- Robin's Donuts
Robin's Donuts is a large Canadian chain of
donut shops that operate inprovince s acrossCanada .History
The first store opened in
1975 inThunder Bay, Ontario ; there are now approximately 240 stores. There are no stores in theToronto market. Robin's Donuts (along with a few other food franchises) was acquired by theAfton Food Group in 2000 for C$30,000,000. However, Afton ran into financial trouble and went bankrupt. It closed a good portion of its locations for financial reasons, being unable to compete with rivalTim Hortons . In June 2006, the privately-owned Toronto-based coffee and donut chainCoffee Time acquired the Aftonfood Group and all of its assets for an undisclosed amount.Menu
The chain's signature item is
coffee , but it also sellsdoughnut s,muffin s,bagels ,soups ,submarine sandwich es, andpizza .References
* [http://www.robinsdonuts.com/ Robin's Donuts]
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