Toront-dough: Swiss Chalet with Alana Johnston

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Alana "The Knife" Johnston 🔪 (@theonlyalanajohnston, Self Esteem Party) joins the 'boys to talk Toronto adventures, landmarks, and chains before a review of Swiss Chalet. Plus, a Canadian edition of Drank or Stank.

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Sources for this week's intro:

https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2021/02/history-first-swiss-chalet-toronto/

https://canadianbusiness.com/people/the-story-behind-canadas-real-succession-family/

https://prezi.com/p/gfqjdudrxu_u/history-of-swiss-chalet/

https://www.swisschalet.com/en/our-story.html

https://www.recipeunlimited.com/en/about/timeline.html

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum Podcast.
0:06.0	Want to watch this episode?
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0:10.0	Com slash DoB's Media. 1883 in Canada.
0:17.0	John Campbell transfers power to Henry Petty Fitzmorese as Governor General.
0:22.0	The nation officially adopts standard time and Thomas
0:26.4	Patrick Fieland founds the Canadian Railway News Company an innovative pursuit to
0:31.2	sell food and newspapers at passenger train stations for the burgeoning national rail system.
0:37.0	A family business from its inception, the workforce was at first composed of Felix's brothers, cousins, and nephews, and has remained
0:44.9	in the bloodline up until the present, surviving a destabilizing fail-child succession crisis
0:49.8	in the 1990s, as recently reported by Canadian businesses Isabel B. Stone.
0:55.8	As national transport evolved, so too did the company, expanding to offer airline catering
1:00.3	in the 1930s and shortening its name from Canadian Railway to Kara in
1:04.6	1961 to reflect its split focus. But its current identity is linked to its
1:10.0	1977 acquisition
1:13.0	which would shift its corporate emphasis
1:15.0	from the transportation sector to brick and mortar food service.
1:19.0	The meat spin chain in question was founded in 1954 by Rick Moran, serving spitroasted
1:25.4	chicken in the style of his father's home country, its namesake neutral European hub state,
1:31.4	which also informed its distinct dining room decor featuring wood paneling
1:35.1	and exposed ceiling beams. Moran would later found Canadian burglary Harvies,
1:40.4	which Kara also purchased in the deal.
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