Kum & Go To Sell 22 Stores to Casey’s – CASY
Nasdaq : CASY) announced that they have signed an Asset Purchase Agreement for Casey’s to acquire 22 convenience stores from Kum & Go. The stores are located in Iowa, Missouri and North Dakota.
“Our company is committed to carefully-planned, strategic growth – that’s evidenced by the fact that we’ll open 40 new stores this year alone,” said Kyle J. Krause, Kum & Go president and CEO. “It’s our continued desire to consolidate and strengthen our asset base and offer a consistent brand to our customers in Kum & Go’s core markets. The sale of these properties, in addition to our new store growth, brings us one step closer to carrying out that strategy.”
“These stores are an excellent fit to our existing store base and will allow us an opportunity to operate in a new state,” said Robert J. Myers, President and CEO of Casey’s. “We expect this acquisition to be accretive in the first year of operation and enhance future earnings as we integrate our prepared food operations.”
About Casey’s General Stores – CASY
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (CASY) and its wholly owned subsidiaries (Casey’s), operate convenience stores under the name Casey’s General Store in 11 Midwestern states, primarily Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois. The stores carry a range of food (including freshly prepared foods such as pizza, donuts, and sandwiches), beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other nonfood items. In addition, all CASY’s stores offer gasoline for sale on a self-service basis. On April 30, 2012, there were a total of 1,699 stores in operation. There were 30 stores newly constructed, 35 acquired stores opened, and three stores were closed, during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012 (fiscal 2012). The Company operates a central warehouse, Casey’s Distribution Center in Ankeny, Iowa, through which the Company supplies grocery and general merchandise items to its stores. Approximately 73% of its total revenue, during fiscal 2012, was derived from the retail sale of gasoline.
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