I don’t know, they’re a very American brand, maybe not as much as Tim’s is Canadian (in the sense of brand perception/ cultural significance). Even though McDonald’s is American, it’s been here so long and is so global it doesn’t feel American.

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And even saying they won WWII is generous in itself, they joined the winning side in progress.

They may also be using the term manager very loosely. At my workplace most of the supervisors are union, but they have 1 top person at each department of each worksite who’s excluded from the union (not really management, but a company representative at least).