Senior News Editor
EL DORADO, Ark. Murphy USA has a goal: ramp up its food and beverage offer. Its recent acquisition of QuickChek Corp. will go a long way to reaching that goal.
During Murphy USA s third-quarter 2020 earnings call on Oct. 29, President and CEO Andrew Clyde said the company was open to pursuing targeted merger and acquisition activity, particularly if it includes chains with existing at-scale food and beverage capabilities that could deliver immediate benefits and upgrade Murphy USA s existing operations, as
Convenience Store News previously reported.
Less than two months later, the El Dorado-based retailer enter into an agreement to acquire QuickChek, the Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based convenience store chain that is well known in the Northeast market for its fresh food program.
Operator
Greetings, and welcome to the Euronet Worldwide Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session, and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions]
It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mr. Scott Claassen, General Counsel for Euronet Worldwide. Thank you. Mr. Claassen, you may begin.
Scott Claassen
General Counsel
Thank you. Good morning and welcome everyone to Euronet s quarterly results conference call. We ll present our results for the fourth quarter 2020 and full year 2020 on this call. We have Mike Brown, our Chairman and CEO; Rick Weller, our CFO; and Kevin Caponecchi, the CEO of our epay division on the call.
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