The Restaurant Finance Podcast
Sep 23, 2026 · 33 min · 8 segments
How do you update a restaurant brand without losing the customers who have loved it for decades? Alfredo Miro, chief operating officer of Baker’s Drive-Thru, joins James Tice to discuss that…
Well, as we're talking about offline, it seems like you have some experience in both Canada and the U.S., obviously me being a Canuck myself.
Uh, I was with Wendy's international when we own, you know, Tim Hortons or Timmy's as, uh, as we call it north of the border.
I think, I think it's just, there's certain things I don't, I don't understand, but I'm fine with, right.
Um, I love that there's certain, um, uh, Chinese based, um, restaurant companies that do really well in Canada that haven't even, haven't even attempted to penetrate the United States.
Um, So I can't quite put my finger on it, except that you see this trend of local kind of beating out.
And so there's this little element of, you know, not in my backyard when a big, well-known big box brand wants to come into, you know, London, Ontario, or, you know, some kind of, um, you know, small little, uh, you know, area, you know, you forget about the only, the only chance we have really is in Calgary.
That's good, right? uh that's like the big one right so um me personally i would like to see the cactus club come out to the states to be honest with you i think uh i think he's got something
Well, as we're talking about offline, it seems like you have some experience in both Canada and the U.S., obviously me being a Canuck myself.
Uh, I was with Wendy's international when we own, you know, Tim Hortons or Timmy's as, uh, as we call it north of the border.
I think, I think it's just, there's certain things I don't, I don't understand, but I'm fine with, right.
Um, I love that there's certain, um, uh, Chinese based, um, restaurant companies that do really well in Canada that haven't even, haven't even attempted to penetrate the United States.
Um, So I can't quite put my finger on it, except that you see this trend of local kind of beating out.
And so there's this little element of, you know, not in my backyard when a big, well-known big box brand wants to come into, you know, London, Ontario, or, you know, some kind of, um, you know, small little, uh, you know, area, you know, you forget about the only, the only chance we have really is in Calgary.
That's good, right? uh that's like the big one right so um me personally i would like to see the cactus club come out to the states to be honest with you i think uh i think he's got something
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