Calgary Tim Hortons Sells ‘Poppy’ Donuts for a Limited Time Only
CALGARY — The head of the Calgary Poppy Fund and Veterans’ Food Bank says he hopes no one gets in big trouble over a poppy-emblazoned donut sold at a local Tim Hortons.
John Rathwell says it seems good intentions were behind the gesture and it was admirable an employee at the restaurant would take the initiative.
But he points out the poppy is a registered trademark and a symbol that many hold sacred.
Rathwell says he would have preferred that the business reached out to his group ahead of Remembrance Day about partnering to raise funds for veterans.
The southeast Calgary Tim Hortons franchise where the donuts were sold declined to comment and the chain’s head office did not immediately respond to a similar request.
The donuts were removed from the shelves after they caused a social media stir when an image of them was posted on the popular Calgary Twitter account @Crackmacs.
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The Canadian Press