How can I get a Couche-Tard t-shirt?

October 27, 2007 10:23 AM

How can I get a Couche-Tard t-shirt? Couche-Tard ("goes to bed late" or "night owl" in French) is a Canadian convenience store with a great logo. As a night owl myself, and the sort of person that would love having something that said "Couche-Tard" on it, how can I make this happen? eBay's never produced any good results...do I have to swipe some stationary, scan it, and get a custom-printed shirt?
posted by paul_smatatoes to clothing, beauty, & fashion (9 comments total)

I would go to their website and get the logo, vectorize it and make a tee out of it. Or on the low-end, you would probably have to make it from physical media. I did that once with this awesome jelly bean bag (the one with all the awesome flavors on it.).
posted by ooklala at 10:38 AM on October 27, 2007

What kinds of shirts do the employees wear? It probably wouldn't be too hard to find one of those, either at a Canadian thrift/secondhand store or by buying one from someone who's somehow connected w/Couche-Tard. Your profile suggests that you're not in Canada, but posting an ad to Craigslist Toronto, saying 'Attention Couche-Tard employees: I want to buy your logo t-shirt' (or similar), might be rewarding.
posted by box at 10:39 AM on October 27, 2007

btw, there are no couche tards in toronto. try montreal.
posted by kamelhoecker at 10:56 AM on October 27, 2007

My mistake--I was going to say Montreal, but I figured Toronto was a larger city with a more active Craigslist. Didn't really think that all the way through.
posted by box at 12:14 PM on October 27, 2007

What about contacting their customer service department and asking if they have any t-shirt merchandise? Big Corporations usually have swag like this for conventions and staff parties etc.
posted by hector horace at 12:22 PM on October 27, 2007

Corporate "contact us." (That owl = "Mac's Milk" in English Canada.)

stationEry!
posted by kmennie at 12:23 PM on October 27, 2007

As one who rarely sleeps, I think that's awesome! I want one too. That logo is simple enough that you probably make one at Spreadshirt.com. I could make print ready artwork from the link you provided...And since I'm not really doing anything right now, you might want to check your MeFi mail in about an hour.
posted by billyfleetwood at 2:41 PM on October 27, 2007 [2 favorites]

if only every question was answered with "let me see if I can whip that up...". billyfleetwood, if you make it happen, i'll find some way to return the favor.

as far as contacting them directly, in the past companies have been bewildered and defensive when i called asking about getting in-house materials, so i've largely given up. craig's list is a good idea, too, though, if i can't just sling it through spreadshirt on a nice cotton poly, courtesy the above-mentioned billyfleetwood.
posted by paul_smatatoes at 2:59 PM on October 27, 2007

You could also run the photo of their logo (or the logo from their website) through VectorMagic and then get it printed someplace like cafepress (if they don't discover that it's a real logo belonging to someone else) or DIY with some t-shirt transfer paper.
posted by belladonna at 12:48 PM on October 28, 2007