Circle K Sunkus
Company type | convenience store |
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Industry | Retail (Convenience stores) |
Founded | Tokyo, Japan (2001) |
Headquarters | 20-1 Shiohama 2, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Motohiko Nakamura, President |
Revenue | - |
Number of employees | 1,759 (2010) |
Parent | UNY Co., Ltd. |
Website | www.circleksunkus.jp |
Circle K Sunkus (サークルKサンクス, Sākuru K Sankusu) was 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.
The typical Japanese convenience store goods such as magazines, manga, soft drinks, contraceptives, onigiri, and bento are available.
As of September 1, 2016, all Circle K Sunkus stores have been rebranded as FamilyMart stores as a result of the FamilyMart Co. and Uny Group Holdings Co. merger.
History
The first Circle K store in Japan opened on March 15, 1980 in Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya.
The first Sunkus store opened in Aoba-ku, Sendai on July 23, 1980. The Sunkus chain expanded to Tokyo in 1981, Hokkaido in 1982, Osaka in 1989 and Nagoya in 1992.
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 was known officially as Circle K Sunkus Co., Ltd (株式会社サークルKサンクス). The two brands remained separate — convenience stores owned by the company have either a Sunkus sign or a Circle K sign.
Name
The word "Sunkus" is a combination of the words "Sun" and the word "Thanks",[1] The logo is a combination of the words "Sun", "Kids", and "Us".
References
- ^ Circle K Sunkus: Company Outline Archived 2005-12-01 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Official website
- Media related to Circle K Sunkus at Wikimedia Commons