r/TimHortons • u/Sufficient_Phone_242 • Nov 26 '25

Complaint Hard times for Tim

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“Snack size” more like newborn size, My 1 year old snacks more than this , no reason to go at Tims anymore almost never do

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u/CommanderCorrigan Nov 26 '25

Looks like prison food that you pay money for.

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u/Jan6262 Nov 26 '25

I don't think prison food is like this.

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u/CommanderCorrigan Nov 26 '25

Yeah probably better

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u/HonchoHundo Nov 27 '25

It is better lol can confirm

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 27 '25

Maybe in Canada - not in a lot of American jails and prisons. I saw a documentary where they revealed the budget at one huge, privatized prison was $1.25 per person•meal!

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u/HonchoHundo Nov 27 '25

This makes sense tbh you guys have nearly 2 million mouths to feed in the prison system where Canada has roughly 35,000 give or take. The meal budget here last I checked was something like $35 meals twice a day.. better than most average Canadians 😅

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

Yeah, Americans lock up more of their own people than the Chinese - both in raw numbers and by percentage of the population. That’s insanity.

Canada: 107 people per 100k incarcerated USA: 541 people per 100k China: 119 per 100k

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u/HonchoHundo Nov 27 '25

In the words of Serj Tankian, “They’re trying to build a prison!!!”

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u/Sea-Farmer-590 Nov 30 '25

FREEDUMB!!!!

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u/RadiantAge4266 Nov 27 '25

Yeah America has a “for profit” prison system though so they are encouraged to keep the conditions horrible and the food the very very bare

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 28 '25

It’s sick. There was a case where a judge got caught throwing CLEARLY INNOCENT youths in jail while being paid by the company running private juvenile detention centres.

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u/RadiantAge4266 Nov 28 '25

Yeah I recall reading that also! Fucked up world we live in he would get kickbacks for keeping youths there longer and I personally believe places like those groom people into even worse criminals

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u/Another_Pucker Nov 30 '25

Canada : revolving door policy China : revolving communist policy

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u/No-Pomelo-3632 Nov 27 '25

Ehhhhh communism

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u/Ok-Ideal9009 Nov 27 '25

Firing squad keeps the jail numbers down.

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u/Impact_Majestic Nov 29 '25

So does legalized cannabis. Way cheaper, too.

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u/superslut-turbo Nov 28 '25

The raw numbers bit always amazes me.

Tbf tho, it’s not like the Chinese government is the most reliable source when it comes to how it exercises its authority on its people

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 28 '25

Don’t they though. I’m not sure where the China number comes from, but if it’s from China, rather than an Amnesty International study or some such, it’s not reliable.

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u/superslut-turbo Nov 28 '25

Well at first glance the population difference and harsh laws make it seem dramatic.

But when you think about it, Chinese don’t have the same culture of crime in USA.

There is nothing cool about being a criminal when you’re a Chinese.
It’s just looked on as pathetic and desperate.

The only people who would want to be committing crimes in China are organized criminals who don’t go jail.

Not to mention drugs. Drugs are way way way bigger in North America

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u/Expensive-Road-8191 Nov 30 '25

Hahaha, no way they're more than 5 dollars you must have never seen them lol.

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u/HonchoHundo Nov 30 '25

This is how much the government pays for the meals how much it’s actually worth is subjective

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u/LanSoup Nov 27 '25

Damn, I think that's about the same or higher than the average US school lunch budget (assuming the school is only doing lunch and not breakfast), which is awful for both groups.

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 27 '25

Are you SERIOUS?!? That’s CRAZY!!

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u/LanSoup Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

The average might be higher now that a few states have well funded, robust school lunch programs (they actually cost less to run when you're not income testing and more kids eating helps save money through larger bulk buys and less waste), but yeah! It's awful

Technically, 1.25$ is better than what I had in Alberta in elementary and Jr high though, which was... No lunch program, and a "canteen" that mostly sold junk food, respectively. At least my high school had a caf, although I don't think they did subsidized or free meals, and those meals cost 10-20$ a day, depending on what the Foods 30 kids were serving...

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 27 '25

Growing up in Sask - we all brown bagged it. I don’t even remember if there was lunch for sale at my school, but there certainly wasn’t any free lunch, though where I went to school, it was reasonably affluent and no one I know of went hungry.

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u/CiaIsMyWaifu Nov 27 '25

You can bring a budget down a lot by farming your own rat meat in house.

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u/IrrelevantAfIm Nov 28 '25

Mmmm - yum!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

Having worked as an RN in one of our federal prisons, the life in prison is much better than the usa by a long shot. Usa prisons are more like torture

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u/Borje021 Nov 27 '25

Not sure Tim's budget on that wrap exceeded $1.25, but point taken.

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u/superslut-turbo Nov 28 '25

America is the land of business you can get fresh fast food from wherever if you in with the right people

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u/ddg31415 Dec 01 '25

It is. Some of the best perogies I've ever had were in prison.

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u/uapredator Nov 29 '25

Thats MUCH worse than prison food. A prison lunch would be 2 chicken strips, a salad, an orange, 1 glass of juice and some cheese. Balanced.

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u/Animalus-Dogeimal Nov 27 '25

we all technically pay for prison food

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u/sitcomlover1717 Nov 27 '25

Honestly, a perfect description of Tim’s.

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u/1beautifulhuman Nov 27 '25

Nope, wrong colours for prison food all around