Tim Hortons plans to renovate most of its Canadian restaurants over the next several years in what some franchisees say is another "ill-conceived" move that will cost individual restaurant owners about $450,000. The coffee-and-doughnut chain and its restaurant owners will invest $700 million to gussy up almost all its Canadian locations over the next four years, the brand said. The new restaurants will have lighter, more natural looking exteriors, and feature upgraded, open-concept seating, the Restaurant Brands International-owned chain said in a statement. It advised members, which make up about half of all of Tim Hortons Canadian franchisees, not to sign or agree to anything until more details are disclosed. Restaurant Brands International, "wants to fix a problem it cannot solve, mainly lack of sales, by getting us to spend money while they contribute very little," the letter said.

Source: CBC News March 28, 2018 00:22 UTC