violations. |
| April 2012 | Circle K purchased Norway-based Statoil Fuel and Retail ASA, acquiring 2,300 fuel stations in Scandinavia, the Baltics, Poland, and western Russia for $2.8 billion. |
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