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[SNAFU]

Originally Posted by Trapper

I won five coffees this go around.

Nice! How many coffee's did you buy so far?

[SNAFU]

Originally Posted by geoffsimpson

Nosir...frozen

Frozen raw then fried or baked?

[SNAFU]

Originally Posted by Canadarider

So far I've won 3 cups of coffee and a doughnut out of the 100 or so cups of coffee that I have bought so far. Not a bad Return on Investment

So if I buy at least 75 more cups of coffee, I should something right.

[geoffsimpson]

Originally Posted by SNAFU

Frozen raw then fried or baked?

From a U of C website The Gauntlet - The University of Calgary's Student Newspaper :
Natalie Sit News Editor

A story broke that Tim Hortons' donuty goodness was, in fact, no longer always fresh. The "Always Fresh" slogan is plastered throughout stores and all over the corporate website. But donuts are now fried, frozen and packaged in a factory in, gasp, Toronto, not baked in individual stores.

No longer a secret, store owners and employees are proclaiming donuts are "par-baked," meaning partially baked, before reaching consumers' mouths. And like the shadowy figures on X-Files, T-Ho's PR people are vehemently denying any monkeying around with Canada's favourite treat.

Unfortunately, it's probably true.

There's something special about freshly baked donuts. Rolling into a Timmy Ho's after a night of drinking was bettered by the fresh racks of donuts, smelling of empty calories. You grab your favourite donut and gab well into the morning.

Now, knowing my donut was born in a mass-produced factory in Ontario dampens my joy. I used to swear the Tim Hortons by my house has the best crullers in the city. Now every cruller I eat will leave a stale Toronto-like taste in mouth.

Well, why the big hubbub about a donut? The reason lies in Tim Hortons' history.

Tim Horton, the person not the store, was a Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman. He began an unsuccessful hamburger restaurant chain but switched to the coffee and donut idea.

Over the years, Tim Hortons has tried to expand past donuts. They tried chilli, muffins, pies, cinnamon buns, soups and macaroons. At one time, they wanted to open ice cream stores but it was deemed too seasonal. A soup and sandwich chain, Break Away, was a failure.

The lesson learned was Tim Hortons is in business to sell donuts. Horton himself created perennial donut favourites the apple fritter and the dutchie.

Now, Tim's has incorporated soups and sandwiches, but donuts put the "D" in the Tim Hortons DNA. I cannot fathom a world where Tim Hortons does not sell donuts.

But the true nature of the uproar lies in the fact Tim Hortons has made a caffeine-and-carbohydrate-home in everyone's heart. People have rituals involving the store. Rez students head to Tim's. Many a problem is hashed out at the donut shop. Things wouldn't go without the java jet fuel Tim Hortons provides.

You may moan, "it's just a donut company." However, Timmy Ho's has wormed its way into the collective Canadian identity--and Canadian identity is a funny thing. We attach meaning to ideas and objects other countries rejected years ago, ideas Tim Hortons successfully exploits.

Remember the "Based on a true story..." commercials? From military ships to university students to the curling rink manager, they have an intimate connection with Tim's, one most Canadians could relate to. I can't put my finger on why it has happened. Perhaps it's the hockey origins or the fact there's a Tim Hortons on every corner. Whatever the reason, too much of a change will set our toques askew.

It's funny to see the uproar surrounding a simple donut--a Canadian artifact. In fact, Tim Hortons has not been a Canadian-owned company since 1995 when it became a subsidiary of Wendy's.

While this seems acceptable to our myths, mass-producing donuts apparently pushed too far. So, if we complain long and loud, with crullers clutched to our hearts, maybe the corporate honchos will hear us.

[drgibson]

Dang! You Canucks need to get lives.

Tim Horton's pfffttttttt

We had a Canuck working here who got canned, as they are escorting him out does he get upset because he got fired? Nope but he got upset because they wouldn't let him retrieve the tin of Tim Horton's coffee that had been sitting relatively untouched in the freezer in the break room for over a year.

I wish they would have let him take it; 6 months ago I replaced the coffee with instant tea.

[SNAFU]

...... Anyways, thanks for that write up Geoff. I haven't had any donuts or pastries in awhile but do enjoy the sandwiches and coffee.

[Trapper]

Tim's Sausage breakfast biscuit is one of my guilty pleasures.

[blackie1491]

INSTANT TEA!!!!

Not Red Rose, pity EH!!!!

[blackie1491]

Originally Posted by SNAFU

Don't they make them in the store?

I think it has been about7-8 years since they switched from baking from scratch.
The plant in Brantford has over 700 people turning out donuts.

Thats why you see all those large Timmy trucks making early deliveries!!!

[geoffsimpson]

Originally Posted by Trapper

Tim's Sausage breakfast biscuit is one of my guilty pleasures.

Gimme two of those and a double double...gawd i'm STARVING!