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From this side of the pond, and a daft idea if there was ever one, Tim Hortons is expandings into ... Spain!Who is the fool who did that market research and suggest Spain needs that horrifc brown liquid this chain passes for coffee as well as those donuts. Clearly somoneone who didn't venture out of his hotel and never had a cafe con leche and churros.
Nope, not adding QSR, the parent company
http://strategyonline.ca/2017/08/02/tim-hortons-is-going-to-spain/
I put this business venture in the same category as the Mercedes Benz-Chrysler merger.Well, lest you think that Tim Horton's is some little Canadian business, you may already know this, but Jorge Lemann, a Brazilian billionaire and owner of Burger King and many many other things, bought Tim Horton's earlier this year, much to the dismay of many Canadian loyalists. Never underestimate the power of fast food chains to wiggle their way into the fabric of another society, though occasionally it fails.
Tom Horton's is a Canada wide doughnut place that also sells now soups, wraps, and what have you, all fast food. The type of place you find with gaz stations. For some reason apparently Canadians like its coffee which is just a hot brownish, though quite translucent, drink they labble coffee. It is really awful.Never heard of Tim Horton's, and I have lived on both American coasts. Maybe, chain is only in the middle.
Will they offer a menu del peregrino?
I hate to admit this, but one wintry day in Lisbon I went into McDonald’s.
I wanted a BIG mug of steaming black American coffee, not a tiny cup of two sips and it’s gone size.
They knew exactly what I was looking for.
Jill
I would like to try an El Grande Maco!I hate to admit this, but one wintry day in Lisbon I went into McDonald’s.
I wanted a BIG mug of steaming black American coffee, not a tiny cup of two sips and it’s gone size.
They knew exactly what I was looking for.
Jill
Tim Hortons!!! It's the Canadian equivalent of Dunkin Donuts. And I hope it never displaces the cafe con leche.The movie "Trip to Spain" will start playing next week here at home. And I will not miss it. It's about two middle aged Brits who "take a once-in-a-lifetime coast-to-coast trip down the length of Spain in search of culture, cuisine and the perfect Mick Jagger impersonation."
From this side of the pond, and a daft idea if there was ever one, Tim Hortons is expandings into ... Spain!Who is the fool who did that market research and suggest Spain needs that horrifc brown liquid this chain passes for coffee as well as those donuts. Clearly somoneone who didn't venture out of his hotel and never had a cafe con leche and churros.
Nope, not adding QSR, the parent company
http://strategyonline.ca/2017/08/02/tim-hortons-is-going-to-spain/
That's true, I forgot. I do have to say they are difficult to manage for those of us with shorter feet. There was one on VDLP that forced me to wait for a fellow walker to help me cross.Well, talking about Canadian contributions to world culture...do you know that cattle grills are known in Spain as "pasos (or barreras) canadienses"?
It could be a contentious issue, bcs in the States they are known as "Texan gates".
You can see many between Burguete and Zubirí.
Isn't the border between France and Spain on the Napoleon route one of these cattle grills?Well, talking about Canadian contributions to world culture...do you know that cattle grills are known in Spain as "pasos (or barreras) canadienses"?
It could be a contentious issue, bcs in the States they are known as "Texan gates".
You can see many between Burguete and Zubirí.
Ditto. Although we seldom go to a McDonald's in the US, we make a habit of checking out the McDonald's in foreign cities. The variations are always interesting (no salt on the fries in Lisbon). Even the McDonald's in San Francisco's Chinatown has some Chinese inspired differences. In Paris it was the only place you could get ice in a drink on an unseasonably hot day in May. I seem to recall a Croque-McDo.I hate to admit this, but one wintry day in Lisbon I went into McDonald’s.
Jill
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