Profits keep rising for these retailers

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD $66.95 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-800-361- 2612; www.couchetard.com; Shares outstanding: 567.4 million; Market cap: $37.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.5%) operates 10,869 convenience stores throughout North America and Europe.

In the three months ended October 15, 2017, sales jumped 43.8%, to $12.14 billion… Read More

Drugstore chain will help Metro compete

METRO INC. $41 (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 227.1 million; Market cap: $9.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro.ca) operates 600 grocery stores and 250 drugstores, in Quebec and Ontario.

To compete with larger grocery chains… Read More