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Post by karinms on Aug 26, 2014 17:10:44 GMT
...have merged in Canada, my son was wondering if there is a donut chain in the US that is as popular in the US as Tim's is in Canada. The joke is that in big cities there is one on every corner, which is just about true.
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Post by PinkPrincess77 on Aug 26, 2014 17:12:09 GMT
Apparently it's Dunkin' Donuts in the Northern states and Krispy Kreme in the Southern states.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:14:10 GMT
Apparently it's Dunkin' Donuts in the Northern states and Krispy Kreme in the Southern states. Not in Florida at least not in my area. All the Krispy kremes shut down here years ago. We are getting more and more Dunkin donuts lately though. But the local places are much better.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 26, 2014 17:14:30 GMT
The thing is, Tim Horton's isn't all about the donuts - their main sales driver is coffee. It holds the greatest percentage of their sales. At least it did when a friend of mine was in line for a manager job at Krispy Kreme when it came to Canada. She was told 90% of Tim sales is coffee, and 90% of Krispy sales was the donuts, so they were hoping to capitalize on that when they opened in Canada.
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Post by Miss Ang on Aug 26, 2014 17:15:10 GMT
I'm from central Illinois and I don't know anyone that really says they LOVE Dunkin' Donuts. Krispy Kreme's are everyone's fave around here.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 26, 2014 17:16:19 GMT
Apparently it's Dunkin' Donuts in the Northern states and Krispy Kreme in the Southern states. And, if one is lucky enough to live in Northern Virginia we have both. Lots of Dunkin' Donuts and a Krispy Kreme factory right down the road. (for those of you who aren't from around here....Virginia is a southern state, very southern in some parts, but the Northern tip of it is not, because of all the transplants who came here to work for the federal government in one capacity or another.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:16:46 GMT
The thing is, Tim Horton's isn't all about the donuts - their main sales driver is coffee. It holds the greatest percentage of their sales. At least it did when a friend of mine was in line for a manager job at Krispy Kreme when it came to Canada. She was told 90% of Tim sales is coffee, and 90% of Krispy sales was the donuts, so they were hoping to capitalize on that when they opened in Canada. DD is known for their coffee in the US too. It's pretty good.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 26, 2014 17:17:17 GMT
...have merged in Canada, my son was wondering if there is a donut chain in the US that is as popular in the US as Tim's is in Canada. The joke is that in big cities there is one on every corner, which is just about true. Here in Western NY we have a ton of Tim Horton's so it's not just in Canada anymore....Timmy Ho's (as we call it) is pretty popular!!!! ETA: Trivia...who did Tim Horton play hockey for??
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Post by Jili on Aug 26, 2014 17:17:31 GMT
I'm in Chicagoland, and it seems like Dunkin Donuts is opening up new stores everywhere. It must be the coffee. Their donuts do nothing for me. We have a local donut shop where I live called "Spunky Dunkers" that has amazing donuts. It's a real treat every once in awhile.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:18:13 GMT
If your main aim is good coffee.. then Starbucks is the Tim Hortons of the US. But if it is donuts then Dunkin Donuts is probably the top runner up.
But Tim Hortons and Burger King seems to be an odd merger.
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Post by giatocj on Aug 26, 2014 17:18:36 GMT
I am definitely a Dunkie Junkie! I love Dunkin' Donuts.
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Post by grinningcat on Aug 26, 2014 17:18:47 GMT
The thing is, Tim Horton's isn't all about the donuts - their main sales driver is coffee. It holds the greatest percentage of their sales. At least it did when a friend of mine was in line for a manager job at Krispy Kreme when it came to Canada. She was told 90% of Tim sales is coffee, and 90% of Krispy sales was the donuts, so they were hoping to capitalize on that when they opened in Canada. Well that certainly flopped now didn't it? It's funny that Canadians prefer the prefabbed, frozen crap that passes as a donut at Timmie's but wouldn't go for the freshly made Krispy Kremes. Or any other small market donut for that matter. I'm not sure how I feel about this merger. We went down this road with Tim's selling out to the American fast food once before )not to mention the Stone Cold Creamery fiasco)... why on earth do they think it's going to work this time.
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 26, 2014 17:23:59 GMT
For those who think it's an odd 'marriage', it's all about profits. There will be a huge tax break for Burger King if they can move their headquarters to Canada.
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Post by *christine* on Aug 26, 2014 17:23:59 GMT
The reason Krispy Kreme's didn't last here in Massachusetts was because their coffee was terrible and they only offered donuts. Dunkin's donuts aren't fantastic since they've gotten too big, they don't make their donuts in the stores any longer. But DD has branched out with breakfast sandwiches, all day sandwiches and other things. DD is definitely the most popular coffee in New England though.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 26, 2014 17:29:07 GMT
The thing is, Tim Horton's isn't all about the donuts - their main sales driver is coffee. It holds the greatest percentage of their sales. At least it did when a friend of mine was in line for a manager job at Krispy Kreme when it came to Canada. She was told 90% of Tim sales is coffee, and 90% of Krispy sales was the donuts, so they were hoping to capitalize on that when they opened in Canada. DD is known for their coffee in the US too. It's pretty good. Good to know!
