Tim Hortons will move its headquarters from Oakville to the Exchange Tower at 130 King St. W the company has announced. Tim’s has been in Oakville since it was founded 50 years ago. All 400 employees will move to Toronto but a training facility will remain in Oakville. Tim Hortons president Alex Macedo says the move will bring it closer to business partners, enable it to better use technology to serve customers and help it keep abreast of industry trends.
STARBUCKS TO HOLD RACE MEETING
Starbucks said Tuesday it will be closing all of its company-owned restaurants in the US during the afternoon of May 29 to conduct a racial-bias education program. This follows the clumsy and obscure action taken by employees at a Philadelphia store when they called 911 over two black men who wanted to use the washroom but who had not purchased anything.
FIRE CALL TO BAYVIEW AND FLEMING
There was a fire call to the corner of Bayview Ave. and Fleming Cres. Tuesday but the call was cleared immediately. There may have been pizza burning.
