Circle K Sunkus

Circle K Sunkus Co., Ltd
サークルKサンクス
convenience store
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
Derivation of the Sunkus logo
Circle K Kawada shop (Higashi-Osaka Japan)
SUNKUS Hachinohe-Chibagakuenmae store

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.

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.

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",[1] The logo is a combination of the words "Sun", "Kids", and "Us".

References

  1. ↑ Circle K Sunkus: Company Outline.


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