SAN ANTONIO --CST Canada has partnered with pick-up and drop-off service PUDO Inc. to create additional PUDO Points in more than 300 locations in Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.
The partnership with CST Canada allows increased access for customers to PUDO Point network. PUDO members can shop online through PUDO's affiliate portal and use a PUDO Point address for their "not-at-home" deliveries. This means Canadians can pick up their parcels at their nearest CST Canada site at their convenience.
"Our partnership with CST Canada is CEO of PUDO. "With a solid footprint in Canada, CST will provide more options for alternative delivery solutions for our existing and potential customers."
"We are so pleased to be working with PUDO," said Mario Sauvé, regional vice president for CST Brands Inc. "We know our customers will greatly benefit from having more flexibility with their deliveries.
In December, PUDO also forged a three-year deal with Avondale Food Stores, a chain of 90 convenience stores, to create additional PUDO Point locations in Niagara and Hamilton. Ont., regions, and Little Short Stop Stores, a chain of 29 c-stores, to create additional PUDO Point locations in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph, Ont.
Toronto-based PUDO currently has more than 5,000 PUDO Point dealers signed up across North America. For these dealers, PUDO provides opportunities for additional foot traffic and the potential for repeat customer business. As the "last-mile" delivery solution for e-commerce purchases, PUDO has created affiliate agreements with some of North America's most well-known retailers, including Amazon, eBay, Hudson's Bay and Walmart.
San Antonio-based CST employs more than 14,000 people at approximately 1,900 convenience stores and gas stations in the southwestern United States, New York and eastern Canada offering a broad array of convenience merchandise, beverages, snacks and fresh food. In the United States, CST Corner Stores sell fuel and signature products such as Fresh Choices baked and packaged goods, U Force energy and sport drinks, Cibolo Mountain coffee, FC Soda and Flavors2Go fountain drinks. In Canada, CST is the exclusive provider of Ultramar fuel and its Dépanneur du Coin and Corner Stores sell signature Transit Café coffee and pastries.
CST also owns the general partner of Allentown, Pa.-based CrossAmerica Partners LP, a master limited partnership (MLP) and wholesale distributor of fuels.
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