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Weekly US Food & Drug Store Sales (bbg card data)

CONSUMER STAPLES
  • Flagging for analyst eyeing Couche-Tard {ATD CN Equity} (Baa1, BBB+) that reports Q3 results in 2 weeks.
  • Consensus looking for strong growth (~5%) mirrored in FCF expectations. Guidance will be key - 4Q expected to be weak - likely to be driven by analyst takes on receding fuel margins.
  • As we mentioned last week, € curve trades well wide despite equal sized deals in both markets last month to fund its ~€3.1b purchase of TotalEnergies gas stations in Europe.
  • Risk is continued debt fuelled M&A (Above was first acq. since '17, analyst see potential for more), TE's is already accounted for in current ratings. € lines unch today.

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