Not sure about the prices, but their coffee tastes like shit ever since they sold out to Wendy's. I get my Java from McDs now.

 

Thinking outside the box. Does that pricing tell you anything? It's what I'm thinking of on my morning drive



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Yeah, I tend stop at McDick's instead...

 

It's early so I'm still struggling with the fact that you've quoted 3 prices but only 2 sizes of coffee. Unless, of course, there should have been a comma between medium and large

 

It matters ...
A lawsuit over the absence of an Oxford comma was settled for $5 million

 

Early for me too so I'm not quite seeing the point of this, other than the fact that they will make a couple of extra cents per coffee now that pennies are gone. But those prices include tax, so it is actually the government's fault as Tim's before tax prices are rounder numbers.

 

Nothing. I don’t give them my money.

 

Wasn't there something a year or two ago about two of their sizes being the same volume of product.
I think maybe the only difference between the large and extra large was the price.
I don't know really,I have a cup or two before I leave the house and that's it for the day 99.9% of the time.

 

I though it might be pricing so price + tax come out to round, penniless number that they don't have to round up or down, but that wasn't it.

 

That's the thing. I think they're purposely keeping it to a point where they can collect those pennies.

All of their numbers allow them to round up. I know at the end of the day that extra money has to be accounted for, but it's still got to go down as prophet.

How'd you like that word choice, Dave?

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The years Boston releases an album? (whooot I guess we get a new one next year)

 

Their regular coffee is rather flat and diluted. Since I have retired in 2015, I have had three, all when I had to wait for something and I had an hour or so to kill. I forgot twice to ask for Dark Roast. It was even flatter that I remembered. Dark roast was still tolerable. Haven't had a coffee from mega-corp McD's since before I retired. I make my own at home. Got it down to a science - 100x + better according my taste buds.

 

Pricing tells me they like to round up for a little extra coin out of you.

 

Nice one. Now if we could just figure out how many coffees they sell a day and a rough idea as to how many use debit vs. Kash.

Hi, don't kill me on that one Dave


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Ya the 1.77 . Would be rounded down to 1.75. Not many people buy a small. Smoke and mirrors.

 

A medium coffee and a conspiracy donut please.

 

They predominantly sell mediums now, so in theory losing money. However, i rarely see people paying cash these days, likely not a big deal.

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[An aside: Coffee in the morning and maybe as late as 1 pm, plus I work from home, so I make my own. Even if I have to go somewhere, like tomorrow when I have to go to London (oncologist, wish me luck), I make my own and use a stainless steel travel mug. One of my students brings me a TH's coffee and it's not too vile but I pour it into my homebrew anyway.]

As for TH's pricing, I think it's fair to consider it suspect. It's not a loss leader for them, they're making out like bandits. They buy in bulk, divide it into small weak units to resell. They pay their workers shite, and otherwise keep their overhead low. Even if the prices matched the volumes in some sort of consistent graduated way, it's not for our benefit but for theirs. One expects the dealer to make a profit, but how much and whether it's fair is for the customer to discern within whatever applicable laws and regulations. Otherwise is blind faith. I don't have that kind of trust in corporate dealings, but on a very occasional basis I accept it. If I was the typical TH's customer there wouldn't be Tim Hortons (if that makes any sense).

 

Best of luck Mooh!

 

They'd rather have the pennies than see you dump them in the Camp Kids jar.

 

Superman III salami slicing

 

I have a friend who owns a west coast coffee franchise that isn't Tims or Starbucks. His highest cost on a cup of coffee is the cup. The combination of cup/coffee is 7 cents. You do the math.

 

I'm a big believer in voting with my wallet. Depending on the price, a product is either a good deal, a reasonable price, or a rip off. If it isn't in the first two categories, I go elsewhere. That goes for doughnut shops selling coffee, guitar shops, and virtually anyone else who wants my money.

As for Tim Horton's prices, it's simple math really... If they sell 2 billion cups of coffee a year and they want to increase profit margin, raising the price of coffee by a single penny adds an extra 20 million dollars to their bank account. Raise it by a few pennies and you get the picture. Big dividends for investors. And in big business, that's the primary driver.

On another note... People still use cash? For real?

 

I was in a Tim's after the penny was discontinued. Long enough that the rules of up or down should have been worked out. It came to a total that should have rounded down, and the girl rounded up. I politely told her the error, and she argued that I was wrong. I had a decision to make, explain to her the actual calculation, (and get back a nickel) or let it go for fear of looking like a cheap SOB. I was sure she would have not seen it as me doing her a favor, but more that I was a miser. So I didn't insist on the $0.05, and instead said, "I don't care about the 5 cents, but when you have a chance, ask your manager to explain the rounding up and down concept". I doubt she did...

After I was back in the car, the conspiracy theorist in me crept up.... what if Tim's told all their employees to do this?? Some customers would protest, and get a nickel, most wouldn't bother. How many millions is that a year??

 

How many millions is that a year??

Enough of 'em to put a meaningful dent in someone's GAS for sure.

 

I quit drinking Tim Horton's years ago.

I stick with Starbucks and McDonald's.

 

I got a couple of Tim Cards for Christmas. I have been there once since then. If it wasn't free I probably wouldn't go.....and what the hell did they do to their apple fritters? They are crap now.

Looks like their earnings are falling off by what I see in the news.
Tim Hortons sees slow sales for 5th straight quarter amid franchisee dispute

One in Stratford is closing, the 29th one so far (since when, I don't know).

 

I got a couple of Tim Cards for Christmas. I have been there once since then. If it wasn't free I probably wouldn't go.....and what the hell did they do to their apple fritters? They are crap now.

Looks like their earnings are falling off by what I see in the news.
Tim Hortons sees slow sales for 5th straight quarter amid franchisee dispute

One in Stratford is closing, the 29th one so far (since when, I don't know).

29 less drive throughs to ruin the world.

Besides, independent coffee shops have much, much better coffee. Not half coffee, half chickory root disguised with cream and sugar.

 

It tells me that their medium, large and extra large coffees cost $1.77, $1.98 and $2.19.

 

 

and the apple fritters are now a specialty donut, hence more expensive now

 

I don't drink that carp either. I grind my own beans and use a Technivorm drip maker or my Electra MCAL for Espresso or Cappuccino. I bought a used iroast2 roaster to try out but I haven't gotten around to that yet. Waiting for the summer in case it gets too smokey in the basement, even with exhausting out the window. If that works out I may upgrade to a better roaster.

I prefer Ethiopian Yirgacheffe beans right now.

 

I don't drink that carp either. .

I would love to see someone drink a "carp".

I just couldn't resist, Albert.