The parent company that owns Tim Hortons and two other prominent restaurant chains says sales declined at the coffee chain last year, even as it continued to add locations. Tim Hortons had 4,932 stores as of the end of 2019, a slight increase from 4,846 locations as of the end of 2018. At Tim Hortons Canadian locations, sales fell by 4.6 per cent in the last quarter of the year compared to the same period a year earlier. Tim Hortons normally makes up almost two thirds of RBI's entire revenues, but the sales slump at Tims comes at a time when the other two franchises are growing. On the breakfast front, Tim Hortons is working to improve the quality of bacon in its sandwiches.

Source: CBC News February 10, 2020 15:27 UTC