{"id":104020,"date":"2017-07-17T09:10:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/?p=104020\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T21:09:28","slug":"whats-wrong-with-this-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/whats-wrong-with-this-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Wrong With This Picture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At first glance, everything looks normal. A Super Soir<\/a> convenience store combined with a Petro-Canada<\/a> gas station and customers busy refueling.<\/p>\n

But on closer inspection, a keen observer will be struck by certain little details.<\/p>\n

The distinctive architecture of the convenience store as well as its prominent blue and red colors convey the look and feel of another banner.<\/p>\n

The Super Soir<\/a> brand is also usually surrounded by yellow, not blue.<\/p>\n

And it usually sells Shell<\/a> gasoline, not Petro-Canada<\/a>‘s.<\/p>\n

So here is a big clue: on the photo below, the same convenience store a few months ago:<\/p>\n

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This Couche-Tard<\/a> depanneur located at 760 Route 117 in Piedmont, north of Montreal, inexplicably turned into a Super Soir<\/a> convenience store in recent months.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you can see: we are looking at a Couche-Tard<\/a> convenience store turned into a Super Soir<\/a>, a banner owned by a competitor, the Filgo-Sonic Group … interesting!<\/p>\n

A Couche-Tard<\/a> depanneur that is closed down: yes, we saw that.<\/p>\n

A Couche-Tard<\/a> depanneur that is converted into a Provi-soir: yes. Maybe even a 7 Jours too, both banners belonging to Couche-Tard.<\/p>\n

But a Couche-Tard<\/a> depanneur converted into another competitive banner, that you don’t see often, as the vast majority — if not all — of Couche-Tard convenience stores are corporately owned. They don’t move around!<\/p>\n

There are several possible explanations for this unusual change. Which do you think is the most plausible?<\/p>\n

Take the next survey and we will try to find out more from the companies involved. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

[yop_poll id=”5″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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