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Originally Posted by cllew
The one by the transit base at Osborne and Brandon is gone too.
It was going for around $60000.00 the last ad I saw for it in 2014 and looks like no takers.
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I can't say I'm surprised. I went in there a couple of times when I moved to Riverview... after receiving mediocre food and surly service both times, that was enough.
And believe me, I'm not a picky guy... out of all the places I've ever eaten at through the years there are less than 10 that stand out in my mind for being truly terrible. That Robins was one of them.
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Originally Posted by bomberjet
It's too bad about Robin's. They needed a major re-brand and aggressive marketing campaign about a decade or two ago to keep up with Tim Horton's. I guess having small time owner's didn't work out too well.
I had a classmate in high school. his family were the owner's of I believe three Robin's, specifically the one on Lag and Grassie. Got free donuts every once in a while haha. But they're just a local family, not some huge corporation like Tim's is. All corporations do start somewhere though..
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I'd imagine that Robins stores are run by local franchisees the way that Tim's stores are. I have relatives who own Tim's stores... they weren't wealthy when they got involved as franchisees years ago, but they are now. The difference is that Tim's supports franchisees very well with extremely effective marketing. Of course, they are notoriously demanding too (unlike Robins which clearly let franchisees get away with all kinds of substandard crap), which benefits those franchisees in the long run.
The Tim's brand and corporate support propelled franchisees to wealth and prosperity... whereas Robin's is basically a boat anchor that drags them down. I'm sure my relatives would be living in a trailer somewhere by now if they had opted for Robins franchises instead of Tim's.