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  "id": 16339968,
  "title": "Couche-Tard proposes up to $8 billion offer for Cumberland Farms, The Times reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/couche-tard-proposes-up-to-8-billion-offer-for-cumberland-farms-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-24T14:30:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/couchetard-proposes-up-to-8-billion-offer-for-cumberland-farms-the-times-reports-4970845"
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  "account": "Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard has made a proposed bid of between $7.5 billion and $8 billion to acquire US convenience store operator Cumberland Farms, according to Britain's Times newspaper. The offer is reportedly lower than Cumberland Farms' planned US IPO valuation target of $9 billion, reported Reuters on Saturday. The two companies have not yet responded to Reuters' inquiries for comment.\n\nCumberland Farms has maintained its commitment to a US listing, per sources familiar with the matter. The newspaper also revealed that Cumberland Farms had postponed its intended IPO following receiving takeover interest, including from infrastructure investor Stonepeak. A public offering is not expected to occur before 2027, as previously reported by the Financial Times, citing unnamed sources; however, the company has not officially disclosed a timeline.\n\nTDR Capital, a private equity firm, holds a 50% stake in Cumberland Farms, while British billionaire entrepreneurs, the Issa brothers, each own a 25% share, as per the Times report. Cumberland Farms operates more than 3,200 convenience stores and fuel stations across the US and Europe.",
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        "title": "Couche-Tard makes bid for Cumberland Farms: report",
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