The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, June 25, edition that National Bank Financial analyst Vishal Shreedhar has reaffirmed his "outperform" recommendation for Alimentation Couche-Tard. The Globe's David Leeder writes in the Eye On Equities column that Mr. Shreedhar's share target soared $11 to $102. Analysts on average target the shares at $102.08. Mr. Shreedhar says in a note: "The key for Couche-Tard is to deliver sustained growth via organic drivers, share repurchases, and acquisitions. ... Couche-Tard noted continued success in driving store traffic via digital/loyalty. Packaged beverages sssg [same-store sales growth] was approximately 6 per cent and other nicotine products sssg was 8.5 per cent, which is solid. We are also constructive on the progress in food service (U.S. sssg was more than 5 per cent; Fresh Food Fast sales grew more than 10 per cent). Q1 quarter-to-date is seeing continued momentum; target to achieve more than 10 per cent organic medium-term EPS growth was reiterated. Couche-Tard further strengthened fuel capabilities with the acquisition of three terminals in Germany. Based on seven weeks of available OPIS data, we estimate strong Q1/F27E U.S. fuel margin of more than 50 cents per gallon."