File photo dated June 18, 2014 of Alain Bouchard, CEO of Alimentation Couche Tard, smiles while receiving the rank of Officer in the Ordre National du Quebec, at the legislature in Quebec City, PQ, Canada. Canadian convenience store group Alimentation Couche-Tard has approached France's Carrefour about a takeover in a deal that would combine two retail groups jointly worth more than $ 50bn. Photo by Mathieu Belanger/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM