"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
>
> > >One on the other things that has happened to Tim Hortons is drastic
reduction in the
> >
> > This expansion of the menu started before Wendys bought them, and the
expansion
> > to muffins & bagels was probably driven by the "health food zealots."*
I've
> > heard the sandwiches & soup & chili is pretty good, but I doubt I would
go to
> > Tim's for that kind of food any way, if it was all that was available
OK, but as
> > a destination, I want TimBits.
>
> You are correct about the bagels and muffins there before the Wendys deal.
They recently
> dropped their cakes, which is a pity because they were pretty good.
Here we can order the cakes 48 hours in advance and they will bake them, so
it's possible to have a 'Shadow Cake' for your birthday.
> I am not too enthused about their muffins or their bagels.
They keep developping new muffins and they keep dropping the old standards.
I've never seen a date & nut bran muffin at our local Tim's and they
recently dropped the raisin bran ones. I don't like really sweet cakey
muffins so I miss those two.
> Maybe I have been spoiled with
> real bagels, and I look forward to my son bringing bagels when he visits
from Montreal.
> There isn't much of a comparison.
True enough. I used to pop in to a little Jewish bakery in Toronto for my
bagel fix. When I left Toronto I spent years in places where they'd never
heard of a bagel, let alone boiled/baked some.
Gabby