Daring to succeed
Subtitle: how Alain Bouchard built the Couche-Tard & Circle K convenience store empire
By: Guy Gendron ; translator, Matthew Brown
Contributors: Brown, Matthew
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781988002637
Subjects: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc; Businessmen; Convenience stores; Circle K Corporation; Biography; History
Work titles: Couche-Tard
Description: "Combining a tobacconist, newstand, food mart, beer shop and general store, the convenience store has undergone many transformations over the last 35 years, ever since a man decided to turn it into his life's business. That man is Alain Bouchard. Strangely, few people know his name, even in Quebec, where he lives. He is, however, one of Canada's wealthiest entrepreneurs, as well as one of the most peer-honoured businessmen in the world. Starting as a volunteer clerk in his brother's business before doing all the tasks related to this often thankless work, Alain Bouchard is truly a self-made man who climbed through the professional ranks. Today, the multinational Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. empire that he founded encompasses Circle K, comprises 12,000 stores and over 100,000 employees. It posts revenues of almost US $35 billion. What is the recipe for this kind of success? What values drive this entrepreneur and his loyal collaborators? This book provides an unprecedented look into an extraordinary business and a man who put it all on the line to win."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Biting into the Big Apple; title: Life before; title: The price of failure; title: Discovering a career; title: A builder; title: The business plan; title: Technically bankrupt; title: The Couche-Tard banner; title: "A Depanneur economy"; title: A marriage with Metro; title: The perfect storm; title: Natural selection; title: A hostile bid to reach other provinces; title: The start of a business model; title: Small strides in the United States; title: The American wave; title: An appetite for donuts; title: 7-Eleven in trouble; title: A battle in Quebec; title: The European challenge; title: Masters in our own house; title: Succession; title: A unified global brand : except in Quebec; title: Transmitting passion; title: Epilogue.