Posted on 08/28/2014 8:30:14 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
Oh, he smiles nice for his royal retinue. But remember that the Burger King — like any absolute monarch — cares not a whit for the common people, especially if they are Canadian.
The Burger King’s expansionist desires have been clear for many years. But with the brazen annexation of an iconic Canadian restaurant chain this week, the time for appeasement is over.
In interviews with the Financial Post, the Burger King’s minions assured Tim Hortons customers that their coffee-and-crullers experience would remain untouched. Words in the wind. We recall hearing similar soothing noises from the last quick-service imperialist to darken our door: the deceptively avuncular Dave Thomas, who claimed Tim Hortons for Princess Wendy’s empire in 1995. Soon enough, Tim Hortons was playing Hungarian to Wendy’s Austro, with the aromas of coffee and beef mingling outrageously under the same roof in suburban and roadside “combo locations” while King Dave counted his golden doubloons in Florida.
The ensuing Fast Food Wars of the mid-2000s were bitter and protracted, coming at a great cost in blood, treasure and condiments. Had so many Thomasite forces not deserted en masse after King Dave’s death, we might have lost Tim Hortons forever. But we prevailed, and on IPO Day we danced in the streets as businessman Nelson Peltz became our unlikely Cromwell. Now, the carno-monarchists are back, and we are living among the first days of the Burger Restoration.
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What exactly is “outrageous” about the aromas of coffee and beef mingling?
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Burger King needs a new ad agency. That’s a creepy looking king. He must scare the little kids sh!tless.
It is not a fast casual restaurant—it is a donut shop known primarily for its coffee that has branched out to serving other foods on the side. It is Canada’s largest company in terms of market equity, and it is a national institution.
When I did a search for it that is what I got. Like I said I had no clue what the ‘ell’ they were talking about.
I wonder how long before BK Poutine.
Mmmmmmmmmmm Poutine.
Tried it for the first time on my recent visit to Toronto, it was great.
Sounds like a French woman of easy virtue. ;o)
@jonkay Even as we speak, Burger King trucks are rolling across the border under the guise of 'humanitarian aid' pic.twitter.com/eRiu5hG2so— John LeBlanc (@LeBlancJpl) August 28, 2014
Nope, we’ll be using the BK patties as hockey pucks. More resilient than what the NHL uses now.
Tagline invoked. Had to split into two tweets.
You wrote my first tweet to go viral. 2 minutes, 21 favourites, 49 retweets including co-author of the original article.
Picton is located on the Quinte Peninsula, south of Trenton, the main base for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Prince Edward County (the peninsula) is Canada’s newest wine region; most of the vineyards have only recently matured and are now starting to produce quality vintages. /trivia
This chain is the only Anglo outfit that serves real poutine:
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