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Article Source: Canada.comKANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Canadian Forces want to raise morale among troops deployed here by setting up the furthest flung coffee and doughnut franchise in the world: Tim Hortons Afghanistan.
But the Canadian icon is balking at the idea of opening shop at Kandahar Air Field, where more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers are being deployed this month, saying it "is not part of our business model."
These people can't be serious!
2000 Canadian troops thousands of miles from home and Greg Skinner, a spokesman for Tim Hortons, claims the company is "focusing on opening in Canada and the U.S. only. We have tight controls for our product and operations and these could not be maintained in Afghanistan."
The only "tight controls" of note are on the purse strings of these penny-pinchers. You're selling coffee and donuts you idiots, it doesn't take Emeril "BAM" Lagasse to spit out what you produce for North American customers and it would take even less skill to please the troops with a little bit of home!
Bet if Canadian Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper hears of this outrage Hortons will be getting a call.
#1 - Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:32 AM ESTNot sure there is much the PM can do, however it is bad PR for Tim Hortons if this gets a lot of coverage.
#2 - Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:58 PM ESTNotice how their prices go up 0.04-0.05$ on February 6th; I suppose it's a coincidence.
#3 - Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:41 PM ESTYou're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
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