• i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    30 days ago

    Tim Hortons is owned by Restaurant Brands International, which is itself majority owned by American private equity.

    What makes it not American owned?

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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        30 days ago

        I’m unsure why you think a publically-traded company can’t still be American-owned.

        And it used to be Canadian-owned. Too bad our governments haven’t taken care of keeping Canadian businesses Canadian.

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        29 days ago

        You’re assuming that those currently holding the shares will sell. But in all fairness, per Wikipedia, a generous chunk of RBI is held by a Brazilian investment company, and former Tim Hortons shareholders still hold some shares, so somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 American-owned? Which still isn’t great.