I already heavily avoid buying from there, but now I have good reason to never set foot in one again. Thanks for the heads up!
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I mean, I was boycotting them already but I'll boycott them harder.
I wasn't boycotting them, I just rather eat the gravel in their parking lot than their stale bagels.
What were you boycotting them for already? Not saying your wrong, fuck brands and shit, but I'm curious.
Well, bad food and shitty coffee lol. But actually, they were bought out by an American company years ago (taco bell I think?) and keep portraying themselves as this great Canadian company. It's just gross and I try not to purchase from shitty companies.
Also, as a general rule because I am lucky enough to live in a town full of great coffee shops, I just prefer local.
They are owned by the same group as Burger King.
Meh, it's debatable but I IMO if it's majority foreign owned, it's not canadian. Looking more into it as I hadn't read about it in a while:
The company's headquarters are in Toronto, but 3G Capital [Brazilian company] remains the biggest player with a 32% stake, meaning major decisions are influenced from beyond Canada's borders. Src
Either way I just don't care for nationalism, so I should have clarified: I don't want shitty coffee just because it claims to be Canadian. I'm annoyed that they use nationalism as a part of their branding and it's pretty much the only thing that has held them up as their quality has gotten worse and worse in the last 20 or 30 years.
My mom worked at Tim's when I was a kid, they made everything in house and fresh. I worked at Tim's as a teenager, we made some stuff in house but mostly it came frozen and we reheated it in essentially giant microwaves. As I was leaving, even the muffins (which were the last of the 'fresh' items) were being switched to frozen garbage.
Then there was the whole thing with them losing their coffee contracts to McD's - so McDonald's actually had the better tasting Tim's coffee and Tim Horton's coffee got truly shit.
Idk sorry about the rant, I just truly do not see the value in that company.
Yeah all that is true. Their Canadian stuff pissed me off years ago, and I'm not at all shocked that they're actually american.
One time I was walking past Krispy Kreme, and I wanted a donut. So I looked in, and saw they were running a Harry Potter promotion. I went in and complained to the cashier that those promo signs are inappropriate, because Harry Potter is racist. The cashier gave Me a free donut.
So it worked. You’re now in here advertising for the company.
Nah, fuck Krispy Kreme. I hope they go bankrupt. I'm out here advertising the cute donut cashier with purple hair.
unfortunately this had the effect of making me want a krispy kreme donut
And everyone clapped!
(I do believe you, I just think this snarky remark would be funny)
The cashier gave Me a free donut.
donutus freeziosa!
I already boycott it so much that I don't even use the 2 or 3 gift cards sitting in my junk drawer still full as when they were given to me.
Use them. They earn even more money if you don't. But don't spend anything more.
I'll do you one even better. Timmy's has been on my shitlist since I went there and had, no question, the worst coffee in my life. This is what Canadians say is so great?
This is what Canadians say is so great?
No, most of us hate it too. They just spend an insane amount of money on marketing themselves as all-Canadian which is funny considering they're not even a Canadian company anymore.
We don't like it either
Tim Horton's people dilute the shit coffee with dairy and sugar to kill the taste. It's coffee for people who hate coffee.
No, we don't.
All the Canadians I know also said that their donuts have gone to shit a few years ago
But the franchises are everywhere and those fucking red cups are everywhere,
I'll make a sign and stand outside one, at least to try to make sure people are informed.