Kangaroo Express Raises Nearly $500,000 for Kyle Petty's Victory Junction

Kangaroo Express, part of Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., in partnership with Coca-Cola®, today announced that nearly $500,000 was raised for Victory Junction. These funds will send 200 children ages six to 16 with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses to summer camp.

During the seventh annual fundraiser, Kangaroo Express collected donations throughout March at more than 500 Kangaroo Express convenience stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Since Kangaroo Express stores in Charleston, South Carolina, first began raising funds in 2009, donations have totaled nearly $4 million and have enabled Kangaroo Express to send 1,500 children to summer camp.

Coca-Cola will join Kangaroo Express to present a check for $498,960.23 to Victory Junction Co-founder Kyle Petty before the NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 16.

Victory Junction was founded in 2004 by the Petty family in honor of Adam Petty. The camp relies solely on donations from individuals and corporations like Kangaroo Express to give children a life-changing camping experience. For $2,500, one child has the chance to attend camp for a week at no cost to his or her family.

“For the seventh consecutive year, we are proud to partner with Victory Junction to give deserving kids an unforgettable summer camp experience,” said Will Rice, Vice President Operations, South Atlantic. “Thanks to generous donations from our store guests, these campers will have the opportunity to learn, play and just enjoy just being kids.”

As a result of Kangaroo Express’ donations, Victory Junction has aided pediatric burn survivors and children with neurological and genetic disorders, craniofacial anomalies, sickle cell and skin disease.

Coca-Cola once again served as a proud partner of the fundraising campaign this year.

“Coca-Cola is committed to supporting the communities we serve,” said Derek Pope, director of sales, Coca-Cola Refreshment. “In partnership with Kangaroo Express, we are proud to support Victory Junction in its mission to give children an exciting, empowering and enriching camp experience.”

“We value and appreciate corporate partners like Kangaroo Express, who help us realize our mission of providing an unforgettable experience to children with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses – all at no cost to their families,” said Mark Schumacher, chief development officer, Victory Junction.

As the exclusive convenience retailer at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the infield store is accessible to all infield campers and speedway guests during each NASCAR event day in May. Race fans can grab their favorite on-the-go refreshments, snacks, alcoholic beverages and convenience items without missing a moment of the race.

On March 17, 2015, convenience store chain Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., which operates in the U.S. mostly under the Circle K brand, acquired The Pantry, Inc., which operates primarily under the Kangaroo Express brand.

About Couche-Tard

Couche-Tard is the leader in the Canadian convenience store industry. In the United States, it is the largest independent convenience store operator in terms of number of company-operated stores. In Europe, Couche-Tard is a leader in convenience store and road transportation fuel in Scandinavian and Baltic countries while it has a significant presence in Poland.

As of February 1, 2015, Couche-Tard’s network comprised 6,314 convenience stores throughout North America, including 4,870 stores with road transportation fuel dispensing. Following the acquisition of The Pantry, Inc. on March 16, 2015, more than 1,500 additional stores were added to the network in the United States, totaling 7,815 convenience stores approximately. Its North-American network now consists of 13 business units, including nine in the United States covering 41 states and four in Canada covering all ten provinces. More than 75,000 people are employed throughout its network and at the service offices in North America.

In Europe, Couche-Tard operates a broad retail network across Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), Poland, the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Russia, which comprised 2,233 stores as at February 1, 2015, the majority of which offer road transportation fuel and convenience products while the others are unmanned automated service-stations which offer road transportation fuel only.

The Corporation also offers other products, including stationary energy, marine fuel, aviation fuel, lubricants and chemicals. Couche-Tard operates key fuel terminals and fuel depots in eight countries. Including employees at Statoil branded franchise stations, about 17,500 people work in its retail network, terminals and service offices across Europe.

In addition, under licensing agreements, about 4,600 stores are operated under the Circle K banner in 12 other countries worldwide (China, Guam, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam) which brings to more than 14,600 the number of sites in Couche-Tard’s network.

Couche-Tard is a Canadian company which shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE: ATD.A and ATD.B)

About Victory Junction

Victory Junction is a year-round camping environment for children, ages six to 16, with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. Founded by the Petty family, in honor of Adam Petty, the camp is located in Randleman, N.C. Victory Junction offers programs for a range of disease groups and maintains strong relationships with more than 30 partner hospitals. Victory Junction’s mission is to provide life-changing camping experiences that are exciting, fun and empowering, in a safe and medically-sound environment, always free of charge. As a not-for-profit organization, the camp operates solely through the support of generous individuals, foundations, organizations and corporations to provide this experience at no charge to children and their families. Since the camp’s inception, more than 21,500 children and families have received not only a circle of support but experiences thought to only be possible by healthy children. Victory Junction is a member of the SeriousFun Children’s Network of Camps founded by Paul Newman, and is accredited by the rigorous guidelines of the American Camping Association. To learn more about visit www.victoryjunction.org.