Is Coffee at Tim Hortons Really Getting Smaller?
Tim Hortons faces mounting complaints that its Farmer's Wrap and coffee portions have shrunk while prices stayed the same or rose. Customers posted photos on X showing a breakfast wrap about half its former size, and one user asked whether the large coffee now looks much smaller than before. Tim Hortons denies changing portion sizes or recipes and attributes the difference to new packaging introduced earlier this year.
The company says the redesigned packaging cut paper box raw materials by 75 percent, which changes how the wrap looks. When media asked for the 2022 nutrition guide to compare serving data, Tim Hortons did not respond. The dispute has drawn attention from coffee drinkers and chain restaurant observers, since shrinkflation accusations can affect trust in a brand that many Canadians visit daily.
As a Canadian national chain brand, Tim Hortons has recently faced frequent consumer complaints on social media, with the focus on the apparent shrinkage of breakfast Farmer's Wraps and coffee drinks. Many netizens have posted photos pointing out that the Farmer's Wrap is now almost half its former size, while the price has remained the same or even increased. At the same time, the capacity of large coffees has also been questioned as smaller. In response to the doubts, Tim Hortons officially firmly denied adjusting portion sizes, attributing the visual difference to the packaging style and wrapping method changed earlier this year, and saying the new packaging reduced paper box raw materials by 75%. However, when the media requested the 2022 nutrition guide for comparison, the company did not respond. This debate over "shrinkflation" is drawing widespread attention from coffee enthusiasts and chain restaurant observers.
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As Canada's national chain brand, many Canadians start a good day with breakfast from Tim Hortons. But in recent months, local diners have continuously complained that Tim Hortons' food portions are clearly shrinking.
According to blogTO, netizens have recently taken to social media one after another to complain about this coffee chain store, and these consumers all believe that compared with before, Tim Hortons' Farmer's Wrap portions have visibly shrunk.
On the social platform X, a user claimed that Tims' breakfast Farmer's Wrap has indeed shrunk, and attached an image of a meal set they bought at Tims.
Some netizens even posted text and images back in June this year, saying that their (Tims') current breakfast wrap portion is almost half the size of before, while the price is the same as before, or even more expensive. At the same time, some also accused this coffee chain with stores all over the streets of continuously raising prices.
Besides complaining about the breakfast wraps, another product accused by consumers of shrinkflation is Tim Hortons' coffee category.
Last month, a Twitter user posted, asking, "Am I the only one who feels that Tim Hortons' coffee portions have shrunk? The large coffee just handed to me looks much smaller than before."
In response, Tim Hortons firmly "refuses to admit it" and sticks to its position, believing that although the packaging size makes certain products indeed look different in appearance, the food portions they provide have absolutely not been adjusted. A representative of Tim Hortons said in an interview, "Our Farmer's Wraps taste as great as ever! We have not changed the size or ingredients of any breakfast wrap."
As for why Tim Hortons customers think the product size has changed, the representative said it should be because earlier this year, the new packaging style and wrapping method created an illusion, making people feel they had been deceived. "Earlier this year, we also switched to using wrapping paper instead of paper box packaging, which can reduce raw materials by 75%."
Regarding Tim Hortons' statement, blogTO asked Tim Hortons to provide a copy of last year's 2022 nutrition guide so it could be compared with the current version to learn information and clues such as changes in calories or fat content, but the company did not provide this information.
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