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That Tim Hortons Deal
Burger King's merger with the Canadian coffee chain has mixed results so far.
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Burgers and coffee: It's not the worst thing in the world, but it probably wouldn't be your first choice for a meal either, right?
That's how I feel about the merger between Burger King and Tim Hortons, which was engineered by Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital with some financing help from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.1481645936743 There are some tasty parts, and some less so. This week marks the two-year anniversary of the deal, which created the fast-food company now called Restaurant Brands International Inc. After analyzing the transaction, Gadfly has decided that it's meh -- the midpoint of five ratings given to mergers we review.1481127935416