Pocketbook pressures are encouraging some Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. customers to ditch buying snack foods.
The convenience store chain’s chief executive Alex Miller says shoppers are being more deliberate about their purchases as the cost of living and fuel rises.
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He says their cautious spending is pushing sales of packaged carbonated soft drinks, salty snacks and sweets to lower-than-usual levels.
To cope with the shift in consumer behaviour, Miller says Couche-Tard is reallocating shelf space, refining its product assortment and tweaking its promotions to better suit demand.
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Miller’s remarks came a day after Couche-Tard revealed its net earnings attributable to shareholders were US$828.5 million in its first quarter, up from US$782.5 million during the same period last year.
The Laval, Que.-based company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported revenues of US$21.7 billion, rising from US$17.3 billion a year earlier.
And yet crickets from our tax dollar funded media that the LPC carbon, plastic, packaging taxes and out of control spending are the main driver behind inflation. Sovereignty is the only way to get reputable media back in this province.
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