Type convenience store Website www.circleksunkus.jp Founded 2001, Tokyo, Japan | Number of employees 1,759 (2010) Headquarters Tokyo, Japan | |
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Industry Retail (Convenience stores) Key people Motohiko Nakamura, President CEO Shuichi Takeuchi (21 Feb 2013–) Parent organization UNY Group Holdings Co., Ltd. | ||
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Circle K Sunkus (サークルKサンクス, Sākuru K Sankusu) is a chain of company-operated and franchised convenience stores in Japan. The company is a division of UNY Co., Ltd., which licensed the Circle K name from Alimentation Couche-Tard, a Canadian convenience store company that owns the Circle K brand.
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The typical Japanese convenience store goods such as magazines, manga, soft drinks, contraceptives, onigiri, and bento are available.
On September 1, 2016, all Circle K Sunkus stores have been renamed to FamilyMart as the result of the FamilyMart Co. and Uny Group Holdings Co. merge.
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History
Sunkus and Circle K Japan formed an equity and business alliance in October 1998.
The franchiser, Sunkus & Associates Inc. officially merged with Circle K Japan Co., Ltd. as of the September 1, 2004 fiscal year and is now officially Circle K Sunkus Co., Ltd (株式会社サークルKサンクス). The two brands remain separate—convenience stores owned by the company either have a Sunkus sign or a Circle K sign.
Name
The word "Sunkus" is a combination of the words "Sun" and the word "Thanks", The logo is a combination of the words "Sun", "Kids", and "Us".