Welcome aboard! In this fast delivery, we will be happy to reveal the details of this very special new sauce which will be featured until June 30 in the MRC of Mékinac and, with a little less pleasure, we must inform you of less interesting news from the chains of A&W and Tim Hortons.
So let's start with the project of the MRC de Mékinac, which came up with an interesting idea to highlight the quality of their local products, promote its environment and acquire a unique promotional tool representative of the region's vitality in launching the challenge to the Nature Frugale company to develop a spicy sauce with Mékinacoise flavors. Produced with Piri-Piri and Charapita peppers, it also contains the sweetness of maple syrup from the Les frères Jacob maple grove, the complexity of beer from the Microbrasserie À la Fût and the bitterness of garlic from the Gardens. Nature Mauricie. The Mékin’aie aie aie sauce will definitely spice up your plate! Ten restaurateurs and caterers will put this sauce on the menu until June 30:
A la Fût Microbrewery
Restaurant at the small palace
Lineage RR2
Chez Jacob Catering
Grano-Vrac and Delights
Germain's Bakery
Resto-bar the Brinadon
The Lumberjack Village Cookery
Pub Pruneau Resto-Boutique
Aux Cinq Soeurs Café-Boutique
Now let's talk about less good shots. We learned a few weeks ago that a branch of the A&W chain located in Montreal was trying by all means to fill its vacant positions. So much so that the managers decided to offer a higher hourly rate to employees working full time in the kitchen or in the service. The hourly rate for part-time employees, mostly students, was more or less at the same level as the minimum wage.
But now the Act respecting labor standards prohibits this kind of practice: it is indeed impossible to be able to give a better hourly wage based on the hours worked per week to perform equivalent tasks.
Note that each franchisee is responsible for its human resources and recruitment and that salary policies are established by themselves.
Fortunately, the franchisee withdrew his offer just hours after the journalist from La Presse contacted him to ask for his comments…
Finally, a report from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found that the Tim Hortons mobile app violated the law. At the end of the investigation, the federal commissioner and three of his provincial colleagues, those from Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, confirmed that the application collected significant amounts of data on the movements of users without first obtaining their consent. In fact, the app was able to log comings and goings even when it was closed, which violates Canadian law.
Tim Hortons has agreed to implement the recommendations of the three commissions:
Delete any remaining geolocation data and require third party service providers to do the same;
Establish and maintain a privacy management program;
Report in detail on the measures taken to comply with these recommendations.