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Post by keknj on Aug 26, 2014 17:31:03 GMT
Those of you who have local doughnut shops are lucky. All we have here (NJ) is DD and I don't care for their donuts. I don't drink coffee, but DH does and he has stopped buying their coffee, says the taste has changed in the last year.
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Post by valincal on Aug 26, 2014 17:33:14 GMT
I don't go to Tim's much any more--the lines are too long and my local doesn't have a drive-through anyway. The coffee is good but their food has gone way downhill.
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Post by alibama on Aug 26, 2014 17:34:58 GMT
I am in VA and we have both but I LOVE Dunkin Donuts!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:35:08 GMT
For those who think it's an odd 'marriage', it's all about profits. There will be a huge tax break for Burger King if they can move their headquarters to Canada. Of which I think is disgusting. I really hate all these "tax breaks" companies get for having their headquarters in a different country. US either needs to change their tax laws or other countries need to stop letting American companies have "headquarters" there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:38:45 GMT
I don't go to Tim's very often either. I actually think mcdonalds makes a better coffee (gasp, I know) and so do many other people. Around here holding your timmies is just a weird snobbery. As if people can use a $2 cup of coffee as a status symbol.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:40:04 GMT
And I much prefer making my own donuts with my own special toppings if I want a donut. They are a thousand times better than the crap you buy at any donut shop, local or chain.
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Post by sisterbdsq on Aug 26, 2014 17:42:04 GMT
I never eat Burger King and I'm now going to stop having Tim Horton's coffee brought back to me when friends go to Ontario. Corporate greed/tax inversion. Grrr.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 17:44:50 GMT
And I much prefer making my own donuts with my own special toppings if I want a donut. They are a thousand times better than the crap you buy at any donut shop, local or chain. I disagree. We have the most amazing local donut shop here and I have never been able to duplicate their donuts. They are not crap at all. Made fresh multiple times a day, lines out the door, use local in season ingredients. Heaven.
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Post by straggler on Aug 26, 2014 17:46:37 GMT
When and if the US wakes up and makes the financial climate in this Country more favorable for companies to do business in, companies may quit jumping ship. Funny thing about companies, they want to make money and if they have to headquarter in another country to do that then that is what they are going to do. 35% tax rate is too high here.
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Post by valincal on Aug 26, 2014 18:04:38 GMT
And I much prefer making my own donuts with my own special toppings if I want a donut. They are a thousand times better than the crap you buy at any donut shop, local or chain. I disagree. We have the most amazing local donut shop here and I have never been able to duplicate their donuts. They are not crap at all. Made fresh multiple times a day, lines out the door, use local in season ingredients. Heaven. Not to mention the work involved in making homemade donuts! Also Tim Horton's, Burger King merger deal.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 18:08:45 GMT
And I much prefer making my own donuts with my own special toppings if I want a donut. They are a thousand times better than the crap you buy at any donut shop, local or chain. I disagree. We have the most amazing local donut shop here and I have never been able to duplicate their donuts. They are not crap at all. Made fresh multiple times a day, lines out the door, use local in season ingredients. Heaven. I'm a baker so I guess it's natural for me to prefer my food over the shops. But that doesn't mean that there aren't shops out there that don't make a good donut. There is always an aftertaste to a lot of bakery treats, something my sister always said I was imagining. Until she went without for a while, only eating her homemade stuff. And suddenly she said she could taste the same thing I always talked about. It's like you can taste whatever they add to maintain freshness, not saying that all bakeries do this.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 18:14:41 GMT
We're pretty spoiled in the Seattle area to have an amazing local donut chain, Top Pot: link
I don't think we have any Dunkin Donuts around here and just a smattering of Krispy Kremes.
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Post by peasful1 on Aug 26, 2014 18:24:04 GMT
I think the downfall of KK here, although they have since re-opened some stores, is that they had the doughnuts but crap coffee. I think people would rather be able to get their morning coffee and a mediocre doughnut at DD, than a good doughnut and crap coffee at KK. DD coffee is the closest thing in the US to Canadian TH coffee. I've never had TH in the US. Our hockey arena now had a couple of shops since we have so many Cdn snowbirds here and the new team owners are Canadian. But I haven't bothered to wait in the long-ass lines to try it.
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Post by lbp on Aug 26, 2014 18:24:23 GMT
The bad news is our Krispy Kreme burned down last spring. The good news is they are rebuilding it even closer to where I work and should be done before Christmas! I love Krispy Kreme. We do have a Dunkin Donuts here as well, but I only like their coffee.
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Post by luckyexwife on Aug 26, 2014 18:40:17 GMT
We had a Krispy Kreme here, but it closed after not too long. I just heard we are getting a Tim Hortons. We don't have DD.
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