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ernie · 08-01-2013, 07:57 AM

Tim's used to be good. Well some of them used to be good. Way back when each store actually had a baker who made things fresh. Oh that wonderful smell when you walked into a store at the wee hours of the morning!

Of course this led to inconsistencies in customer experience from store to store (donut size, quality etc). So they centralized the baking and everything became consistent....consistently bad. It goes for the donuts and the soups (when the soups first came out in I want to say the mid-80's they were really quite good. They are also now terrible).

I wouldn't say I prefer Dunkin Donuts (and certainly not the sugar bomb that is Krispy Kreme) but Tim's lowered themselves to that level of quality a decade or so ago. There was nothing that distinguished them from the already well established competitors in the US marketplace.

08-01-2013, 07:57 AM	#142
ernie Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Exp:	Tim's used to be good. Well some of them used to be good. Way back when each store actually had a baker who made things fresh. Oh that wonderful smell when you walked into a store at the wee hours of the morning! Of course this led to inconsistencies in customer experience from store to store (donut size, quality etc). So they centralized the baking and everything became consistent....consistently bad. It goes for the donuts and the soups (when the soups first came out in I want to say the mid-80's they were really quite good. They are also now terrible). I wouldn't say I prefer Dunkin Donuts (and certainly not the sugar bomb that is Krispy Kreme) but Tim's lowered themselves to that level of quality a decade or so ago. There was nothing that distinguished them from the already well established competitors in the US marketplace. Last edited by ernie; 08-01-2013 at 08:00 AM.