Fit4less And Tim Hortons

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My travel and transportation throughout the day show very similar patterns in my data collection. I usually make the same trips throughout most days which is to the gym, Tim Hortons and to work. I use the same form of transportation every day which is my beloved Mazda 3. My Bluetooth system that I use every day to play music on my phone in my car is also Japanese made. As the textbook notes in chapter 3, the use of the world of transportation and influence for changes to transportation is based on global or international influence. Especially with the industry of cars, many cars sold in Canada are an international countries make or company. With the majority of my traveling is done driving and very rarely done using public transit or walking, I rely heavily on my car as a use of transportation which is a globalized product.
Furthermore, most of my destinations are the same throughout the week. As previously noted, I usually attend the gym in the morning which is a sister brand to Goodlife Fitness know as Fit4Less. Fit4Less is a Canadian owned company that has fitness centers across Canada. I chose Fit4Less because of convenience and affordability rather than supporting a Canadian company. I did not know that Fit4Less was a Canadian owned franchise until this …show more content…

I usually will drive to Tim Hortons on the way home following a workout at Fit4Less. Although the company is known as Canadian I was interested to find out that the franchise is much more globalized than most Canadians perceive it as. Tim Hortons is apart of Restaurants Brand International which is a fast food holding company that also owns American fast food branches. Also, the company shares its ownership with a lot of Brazilian investment companies. Moreover, the coffee products that I purchase from Tim Hortons comes from the different south and central American countries rather than a Canadian coffee it is marketed