….Canada Leads the World in Donut Consumption
1. At last count, there were more than 3,200 donut stores in Canada (Tim Horton’s, Coffee Time, etc.), so the opportunity to buy a donut arises so often your resolve eventually disappears and before you know it you’re eating a double-chocolate fudge cruller with multi-coloured sprinkles.
2. They’re cheap and they go just great with coffee. This is a killer-combo for Canadians because, by and large, we’re frugal people who drink an awful lot of java.
3. Canada needs to the best in the world at something other than hockey and pot-smoking, right?
4. It’s cold in Canada, which means you need to fuel your body with copious amount of sugar so you can keep warm. Donuts are the perfect fuel because they can be eaten quickly without utensils (always a good thing!)…and without taking off your winter gloves.
5. Homer loves donuts, and everyone knows Homer is a Canadian.
More: Tim Horton’s sells more than three million donuts a day.
In a lengthy post about donuts, Bob Braughler talks about his love for donuts while trying to figure out how many donuts people in Pittsburgh eat a year. The answer, he figures, is 29.3 million. Meanwhile, Musings of Housewife compares donuts at Tim Horton’s with Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts, and sadly determines that Tim’s ranks third.
