Circle K owner hikes offer to buy 7-Eleven parent company

October 17, 2024

Alimentation Couche-Tard, parent company of Circle K, has upped its bid by 22% to buy Seven & I Holdings, the Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven.

Circle K parent acquires GetGo Café +Markets

August 23, 2024

Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent company of Circle K, has acquired 270 GetGo Café +Market stores from supermarket retailer Giant Eagle.

Circle K parent makes play for 7-Eleven parent company

August 20, 2024

Alimentation Couche-Tard, a convenience store chain based in Canada that operates Circle K stores, is making overtures to acquire Seven & i Holdings, the…

Circle K taps Nayax for cashless payments at EV charging stations

November 21, 2023

Nayax Ltd., a global commerce enablement payments and loyalty platform designed to help merchants scale their business and specializing in cashless payments…

Chevron deploys checkout-free shopping in California

November 3, 2022

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has introduced checkout-free shopping at its ExtraMile store at 18060 San Ramon Blvd. in San Ramon, California in partnership with…

Circle K teams with cannabis vendor for store sales

October 26, 2022

Convenience retailer Circle K is teaming up with marijuana company Green Thumb Industries to sell cannabis at Circle K stores in Florida in 2023.

Smart checkout rolling out to Circle K, Couche-Tard stores

June 7, 2022

More than 7,000 Circle K and Couche-Tar stores are being outfitted with computer vision-based, self-checkout machines after a successful initial deployment in…

Circle K is loving the Bitcoin ATM

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The consumer's embrace of self service has dovetailed with the rising popularity of cryptocurrency, as evidenced by Circle K's crypto ATM rollout over the past…

Circle K embraces crypto ATMs to ride cryptocurrency’s rising popularity

Circle K has installed more than 700 crypto ATMs since partnering with Bitcoin Depot in 2020, offering a new customer convenience as interest in cryptocurrency…

Some Circle K stores to boast check-out free tech

November 4, 2021

Six Circle K stores in Tuscon, Arizona will serve as the initial rollout of a check-out free option via Grabango technology in a partnership with Alimentation…

Circle K store launches Standard AI autonomous checkout

October 15, 2021

Circle K in Tempe, Ariona opened an AI-powered checkout-free experience in a retrofitted store in Arizona using a computer vision platform provided by Standard…

Pensa Systems funding investment hits $28M

June 11, 2021

Retail technology company Pensa Systems has announced a total investment of $28 million following a Series A round of $11 million led by ATX Ventures and…

Circle K piloting contactless experience at Arizona store

August 14, 2020

Convenience brand Circle K is deploying technology from Standard to offer customers a touchless, autonomous checkout technology.