Oct 15, 2007 3:39:00 PM MST
MONTREAL _ Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD.B) is expected to expand its growing presence in the United States by making a play for some of the 2,000 service stations that Shell Oil Company is planning to dispose of in the coming years, says an analyst.
“Couche-Tard has a solid relationship with Shell and is well-positioned to bid on some of these assets,‘‘ Jessy Hayem of Desjardins Securities said in a research note.
In a recent “internal‘‘ update to an initiative started a couple of years ago, Shell said it planned to nearly double the number of “direct-supplied and company-operated‘‘ sites it planned to dispose.
The third-largest operator of gas stations and convenience stores in the United States has been transforming its retail operations.
Shell intends to complete the selloff by the third quarter of 2009.
The Quebec-based convenience store operator has purchased 286 locations from Shell and US$1.15 billion of revenue from three separate transactions in 2004 and 2006.
It plans to acquire 250 stores in fiscal 2008, well below the 413 stores acquired in fiscal 2007, as it focuses more on integration of the 200-plus stores acquired from Shell last December.
On the TSX, Couche-Tard shares lost 16 cents to $20.13 in trading Monday
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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