Tim Hortons Cross-checks City Into Submission
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 11.13.08
The late Tim Horton never let anyone push him around, and neither does his eponymous coffee chain. They just body-checked and high-sticked the City of Toronto into submission on its plans to reduce waste, so much of which comes from that one hugely successful chain.
The City calls it a "compromise".
"This allows industry and leaders like Tim Hortons to sit down with the city on how we are actually going to reduce the volume of garbage going into our garbage dumps," said committee chairman Glenn De Baeremaeker "How do we get 365 million coffee cups out of the garbage stream and into the recycling stream?"
Simple. You dump them on his doorstep. But Timmy stomped his skates and refused to change his cups or lids, or to contribute to the three million dollar cost of recycling machinery to separate them. And for some reason, he got his way.
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My guess is Timmy already contributes millions in taxes.
it's amazing to me that canadians still go to timmy-ho's. in the last few years (after their merger with wendys) the quality and service have turned to sh*t, and it no longer feels like a canadian thing. it's all americanized and fast-foody and lame. anyway, i haven't been there since they stopped making their own doughnuts (they truck in pre-made frozen ones!) because that was the whole reason to go!
now this? i will definitely be boycotting timmy's.
I already don't patronize Timmy's so protesting with my feet isn't going to do much good, but I encourage others to vote...
Honestly, I prefer to brew my own