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title: "QSR Magazine: Tim Horton’s Franchisees File $500M Lawsuit Against RBI"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/9b83bd24-0a07-410c-bf2c-97c40323911f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-tim-hortons-franchisees-file-500m-lawsuit-against-rbi-2703078
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2017-06-22T14:09:02.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:28.435Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d590fc49c2511ff2ae297e84d84213e32355.jpg
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# QSR Magazine: Tim Horton’s Franchisees File $500M Lawsuit Against RBI

**TL;DR:** A group of Tim Horton franchisees are filing a lawsuit against Restaurant Brands International Inc., the parent company of Burger King, for mismanaging the advertising fund. The Great White North Franchisee Association is seeking $500M in the class-action suit.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-06-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-tim-hortons-franchisees-file-500m-lawsuit-against-rbi-2703078).*

## Story

A group of Tim Horton franchisees are filing a lawsuit against the parent company of Burger King, Restaurant Brands International Inc. According to a recent QSR Magazine article, the Great White North Franchisee Association is looking to file a class-action suit against the company for mismanaging money that was a part of the advertising fund and funneling it into costs unrelated to the brand.

“Since the acquisition of TDL, RBI has used various strategies to extract more money out of the Tim Hortons franchise system at the expense of franchisees. One such strategy has been to use the Ad Fund in ways in which the fund had never historically been used or permitted,” the claim reads.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Burger King (company)
- Tim Hortons (company)
- Restaurant Brands International (RBI) (company)
- franchisee lawsuit (topic)
- class action suit (topic)
- advertising fund (topic)
- Restaurant Brands International (RBI) acquisition of Tim Hortons (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-tim-hortons-franchisees-file-500m-lawsuit-against-rbi-2703078). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/9b83bd24-0a07-410c-bf2c-97c40323911f).