OK Convenience Store (Circle K) is a chain convenience store group that operates through a franchise. The trademark was originally owned by the oil company ConocoPhillips and was later sold to Alimentation Couche-Tard. Circle K also has gas stations in some areas of the United States. Circle K also has chain stores in Asia, such as Japan and Hong Kong. Circle K's success in the convenience retailing industry sp more than 50 years. Our roots trace back to 1951 when Fred Hervey purchased three Kay's Food Stores in El Paso

Texas. Little did anyone know that these stores would serve as the beginning of Circle K – one of the nation's leading convenience store chains. 1951

Fred Hervey purchased three Kay's food stores in Texas, USA

The expansion of these stores continued to change It became the predecessor of modern OK convenience stores. Picture reference: upload.wikimedia/ *** /zh/thumb/2/22/Circle_K.svg/100px-Circle_K.svg OK convenience stores in Hong Kong and China are owned by Li & Fung Operated by CRA Retail Limited (HKEx: 8052) and its subsidiaries (collectively known as CRA Group), it opened the first OK convenience store in Hong Kong in 1985. CRA Group has approximately 250 Circle K chain convenience stores in Hong Kong, China, and 41 convenience stores in Guangzhou. OK convenience store is the second largest convenience store chain in Hong Kong, China. It mainly sells food, daily necessities, magazines and other goods. Different from its only major competitor 7-11, all branches are managed by Leah Retail without any franchising, so the number of branches is much smaller than that of 7-11.

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