4000 locations is childs play. Cron is coming to town as well as a couple other big players I'm sure. Someone as big as MO is likely to enter out of the blue. Cron has access to 200k stores per their CEO. These are established accounts that Altria has had for decades. The relationships at the top of these chains must be enormous. Its not easy getting shelf space. Takes strong relationships, and many times kick backs. Good deals for the retail giant. Would not surprise me they can push others out when they get rolling. I read their store count is actually 225k. So 4k stores is nothing. The relationships can't compare either
just my opinion of course but I feel its a darn good one