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Company: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
Current Parent Company: Couche-Tard
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Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2020
Date: July 6, 2020
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Retail fuel station and convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and its former affiliate, CrossAmerica Partners LP agreed to pay a $3.5 million civil penalty to the FTC to settle allegations that they violated a 2018 order requiring divestitures of 10 retail fuel stations in Minnesota and Wisconsin to Commission-approved buyers no later than June 15, 2018.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-convenience stores
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