Couche-Tard Thiab Walmart Ramp Up South African Expansion Plans

Couche-Tard tau teem sijhawm qhib nws thawj lub khw hauv South Africa lub lim tiam no, tom qab tshaj tawm daim ntawv tso cai daim ntawv cog lus nrog Millat Convenience thaum lub Cuaj Hli.

Thawj lub khw yuav qhib hauv Gauteng, ua haujlwm los ntawm Millat Group cov chaw pabcuam hauv qab lub npe Circle K.

Lub Circle K hom - tau los ntawm Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard hauv 2003 - muaj cov khoom noj tshiab, dej kub thiab txias thiab lwm yam khoom siv yooj yim, nrog rau cov chaw nres tsheb roj thiab hluav taws xob tsheb. Nws yog ib lub khw muag khoom yooj yim tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Meskas nrog ntau dua 7,000 qhov chaw muag khoom - thib ob tsuas yog rau c-store behemoth 7Eleven.

Circle K tus lwm thawj Pat Fitzpatrick tau hais tias South Africa nthuav qhia Circle K nrog "txoj hauv kev tsim nyog rau kev loj hlob" raws li lub hom lag luam txuas ntxiv nthuav dav hauv kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb, kos nws qhov kev lag luam thib 25.

"Millat Group nkag siab txog cov neeg siv khoom South African, muaj cov ntaub ntawv muaj zog ntawm kev tsim cov khw muag khoom, kev tos txais qhua, thiab cov khoom noj khoom haus, thiab muaj cov phiaj xwm zoo siab rau Circle K hom," nws hais.

Nrog Circle K raws li nws lub npe thoob ntiaj teb, Couche-Tard lub network muaj ze li ntawm 14,100 qhov chaw nyob thoob plaws 24 lub teb chaws - suav nrog 1,900 qhov chaw franchise hauv Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Asia thiab Oceania.

"Qhov kev pom zoo no qhia Millat lub zog hauv kev coj lub hom phiaj thoob ntiaj teb mus rau South Africa los nqis peev, tsim kom muaj kev ua haujlwm thiab kev loj hlob ntawm kev lag luam," said Millat Group CEO Hamza Farooqui.

"Nqa lub voj voog K mus rau South Africa ua raws li peb lub tswv yim ntawm kev nthuav qhia cov neeg siv khoom lag luam, kev paub dhau los, thiab kev pabcuam zaub mov zoo."

Johannesburg-based Millat Group yog tus tswv lag luam ntiag tug, ntau haiv neeg hauv tsev neeg ua lag luam uas tau tsim muaj cov khoom muaj nqis thoob plaws hauv tsev tos qhua thiab khw muag khoom.

South Africa lub khw muag khoom yooj yim yog tswj hwm los ntawm kev muab ntawm cov chaw nres tsheb roj av, suav nrog Engen Quick Shop, Plhaub Xaiv, BP Express, Sasol Delight thiab Astron Energy Fresh Stop.

Cov lag luam tseem tab tom raug tawm tsam los ntawm cov khw muag khoom loj dua, nrog Shoprite's OK Express, Pick n Pay Express thiab Woolworths Cov khw muag khoom noj kuj tseem saib cov hauv kev ntawm forecourts thoob plaws lub tebchaws.

Walmart Yuav Tsum Yuav Tsum Muaj Massmart Shares

Txawm li cas los xij, Couche-Trad yuav tsis paub tseeb tias kev lag luam South Africa tau ua pov thawj nyuaj rau Asmeskas loj heev WalmartWMT
, uas tau txais cov khw muag khoom hauv zos Massmart tshaj li kaum xyoo dhau los.

Thaum Lub Kaum Hli 21, daim ntawv thov kom tshem tawm thiab raug coj los ntawm Walmart tau pom zoo los ntawm feem coob ntawm Massmart cov tswv lag luam xav tau.

Tam sim no Walmart yuav txav mus kom tau 47% ntawm kev lag luam uas nws tsis muaj nyob rau hauv kev sim ua kom cov neeg muag khoom muaj mob, uas tau tawm tsam thaum muaj kev lag luam South Africa tsis muaj zog, kev lag luam sib tw nce ntxiv thiab cuam tshuam txog kev sib kis.

Nyob rau thawj peb lub hlis twg ntawm nws cov nyiaj xyoo 2023, uas xaus rau lub Xya hli ntuj 17, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. tau nthuav nws lub network hauv tsev los ntawm kev tsim 30 qhov chaw tshiab thiab tseem muaj 55 qhov chaw tam sim no tab tom tsim, raws li Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO Brian Hannasch.

Nws tshaj tawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm $ 872.4 lab rau thawj peb lub hlis twg thiab Hannasch tau hais txog cov txiaj ntsig: "Nyob rau hauv lub ntsej muag ntawm kev pheej hmoo nyiaj txiag txuas ntxiv thiab keeb kwm nyiaj txiag thiab cov nqi roj siab, peb txaus siab tshaj tawm cov txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub quarter no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv kev yooj yim uas peb muaj kev noj qab haus huv. tib lub khw muag khoom hauv peb lub khw hauv Asmeskas. Peb tseem txuas ntxiv tsim cov roj margins zoo thoob plaws txhua lub platform. "

Thaum lub sij hawm peb lub hlis twg, Laval-raws li cov khw muag khoom kuj tau ua tiav nws qhov tau los ntawm Wilson Gas Stops thiab Mus! Cov khw muag khoom tom qab kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus kom tau txais Wilson network, uas ua haujlwm hauv tag nrho plaub lub xeev Atlantic Canada, nyob rau nruab nrab-2021.

Qhov kev pom zoo kawg suav nrog 179 tus tswv lag luam thiab ua haujlwm yooj yim khw muag khoom thiab chaw siv roj, 147 qhov chaw muag khoom, thiab chaw nres nkoj roj marine hauv Halifax, Nova Scotia.