• Burger King officially merges with Tim Hortons for $11B, will be headquartered in Canada
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[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;45805090]In Winnipeg, Wendy's/Tim Horton's restaurants are already a thing (and have been for a while): [t]http://i.imgur.com/GqyU5rC.png[/t] I wonder how that place will turn out within a little while after things are all settled.[/QUOTE] Wendy's owned Tim Horton's until 2009
[QUOTE=Sergeant Turtle;45815350]Wendy's owned Tim Horton's until 2009[/QUOTE] Those joint places are kinda like a divorced couple that are still forced to live together
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;45811100]You had one cup of bad coffee and you're assuming all timmys coffee is bad? But the point was, timmys coffee is just bland flavoured, starbucks actually tastes bad.[/QUOTE] Starbucks has the (mostly) the right equipment and they grind "fresh" from whole beans (though the beans themselves are likely stale), major major important factors in making good coffee. Timmy's doesn't have either of those things. Sure their beans aren't high quality and they are over-roasted (burnt) to mask low-quality defects and to give all their beans across all stores consistency. But even a shitty bean that is stale will taste much better when ground fresh and brewed right than pre-ground stale coffee made in a drip machine. Not saying that Sbux brews their coffee amazingly well or anything - its nothing compared to an actual coffee shop - but it sure as hell blows using whatever automatic drip that Timmy's would use.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;45805090]In Winnipeg, Wendy's/Tim Horton's restaurants are already a thing (and have been for a while): [t]http://i.imgur.com/GqyU5rC.png[/t] I wonder how that place will turn out within a little while after things are all settled.[/QUOTE] We have one like that but it's Arby's and Tim Horton's.
I miss the Cold Stone Creamery partnership. I could get a ridiculously indulgent mix of ice cream, real peanut butter, and bits of reese's in a cup [I]and[/I] a dozen and a diet coke in one go. Of course I'm perfectly within my healthy weight range with not a single bit of extra belly chub, stop laughing at me. :I
As long as the tim horton's at my campus does not disappear or have price changes, I'm not complaining.
[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;45809930]Timmies coffee kinda sucks, but I guess it does get me through University. Everything else in Tim's is pretty good though - soups, donuts, and breakfest stuff is all pretty great.[/QUOTE] I had a sausage + egg sandwich/whatever it's called from their place and it tasted disgusting. Americans can't do breakfast correctly.
[QUOTE=Falubii;45804872]Why?[/QUOTE] Because this is burgerking trying to avoid taxes
[QUOTE=Krinkels;45814838]Eventually there will only be three fast food companies: The McDonald's Corporation, 3G Capital, and Yum! Brands, Inc.[/QUOTE] What about The Wendy's Company and Roark Capital Group (Arby's)? I could see Wendy's being acquired, but I don't think anybody wants Arby's.
[QUOTE=Spydurr117;45809090]McDonalds coffee tastes like dirt and grease.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the current blend McDonalds in canada uses is the old blend that Timmies used to use. A lot of people I've talked to actually like the old blend better. I only get a hand full of things from timmies. Coffee, ice caps, timbits and sometimes doughnuts. Never a single complaint out of me. I love that shit lol
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;45817513]I had a sausage + egg sandwich/whatever it's called from their place and it tasted disgusting. Americans can't do breakfast correctly.[/QUOTE] Canadians*
[QUOTE=Tuskin;45818772]Canadians*[/QUOTE] He forgot to add maple syrup is all
Some food for thought about the Tim Hortons-Burger King deal, from Bloomberg Business Week. [URL="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-26/the-burger-king-tim-hortons-deal-isnt-about-taxes"]Why Burger King Is Really Buying Tim Hortons (It's Not About the Taxes)[/URL] (Spoiler: It's about growth-by-acquisition for the parent conglomerate, 3G.) [URL="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-27/tim-hortons-has-higher-revenue-than-burger-king"]What You Don't Know About How Tim Hortons Makes Money[/URL] [IMG]http://images.bwbx.io/cms/2014-08-27/BK_THI_Revenue22.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://images.bwbx.io/cms/2014-08-27/BK_THI_RevSource1.png[/IMG] Tim Hortons makes a surprisingly huge amount of money, because it handles distribution to its franchises.
Starbucks coffee always tastes like they brew it with a pound of sugar in it. Tim's actually tastes good.
[QUOTE=Tuskin;45818772]Canadians*[/QUOTE] I was in Michigan at the time :v: Still Canadians tho.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;45809127]I hope this brings to light how corporations are getting tax breaks while personal taxes are far higher than they should be for what we get out of them.[/QUOTE] let's be honest it won't
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;45811100]You had one cup of bad coffee and you're assuming all timmys coffee is bad? But the point was, timmys coffee is just bland flavoured, starbucks actually tastes bad.[/QUOTE] No, of course not. It was just the first cup of Timmies coffee I'd had in a long time. I didn't want to get it in the first place but I didn't want to stop at another place, I just wanted to get home. But it was disgusting so I had to.
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