the company opened twice as many canadian outlets as mcdonald 's " wendy 's confirms tim hortons ipo by march " , ottawa business journal , december 1 , 2005 , and system-wide sales also surpassed those of mcdonald 's canadian operations as of 2002 .
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the company opened twice as many Canadian outlets as McDonald &apos;s &quot; Wendy &apos;s confirms Tim Hortons IPO by March &quot; , Ottawa Business Journal , December 1 , 2005 , &#91; &#93; . their system-wide sales also surpassed those of McDonald &apos;s Canadian operations as of 2002 .