Country Style Food Services, Inc., formerly Country Style Donuts, is a fast/casual chain of coffee shops operating primarily in the Canadian province of Ontario which serves oatmeal, soup, sandwiches, salads, baked goods including donuts, and coffee. The chain is based in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Organization
In January 2006, there were 120 "traditional" locations in Ontario. There are over 420 "non-traditional" locations embedded in other stores such as gas stations, convenience stores, arenas and movie theatres. Over 70% of customer purchases in 2001 were coffee. In total, Country Style has over 1,000 locations in Ontario, Western Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick under the Country Style/Bistro name.
History
Country Style has been in business since 1963 when it opened its first location in Toronto. Country Style experienced a lot of growth early on, opening 100 stores in the first 15–20 years of existence. It had 50 outlets in 1974 when it was the leading coffee and donut establishment in Canada above Tim Hortons (which passed it two years later). It began to expand into Western Canada in the 1970s (including Vancouver and Calgary) and the East in the early 1980s.