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I don't know what's wrong with Dunkin Donuts. They still have pre-starbucks prices for a cup coffee, and their coffee is pretty good, and the donuts are donuts:

I don't know what's wrong with Dunkin Donuts. They still have pre-starbucks prices for a cup coffee, and their coffee is pretty good, and the donuts are donuts: delicious sugary carbs. You go in there and you spend like $3 and get enough calories and coffee to survive until the next day. Personally I don't like all the faux-luxury, "experience", "it's a latte not a coffee" places like Starbucks. Everything is priced way higher and the service and cleanliness is pretty much on par with a McDondalds, just with fancier marketing materials. I'm not just griping about Starbucks, urban areas in particular are loaded with these little diners and shops that spent a lot of money on the wall paint, and menu selections, but then aren't half as good and honest as the little dingy deli/liquor store next door that sells way better sandwhiches at 1/4 the price. And the local coffee shop with the grumpy guy doesn't put ammonia laced caramel flavor in his coffee neither. Hey if the food is genuinely good, no problems. I'm just not a fan of marketing gimmicks that somehow justify a price increase when otherwise the value isn't there and you can get better for cheaper somewhere else only they didn't use helvetica on their store signage.

drzaiusapelord 12y ago
I've only been to Canada a handful of times, but there is a massive quality and culture difference between TH and Dunkin. I actually enjoy going to TH and always dread walking into a Dunkin. I think if TH comes to town it'll hurt Dunkin in a serious way. All of the Dunkins near me are trashy little dumps or, ironically, semi-clean ones built into gas stations. I'd pay a higher price for better food. I can taste the dollar or so I'm saving at Dunkin and would rather just spend more for a better product.
- orbitur 12y ago
  > I'd pay a higher price for better food. I just can't believe my eyes. Tim Horton's is where you go to get "I just need caffeine in coffee form I don't care how it tastes" in Canada. They are quite literally on most street corners, and while clean and efficient, I wouldn't say they offer anything superior to the DDs and KKs I've been to in the States.
  - michaelmior 12y ago
    As a Canadian but not a coffee drinker, most coffee drinkers I know love Tim Hortons and nearly refuse to drink coffee from anywhere else.
  - drzaiusapelord 12y ago
    To be honest, Dunkin is borderline inedible. I really do see a very real quality difference between it and TH. To each his own I guess.
- Pxtl 12y ago
  That's funny, most Canadians remember the huge quality nosedive Tim's took when they switched over to centralized factory baking and then shipping their baked goods frozen - back in the '90s all their baked goods were prepared on-site and were far fresher.
dghughes 12y ago
A Tim Hortons is about $2.10 a Starbucks grande is about $2.30 but it has more (50ml?) in it compared to a medium Tim's. And if you buy with a Starbucks card and drink inside you get a free refill so it's now almost half the cost of a TH medium. There are a lot of customers at Tim Hortons who sit inside most of the day, so complaining that Starbucks is more expensive while they pay double for less, well I guess they are as bitter as the coffee. By the way in case anyone is curious Tim Hortons is spelled that way without the apostrophe. It was to appease the french language police in Quebec actually make that Québec, they like their apostrophes in different places I guess.

drzaiusapelord 12y ago

I've only been to Canada a handful of times, but there is a massive quality and culture difference between TH and Dunkin. I actually enjoy going to TH and always dread walking into a Dunkin. I think if TH comes to town it'll hurt Dunkin in a serious way. All of the Dunkins near me are trashy little dumps or, ironically, semi-clean ones built into gas stations. I'd pay a higher price for better food. I can taste the dollar or so I'm saving at Dunkin and would rather just spend more for a better product.

orbitur 12y ago
> I'd pay a higher price for better food. I just can't believe my eyes. Tim Horton's is where you go to get "I just need caffeine in coffee form I don't care how it tastes" in Canada. They are quite literally on most street corners, and while clean and efficient, I wouldn't say they offer anything superior to the DDs and KKs I've been to in the States.
- michaelmior 12y ago
  As a Canadian but not a coffee drinker, most coffee drinkers I know love Tim Hortons and nearly refuse to drink coffee from anywhere else.
- drzaiusapelord 12y ago
  To be honest, Dunkin is borderline inedible. I really do see a very real quality difference between it and TH. To each his own I guess.
Pxtl 12y ago
That's funny, most Canadians remember the huge quality nosedive Tim's took when they switched over to centralized factory baking and then shipping their baked goods frozen - back in the '90s all their baked goods were prepared on-site and were far fresher.

dghughes 12y ago

A Tim Hortons is about $2.10 a Starbucks grande is about $2.30 but it has more (50ml?) in it compared to a medium Tim's. And if you buy with a Starbucks card and drink inside you get a free refill so it's now almost half the cost of a TH medium. There are a lot of customers at Tim Hortons who sit inside most of the day, so complaining that Starbucks is more expensive while they pay double for less, well I guess they are as bitter as the coffee. By the way in case anyone is curious Tim Hortons is spelled that way without the apostrophe. It was to appease the french language police in Quebec actually make that Québec, they like their apostrophes in different places I guess.