Alimentation Couche-Tard profit leaps nearly 30% in Q3

Laval, QC -- Canadian c-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard reported Thursday that net income for its fiscal third quarter rose 29.6% to $71 million, compared with $54.8 million in the year-ago period.



Revenues rose 13.7% to $5.6 billion. Same-store merchandise sales were up 3.9% in the United States and 0.4% in Canada.



Alimentation Couche-Tard operates a network of 5,874 convenience stores in the United States and Canada.