Couche-Tard Named Gallup Exceptional Workplace for Fifth Year
Plus, the Wills Group earned a Great Place to Work Certification.
Mar 09, 2026
Alimentation Couche-Tard has been named a 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) Winner With Distinction, which “recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world,” according to a press release.
Couche-Tard said this is the fifth consecutive year it has been named a GEWA winner.
The Winner With Distinction designation is awarded to select organizations that have “done significant work implementing strategic initiatives to sustain engagement and help employees thrive,” said Gallup. Gallup found that Couche-Tard continues to set the standard for building a high-performance culture and creating an environment where employees feel valued, heard and equipped to do their best work.
"Winning the Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for a fifth straight year—and earning Winner With Distinction recognition—shows that the results of our continuing efforts to foster engagement are intensifying," said Ina Strand, chief people officer at Couche-Tard. "Our partnership with Gallup through our myVOICE employee engagement survey provides important insights that our leaders turn into meaningful action every year. The result is a workplace where our people don't just feel heard but they see the difference their voice makes."
Gallup's meta-analysis on team engagement and performance draws from data on more than 3.3 million employees in 347 organizations across 53 industries and 90 countries.
Meanwhile, Maryland-based Wills Group, parent company of Dash In stores, recently earned a Great Place to Work Certification, with 91% of surveyed employees confirming it’s a great place to work.
Finding and retaining top talent is a challenge no retailer is immune to. But building a company culture that gives frontline employees ownership, career growth opportunities and makes them feel connected to the brand is a critical component to increasing engagement, offering better customer service and making sure that the people who make the business work love what they do.
Read more about how retailers are going beyond the basics and evolving their hiring, training and retention strategies to engage store employees in the August 2025 NACS Magazine feature “Fuel Your Frontline Workforce.”
