Get Ready To Roll Up The Rim!

Click to see full size poster.

In a previous post I compared Tim Hortons coffee with McDonald'ss coffee: tim-hortons-vs-mcdonalds-coffee.html

I still believe that McDonald's offers better value for their coffee, however there's something about rolling up the rim that Canadians have grown to love. Here's some information I found at Smartcanucks.ca about this year's Roll Up the Rim contest.

Begins MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21,2011

Contest Cup Eligibility

Eligible:

• Any medium, large or extra large size hot beverage
• Any hot beverage served in a qualifying china mug or re-useable container upon presentation of their order

NOT eligible:

• Small hot beverages and all cold beverages

Winning Rim Tab Redemption – Food Prizes

• An unlimited number may be redeemed at one time
• Winning Rim Tabs may NOT be redeemed as part as any combo

Coffee

• Guest may select any size of any hot beverage
• A flavor shot may be added at no additional charge
• No other substitutions allowed
• Always server winning beverages with a contest cup

Donut

• Guest may select any variety of one donut, one muffin or one cookie per winning tab
• No other substitutions allowed

Winning Rim Tab redemption – Major Prizes

• Present Guest with 2011 Rules and Regulation Form
• Guest must complete form in full and submit to contest company as indicated
• DO NOT accept or handle a major price winning Rim Tab

Double Cupping

• When required or requested, use a regular brown cup

Damaged/Tampered Cups

• Immediately deemed null and void

Other

• If contest cup not available ask customer if they’d like to change their order to an available cup size
• All major prize winning Rim Tabs must be redeemed by May 22, 2011

• As goodwill gesture, all winning food prizes should continue to be redeemed after this date

Prizes this year are:

40 Toyota Matrix
100 Panasonic 3D TV Packages
1,000 Napoleon Barbecues
5,000 Raleigh Mountain Bikes
25,000 100$ Tim Cards
And over 47 million Food Prizes

Tim Hortons vs. McDonald's Coffee

The coffee wars are on in Canada. Canadians love their warm cup of joe in the morning. According to the Coffee Association of Canada, Canadians drink 2.6 cups of coffee a day. Tim Hortons is Canada's favourite low cost cup of coffee, with over 2,800 stores in Canada. There are a lot of competitors that want to get in on some of Timmy's market share, of all the low cost coffee shops available in Canada (i.e. Coffee Time, Coffee Culture and Country Style) I find McDonald's provides the best value.

Here are some quick statistics.







Not only do you get more coffee for less money at McDonald's, you can also refill your coffee when you're drinking your coffee in McDonald's. That's exceptional value! I also really like the taste of McDonald's coffee. I might even say that it tastes better than Tim Hortons coffee, but that may be unpatriotic. Next time you're getting your morning cup of joe give McDonald's coffee a shot.

For you Americans here's a little clip about the Starbucks vs. McDonald's coffee wars in the U.S.A.


Also check out the very popular Starbucks Ghetto Latte article:
http://reynold-savemoney.blogspot.com/2010/08/ghetto-latte-at-starbucks.html