Competitor News

Starbucks dominates our competitor news this week on a few fronts. Most notable is that 6 police officers at a Tempe Arizona store were asked to leave by an employee because of a complaint that a customer did not feel safe in their presence! (????)  Boston Herald columnist Joe Fitzgerald, after writing about the incident,…

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Competitor News

Tim Hortons sales growth missed investor expectations last week with the company reporting same store sales drop of 0.6%, down 0.3% from the prior year and blaming the drop on bad weather in Canada early in the quarter. Trying to put a shine on that sneaker, CEO Jose Cil pointed to enthusiastic guest reactions to…

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