restaurant brands international
Restaurant Brands International (RBI) is a Canadian-based multinational company that owns several major fast-food chains, including Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Toronto, RBI operates as a parent company that focuses on managing and growing its brands globally.
Rather than running most restaurant locations itself, RBI uses a franchise model, meaning independent operators own and manage individual restaurants. The company supports them through branding, marketing, and operational systems.
RBI has a presence in over 100 countries and thousands of locations worldwide, making it one of the largest quick-service restaurant companies in the world.
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METRO INC. $94 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 213.0 million; Market cap: $20.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro.ca) operates 1,007 food stores in Quebec and Ontario under several banners, mainly Metro, Food Basics and Super C. It also has 635 drugstores under the Jean Coutu and Brunet banners.
The union representing 550 warehouse workers at Metro’s distribution centre in Laval, Quebec, went on strike in March 2026. While the walkout has disrupted the supply of certain fresh foods, the company’s 390 stores in Quebec still carry about 90% of their typical inventories.
The union representing 550 warehouse workers at Metro’s distribution centre in Laval, Quebec, went on strike in March 2026. While the walkout has disrupted the supply of certain fresh foods, the company’s 390 stores in Quebec still carry about 90% of their typical inventories.
Concerns that rising gasoline prices will prompt consumers to cut spending on fast food have hurt these two stocks lately. However, both have a long history of adjusting prices and menus to changing market conditions. That bodes well for more dividend increases.
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD. $113 is a buy. The railway (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 900.8 million; Market cap: $101.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.7; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpkcr.com) continues to replace its older diesel-powered locomotives with new fuel-efficient Tier 4 models. In 2025, it spend $400 million for 100 of these new locomotives. That has helped it cope with the sharp jump in fuel prices due to the Iran war.
The company is also exploring other ways to cut its fuel costs. Those include retrofitting diesel locomotives with hydrogen fuel cells and batteries. It has now placed seven of these locomotives into service.
The company is also exploring other ways to cut its fuel costs. Those include retrofitting diesel locomotives with hydrogen fuel cells and batteries. It has now placed seven of these locomotives into service.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.
Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, $74.26, is a buy. The company (New York symbol QSR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.rbi.com; Shares o/s: 457.2 million; Market cap: $25.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%) is now launching an AI chatbot at Burger King that will run live in the headsets used by employees.
The voice-enabled chatbot, called “Patty,” is part of an overarching BK Assistant platform that will not only assist employees with meal preparation but also evaluate their interactions with customers for “friendliness.”
Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, $74.26, is a buy. The company (New York symbol QSR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.rbi.com; Shares o/s: 457.2 million; Market cap: $25.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%) is now launching an AI chatbot at Burger King that will run live in the headsets used by employees.
The voice-enabled chatbot, called “Patty,” is part of an overarching BK Assistant platform that will not only assist employees with meal preparation but also evaluate their interactions with customers for “friendliness.”
These two fast-food giants get most of their food and other supplies from local sources. That cuts their exposure to tariffs, which should let them keep rewarding investors with annual dividend increases.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL $71 (www.rbi.com) is a buy. The fast-food giant recently entered into an agreement to develop Firehouse Subs in Mexico. It plans to open 100 restaurants in Monterrey and other major cities in the next five years. Meantime, the company’s earnings will probably rise 11% in 2025 to $3.71 a share; the stock trades at a reasonable 19.1 times that forecast. The $2.48 annual dividend payment yields 3.5%. Restaurant Brands is a buy.
Restaurant Brands has laid out ambitious expansion plans with 7,000 new restaurants in the next five years while it pays you 3.7% & buys back shares.
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