Just a little reminder.
Pisses me off to no end that they use the Canadian identity for marketing when they sold out decades ago.
Also their coffee and food has been shit for a long time too, coincidence? I think not.
There’s a tiny café owned by a couple literally right around the corner from the nearest Tim’s to me.
It’s definitely a little pricier but FAR better quality. They’ve also got crapes and waffles and stuff. But sometimes I’ll just go in for a cappuccino.
I’ve become probably their best customer since I go there so often. Despite the fact that Tim’s is closer and cheaper.
Not only is it Canadian (plus some European products) it’s a local business. All the better.
Edit: That being said, Tim’s is cheap so that usually what I’ll have when the café isn’t an option. It’s not American owned thankfully. I wish it was still Canadian though.
Definitely, the quality difference is unbelievable!
I find most of the people I know that complain cafés are too expensive drink drip anyways and it seems to be about the same price everywhere 🤷♂️. Its $2.16 for a large drip at Tim’s here, and $2-$3 at most every local café I’ve ever been to apart from really bougie ones.
People just see the $4-6+ milk drinks and blended frozen drinks (with real ingredients, apples-oranges) and get sticker shock compared to Tim’s fake whipped topping and sweetener sludge (sorry, “iced capp”) for $4.19 when they could be enjoying much better drip in the meantime for effectively the same price.
I saw Pepsico use Canada brand advertising for Doritos. Was really confusing why they thought it would work
At this point the only Canadian thing about them is in showing how dumb we can be.
I know people who go there, complain about the coffee but go there out of nostalgia … on a daily basis.
They aren’t buying a brand, a product or even food … they’re just buying a memory.
At this point the only Canadian thing about them is in showing how dumb we can be.
* Buys Tim Horton’s.
* Proceeds to vote for Doug Ford and Pierre Poilievre.That’s it! … that’s the reason! … fanatical conservatism in the Tim Horton’s coffee!!!
Ugh seriously? So like where can I go fast food wise that IS Canadian owned? Harvey’s and AnW and Swiss chalet?
I don’t eat a lot of fast food but when I do Tim Hortons has been my go to. I’m not supporting American owned so I guess there goes that.
As for fast food, Harveys is Canadian by my understanding. So is Mary browns (my favourite) which isn’t even available in America last time I checked
Tim Hortons isn’t American owned, but technically brazillian of you go by the major shareholderof the toronto headquartered company.
Still though, it’s heavily degraded over the years and isn’t in actuality Canadian owned.
This is a good little video about how they got to the point they’re at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ58noGoBm4
They are basically the poster child of enshittification (as far as Canadian restaurants go anyway).
So as a non Canadian that frequents Ontario and BC, are there any Canadian-owned coffee places I can look for?
I liked Timmy’s because they even have one in Blue Mountain village and a lot of the middle of nowhere roads I have to drive to get there
Tim Horton’s is still Canadian. Burger King did not buy them. The two share an owner who is headquartered in Canada.
BC has Waves, Serious Coffee, Island Grind, Blenz, JJ Bean, and more but thats what I can recall off the top of my head.
Ottawa has Bridgehead
