Carrefour
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PepsiCo products pulled from some stores in Europe over ‘unacceptable’ price hikesSupermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for items like Lay's potato chips and its namesake soda.ConsumerJan 5, 2024
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Alimentation Couche-Tard reportedly in talks to combine with U.K. retailing giantThe combined company would and have over US$70 billion in annual revenue and 21,000 fast-food joints, gas stations and grocery stores in more than 30 countries.CanadaMay 2, 2022
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Champagne vows support for businesses after Couche-Tard, Carrefour merger talks failCouche-Tard abandoned talks to buy Carrefour for US$20 billion ($25 billion) after French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire raised concerns about food and job security.MoneyJan 18, 2021
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Couche-Tard’s dashed French merger won’t end global ambitions of founder BouchardThe low-profile Canadian businessman built Couche-Tard from a single store in Quebec in 1980 to a global network of convenience stores and gas stations with a value of $33 billion.MoneyJan 16, 2021
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Couche-Tard’s bid for Carrefour gets ‘a clear and final no’ from French finance minister"Food security is strategic for our country so that's why we don't sell a big French retailer," French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told BFM TV.MoneyJan 15, 2021
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France opposes Couche-Tard’s $25B Carrefour bid citing food securityFrance's finance minister objected to the takeover bid in public remarks, citing 'strategic challenges.'MoneyJan 14, 2021
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Couche-Tard confirms merger talks with French grocery giant CarrefourA tie-up could help Canada's convenience-store operator expand into the supermarket business and Europe.MoneyJan 13, 2021
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Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Carrefour LavalThey say a person who was contagious with the virus visited a coffee shop and common areas of the mall.HealthJun 30, 2019
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