Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. Acquires GetGo Convenience Store Chain

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the parent company of the Circle K convenience store chain in the U.S., was guided through the acquisition of the GetGo convenience store chain from parent company Giant Eagle by lead counsel Faegre Drinker. GetGo operates approximately 270 convenience stores across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, and has approximately 3,500 employees. Giant Eagle, the largest family-owned grocery store chain in the U.S., is entirely exiting the convenience retail fuel business in this transaction.