My Toffee and Coffee go very well together!
On 2021-05-04 2:34 p.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Tue, 4 May 2021 12:29:49 -0600, Graham > wrote:
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>> On 2021-05-04 9:40 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 May 2021 09:35:45 -0600, Graham > wrote:
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>>>> On 2021-05-04 7:44 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2021-05-04 7:56 a.m., Gary wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Morning coffee and donuts seem to be popular here.
>>>>>> Go in a 7-11 store on weekday mornings between 7-9 AM and many people
>>>>>> are in line holding a cup of coffee and a couple of donuts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I always have some coffee but no donuts. I'll eat those for a dessert
>>>>>> in the evening.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No food for me until at least 12 noon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Around here it is Tim Hortons. They now all have drive thru and there
>>>>> may be 15 or more cars waiting in line for coffee and donuts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> So they have transferred their lousy service from inside to the take-out
>>>> window.
>>>> I don't know why people bother patronising this poorly-run company.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is my memory just flat out wrong, or was it decent way back in the
>>> day? I recall Canadian trips when the kids were young and we all loved
>>> the donuts. I do admit that on my last trip a few years ago everything
>>> was ghastly. I just thought it was a poorly run location.
>>>
>> They par cook them and then finish them off at the resto. Whenever I
>> have tried a TH, the line is long and *doesn't move*!!! The service is
>> lousy, not because the temporary foreign workers behind the counter are
>> lazy but at each location I've seen, they are totally disorganised - a
>> serious management problem.
>> BTW a Brazilian conglomerate now owns the chain.
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>
> In ancient times Dunkin Donuts was a decent New England and environs
> brand that baked everything in store. People went there for the donuts
> and the coffee was secondary and sandwiches were not a big part of the
> biz. They decided they wanted to be everything to everyone and
> expanded and franchised and conglomerated and merged and yadda yadda.
>
> The donuts are inedible now. Damned shame.
>
That's what happens when MBAs with no morals or tastebuds take over:-(
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