Becker Milk Co. Ltd. is a real estate investment company, best known for its former dairy and conveniece store businesses. Becker Milk Company was founded in 1957 in Toronto

Toronto

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Convenience Stores

Becker's Milk was a franchised chain of convenience store

Convenience store

A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...

s in Ontario

Ontario

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Canada

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. The company owned 74 retail stores and 91 franchised locations before being sold to Mac's.

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The progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 group Rush

Rush (band)

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 listed Becker's Chocolate Milk in the "Special Thanks" section on many of their albums.

Asset sale to Silcorp

The assets of Becker's were acquired by Silcorp, parent company of rival Mac's Convenience Stores

Mac's Convenience Stores

Mac's Convenience Stores, Inc. is a chain of convenience stores in Canada. The Company is divided into three geographic business units: Eastern Canada, Central Canada and Western Canada. It has been owned and operated by Alimentation Couche-Tard since 1999....

 in November 1996. Becker's continues operation as a property owner. Silcorp itself was acquired by Alimentation Couche-Tard

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. or simply Couche-Tard is one of the largest company-owned convenience store operators in the world with up to 6,000 stores across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Japan, China, Indonesia and Guam....

 in April 1999. Since that merger, the Becker's name has been retired, as Couche-Tard focuses on its core Mac's banner. The Becker's flower is now part of the Daisy Mart banner, an independent network of stores affiliated with Mac's in Ontario.

Milk

Milk

Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...

products under the Becker's trade name were sold in Becker's, Mac's, Mike's Mart, and Winks locations until May 2006.