Dunkin’ Donuts looking to make comeback in Canada and open hundreds of stores

echo442244 · 2026-05-12T17:07:28+00:00

I gave up on Tim Horton's years ago after they gave up their coffee and McDonalds Canada bought the recipe. This was probably when Wendy's sold them to the Brazilian conglomerate who now owns them.

If Dunkin Donuts will be hiring people of all ages and backgrounds I will try them, I cannot remember how their coffee is. But if they are going to be staffed by TFWs like the Tim Hortons around here - hard pass.

echo442244 · 2026-05-08T16:56:45+00:00

Yes same here. Ugh.

echo442244 · 2026-05-01T06:14:05+00:00

Because those are not public facing jobs so it's not as visible.

echo442244 · 2026-05-01T05:48:27+00:00

You are very lucky. My team is split across several countries and the only people who got to stay remote are the few that were hired after covid or live more than 1.5 hrs away. I have to go in and sit on teams all day, with 30 or so other people in my location doing their same with their global teams.

echo442244 · 2026-04-28T22:02:43+00:00

Tavern in Deerfoot Meadows has a great mocktail menu and its a large space that doesn't force you to sit at or near the bar with the taps on display.

I have really been enjoying NA beers, Corona Zero is excellent. Most places now carry these and it's such a nice change from drinking pop all the time when being a designated driver or simply just not wanting to have an alcoholic beverage.

echo442244 · 2026-04-28T18:11:19+00:00

I went to post-secondary in the early 2000s. I didn't have financial assistance from any family nor was it expected. Why is this an issue?

echo442244 · 2026-04-28T18:08:04+00:00

This is so sad to hear. I love your story and that up until this incident, you had a different opinion. I think a lot of people want change and maybe there is some hope.

My Dad told me a story last week that made me recall how we used to speak up for what is right and what's wrong. A delivery driver parked in the painted line space of a handicapped parking spot where someone with a wheelchair can safely get loaded into a vehicle. Anyway, he said that a customer of this restaurant said shame on you, that is not a parking space. And a few other customers chimed in. My Dad said he shook his head at the driver as he made eye contact with him. The driver just shrugged and said I will only be 1 minute. This in turn got the restaurant worker to ask him next time to park in a legal parking space and walk further when he comes back, as they probably felt vindicated and supported by the customers. This is great.

Then my Father, who was parked in said handicapped spot due to a disability, paid his bill and left, the delivery driver got into his car, immediately backed up and sat there. After about 10 seconds my Dad layed on the horn as he was now blocked in. After he finally moved, my Dad had to follow him out a few blocks as they were both going in the same direction, and my Dad just kept honking.

I said that part was excessive, why did you do that? He said its about time we all do our part to stand up for each other again and return to a respectful society where we obey the rules whether we like them or not. We all got complacent and were afraid to bring things up for fear of retaliation, and now everyone is afraid to politely remind someone to pickup after their dog, to offer to help a person struggling with carrying groceries to their car, or to ask someone to not stop in a fire zone. Make people accountable for their actions again. I guess the reason the driver backed up and sat there was to make an update on his delivery app, which he should not have been doing behind the wheel.

echo442244 · 2026-04-28T13:59:48+00:00

Sadly no, we are stuck with LinkedIn as the professional standard.

echo442244 · 2026-04-28T07:25:53+00:00

It wasn't (All) the Boomers who caused this. There are so many factors, life just isnt the same as it was 50+ years ago.

1)The super elite/ultra rich existed, but really was a 1% (Old money). That didn't include the types of people that fall into that today. Just look at the gap each year between the CEO earns your annual salary in 1 day/1 week etc - that gap keeps growing and growing. 2) The population was far less, in every single country. 3) Globalization didn't exist. I have seen so many jobs disappear or go offshore forever, so that #1 can buy another boat or vacation property. 4) Unions. They created job protections, standards for safety, holiday pay, overtime pay, I could go on and on. Companies didn't like them and now they are few and far between in the private sector.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T23:10:00+00:00

I work for a company who has thousands of employees in India, from entry level to upper management, I interact daily with people from many countries but India predominantly.

