disambiguation . country style food services inc. type wholly owned subsidiary industry coffee oatmeal breakfast sandwiches sweets founded 1962 1963 toronto ontario headquarters richmond hill ontario canada 490 locations 1 products food service revenue 94 million 2008 2 parent mty food group divisions buns master mr.sub website country style a country style location in milton ontario country style in toronto 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 where it ranks second among coffee chains 1 which serves oatmeal soup sandwiches salads and coffee . the chain is based in richmond hill ontario . contents 1 organization 2 history 3 charity work 4 see also 5 references organization edit 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 1000 locations in ontario nova scotia prince edward island and new brunswick under the country style bistro name . history edit country style has been in business since 1963 when it opened its first location in toronto . donut stores only accounted for about 17 % of donut sales in canada at that time so there was still a lot of room for growth most were sold at supermarkets in bulk . 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 . poor results caused the franchise to withdraw from these regions locations in alberta were the only ones to survive into the 1990s while in the east it was ones in nova scotia and pei . 3 by 2001 country style had been forced to close a quarter of its stores due to decreasing market share in an increasingly competitive canadian market . since then it has opened many new stores and now ranks third behind tim hortons and starbucks in the canadian coffee market . on november 1 2011 its parent company mty food group bought mr. sub for 23 million merging it with country style to become country style food services holdings inc. in the mid 1990s the country style logo was changed to use a font similar to palatino instead of its former handwriting font . in 2006 country style changed its image to a more upscale style country style bistro deli . the new image includes a new logo a new website and an enhanced branded deli menu that will be phased into all stores . the logo still uses the palatino style font and will also be phased into all stores . new stores will feature more modern design features somewhat similar to starbucks and provides wide range of wraps smoothies breakfast salads and sweets . in 2009 the brand rights to country style used at 900 locations were purchased by mty food group of montreal for 14.6 million in cash and debt . 4 charity work edit in april 2003 country style partnered with the make a wish foundation as its corporate charity of choice . since then country style and its franchisees have raised in excess of a quarter of a million dollars for the foundation . citation needed see also edit coffee portal companies portal ontario portal list of coffeehouse chains list of fast food chains in canada references edit wikimedia commons has media related to country style . a b food court king buys country style montreal s mty buys country style doughnut chain the donut a canadian history montreal s mty buys country style doughnut chain . 2009 04 13 . v t e mty food group kahala blimpie cold stone creamery yogen fr z great steak planet smoothie ranch1 surf city squeeze taco time tasti d lite 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