Having coffee and eating doughnuts at Tim Horton's has been touted as the all Canadian experience. After all, (implicit in it) you are not really Canadian if you do not patronize a Tim Horton's restaurant or drink their coffee! The reality of it all is that Tim Horton's restaurants are every bit as Canadian as are Dave Thomas' Wendy's pigtails. It is true that Tim Horton's was once a Canadian company, founded by a Canadian hockey player. However, the company was purchased years ago by an American.
The fact that the chain is now American is really not what bothers me. The notion that being American is automatically less virtuous is a bit ludicrous.
The case I have against Tim Horton's restaurants is this, and I wish to lay it out directly: IT SELLS "EXCHANGE" COFFEE. If you do not know what "exchange" coffee is, find out. It is not the same as fair trade coffee. It is just the opposite. "Exchange" here means theft. I do not wish to plant ideas in the wrong persons.
2006-07-19 10:55:48 · 4 answers · asked by spanner 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
At one work place where I recently filled in for a day, I was told by an employee, "Every Friday we like to treat ourselves, and so we bought some Tim Hortons coffee (packaged). Help yourself to some." I truthfully told her that I did not drink coffee in the afternoon, having had my full dose of it by noon. I noticed on leaving that not one single person had touched the "special" coffee, and that the pot of the special treat was full. I was the only one left in the building, apart from cleaning and maintenance staff, at the time.
The coffee strikes me as rather bland and mediocre.
Furthermore, not everyone shares my hopeless addiction to coffee. An increasing number of people seem to be drinking tea and herbal beverages. Does the company marketing strategy leave implicit the notion that they are less Canadian?
2006-07-19 11:26:22 · update #1
i enjoy tim hotons alot, ive been in a few that had poor sevice,and dirty, but the one down at my corner street is fantastic and very clean, great sevice,they do alot of buisness there, there right across from a courthouse with laywers and goverment offices.i just love going there.its in kitchener,ontario,on frederick street,if you ever come threw stop and check it out
2006-07-21 05:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only know that the one and only time I ever visited one, I was thoroughly disgusted. It was the filthiest establishment I'd ever seen. I couldn't believe people were eating there with dishes piled on the counter, papers and food all over the floor, dirty tables, flies everywhere. I shudder just remembering it. I'll never go back there again.
2006-07-19 11:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by YeahWell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont follow you, but you reminded me im low on free bags of tim hortons coffee, time to go convince the manager chick i know to steal another box for me.
2006-07-19 10:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by hornychiken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't drink coffee nor do I like doughnuts. I guess I'm not Canadian :(
2006-07-19 10:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by JTz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