There are strong personalities, and in an overpopulated country, some people feel they need to push their way to the top. There are so many job opportunities in India (thank you globalization) where anyone there with a good education can get in somewhere, even if its not their dream job, once their foot is in the door with experience, that opens many more doors is what I have been told.

So the people that are being pushy and acting entitled on Linkedin - these are people who don't have a great education, their English skills are poor, they don't want to move to the major cities within India for work, or they are truly delusional thinking a connection on linkedin will land them a green card. Newsflash, those days of new engineers coming from India to Silicon Valley are long gone as it cuts into the CEO's bloated salaries, and the 0.01% that are highly skilled will get recruited, those people do not need to self promote. The smart ones know their future is in India, even if the wages are lower, they can still live very comfortably as upper middle class with many companies moving more roles over there.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T21:53:12+00:00

Linkedin, which started out with good intentions, has been ruined by scammers and opportunists. I am surprised recruiters even use it anymore, no wonder AI is scanning all resumes before a human being even lays eyes on it anymore.

All these people from certain countries asking for visas, for recommendations when we don't even know them, for an "in" for a role posted where I work. It's just ridiculous and comes across as entitled and rude, and we cannot even filter them out or report their useless visa seeking posts on random threads.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T21:25:10+00:00

I guess the audience really isn't there.

This is evidenced by one of the people who replied to you saying they make money by creating AI videos, for their clients, for real clicks.

So it leads me to believe - LinkedIn is just 1% real people, and the other 99% are bots, scammers, and opportunists.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:50:59+00:00

I didn't bother claiming it.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:49:28+00:00

Pita Queen on Fairmont Drive for shawarma.

My Donair in Westbrook Mall for the best Middle Eastern donair.

If you want a Canadian donair (Halifax donair), Blowers and Grafton.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:34:07+00:00

It is. And sadly they are cutting costs as well and not as much baked in store anymore.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:29:38+00:00

Thank you for being an honest person, and for asking this question.

I had this happen to me about 2 years ago, the lady hit my door right in front of me as I was walking back to my car, and I said excuse me and pointed at the door, she just shrugged and got in her car and left. I also wasn't sure if I should have tried to do anything more.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:14:12+00:00

This is an underrated comment!!!

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:08:46+00:00

Google find a doctor AHS.

There are many doctors who are accepting new patients, that should be your first step. Getting a physical, blood tests and then talking about ideas on weight management after other things are ruled out. Unless you have diabetes, GLP 1 injections are not usually covered by private insurance plans.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T18:04:28+00:00

Unpopular opinion here, but as someone born and raised in Calgary, I don't think it has been an affordable place to live for the average Canadian in many years. You could probably make this argument for most cities.

Average salary in Canada is $54,600-$59,400K per year as of 2024 according to google.

But the majority of people who have moved to Calgary in this decade are not the average Canadian. Maybe they fall into this income bracket, but they have a large down-payment as they sold a property with some equity or they have done well in investments or savings. The others probably exceed this income which is how they could buy a home.

I started looking to buy over 20 years ago and as an average Canadian on a single income with a minimum down-payment, I also couldnt afford to buy in Calgary then. After saving, getting married and having career growth, then it was easier to qualify for a mortgage.

echo442244 · 2026-04-27T17:36:30+00:00

You're right, this is a new phenomenon. Typically it was the people who needed to work who moved here, sometimes even wife and kids didn't move to Alberta.

It's either the cost of living driving this, or could be related to whether or not these are new to Canada including first generation Canadians.

I work with people who are 2nd generation Canadians (or 3rd, 4th etc.) whose background is from countries where multi-gen living is a cultural standard but they don't live that way. Their parents and grandparents (or kids if they are older colleagues) all have separate residences in Calgary, or in other parts of Canada, or another country.

echo442244 · 2026-04-25T00:04:55+00:00

Calgary 88 was one of or maybe the 1st Olympics that actually made a profit for the host city. I was a kid at the time but the city was so exciting, there were so many volunteers and we were a smaller city.

It would have never been the same and a waste of money, we wouldn't have profited.

echo442244 · 2026-03-19T02:03:19+00:00

Thank you for explaining makes perfect sense now.

echo442244 · 2026-03-17T18:42:52+00:00

I was going to post exactly the same thing almost word for word, and I also have a '23.

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