Convenient Food Mart (CFM) is a chain of convenience stores in the

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. The private company's headquarters are located in

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, and there are currently approximately 325 stores located in the US. Convenient Food Mart operates on the

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system. Convenient Food Mart was the nation's third-largest chain of convenience stores as of 1988. The NASDAQ exchange dropped Convenient Food Mart the same year when the company failed to meet financial reporting requirements. Carden & Cherry advertised Convenient Food Mart with the

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character in the 1980s.

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