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FlagWaver
Joined: 12 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: Circle K owned by the moonies? |
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Korean guy (kyopo) here at work (usa) just told me that the Moonies own the circle K corporation. He said the K with the circle stands for united Korea, etc.
T/F?
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I heard he also owns Kimbapcheonkuk. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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A quick search in google.com shows this:
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Circle K��s success in the convenience retailing industry spans more than 50 years. Our roots trace back to 1951 when Fred Hervey purchased three Kay��s Food Stores in El Paso, Texas. Little did anyone know that these stores would serve as the beginning of Circle K – one of the nation��s leading convenience store chains.
During the early years, Hervey��s enterprising spirit enabled the company to make its mark in the southwestern part of the United States. He grew the Circle K chain into neighboring New Mexico and Arizona, which has been the company��s home base since 1957.
During the next few decades, Circle K grew its retail network through a series of acquisitions, which were incorporated into the Circle K brand. By 1975, there were 1,000 Circle K stores across the US. In 1979, Circle K entered the international market when a licensing agreement established the first Circle K stores in Japan. The company��s growth continued and by 1984 sales had reached $1 billion.
In 1999, a franchise program was introduced to support operators looking to build a business with a leading convenience store brand. Now there are more than 6,000 Circle K sites operating in the US and seven other countries.
Circle K has become one of the most widely recognized convenience store brands, known worldwide for quality products and great customer service. We have come a long way since our humble beginnings, and we��re proud of where we��ve been and where we��re going. Please visit our timeline to learn more about the Circle K story. |
You can read it here |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
A quick search in google.com shows this:
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Circle K��s success in the convenience retailing industry spans more than 50 years. Our roots trace back to 1951 when Fred Hervey purchased three Kay��s Food Stores in El Paso, Texas. Little did anyone know that these stores would serve as the beginning of Circle K – one of the nation��s leading convenience store chains.
During the early years, Hervey��s enterprising spirit enabled the company to make its mark in the southwestern part of the United States. He grew the Circle K chain into neighboring New Mexico and Arizona, which has been the company��s home base since 1957.
During the next few decades, Circle K grew its retail network through a series of acquisitions, which were incorporated into the Circle K brand. By 1975, there were 1,000 Circle K stores across the US. In 1979, Circle K entered the international market when a licensing agreement established the first Circle K stores in Japan. The company��s growth continued and by 1984 sales had reached $1 billion.
In 1999, a franchise program was introduced to support operators looking to build a business with a leading convenience store brand. Now there are more than 6,000 Circle K sites operating in the US and seven other countries.
Circle K has become one of the most widely recognized convenience store brands, known worldwide for quality products and great customer service. We have come a long way since our humble beginnings, and we��re proud of where we��ve been and where we��re going. Please visit our timeline to learn more about the Circle K story. |
You can read it here |
dont believe what you read. its a religous conspiracy  |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:51 am Post subject: |
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I personally think that Rev. Moon is very materialistic (and he's made a lot of money in the shrimp business...) but he has an interesting bio in Wikipedia. I'll just copy the first couple paragraphs:
Biography
Life in Korea
Sun Myung Moon was born Moon Yong-myung in Sangsa-ri, Deogun-myun, Jeongju-gun, North P'yŏng'an Province, Korea (now in North Korea) to Moon Kyung-yoo and Kim Kyung-gye. The Moon family held traditional Confucianist beliefs, but converted to Christianity when he was about 10 years old. On Easter morning in 1935, when he was 16 (in Korean age reckoning), Moon says he had a vision or revelation of Jesus while praying atop a small mountain. According to Moon, Jesus implored him to complete Jesus' mission of saving all of humankind. Moon's high school years were spent at a boys' boarding school in Seoul, and later in Japan, where he studied electrical engineering.
Moon was arrested in 1946 by North Korean officials for preaching Christianity, forbidden by the communist government. The church says that the charges stemmed from the jealousy and resentment of other church pastors after parishioners stopped tithing to their old churches upon joining Sun Myung Moon's congregation. Police beat him and left him for dead, but teenaged disciple, Won Pil Kim, nursed him back to health...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon |
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Gorgias
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| Oh! I heard that the Moonies finance the Seoul Ballet Company. |
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fusionbarnone
Joined: 31 May 2004
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tacon101
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh! I heard that the Moonies finance the Seoul Ballet Company. |
little off-
they are the benefactors for the foundations for Korea's Little Angels and the Universal Ballet Company
as a member of UBC (but not the church) I can honestly say there's nothing funny about our company, they don't brainwash us or try to convert us. It has never even been mentioned. When Rev. Moon or Dr. Pak come to see performances, they are treated like any other VIPs (famous professional dancers, heads of Korea, Cartier...)and thanked with gifts and we take group pictures back stage. There are even relatively few people at the company (i don't believe any of the dancers are, only office members) who actually are part of the church... |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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