Restaurant Brands International

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Restaurant Brands International

Basic information
Founded	2014-12-15
Legal Structure	Public
Industry	Food
Also known as
Official website	http://rbi.com/

Restaurant Brands International Inc. is a Canadian company founded in 2014 that operates fast-food chains through a $12.5 billion merger between Burger King and Tim Hortons, later being expanded with Popeyes purchase in 2017, and Firehouse Subs in 2021.

Consumer impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

• User Freedom
• User Privacy
• Business Model
• Market Control

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Incidents

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Using customers' voices to train their AI models (2025)

Main article: Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices

Hackers using the aliases of "BobtheHacker" and "BobtheShoplifter" posted on Reddit and Hacker News revealing that Restaurant Brands International is retaining recordings of customers' drive-thru orders and feeding it into an AI model without prior knowledge or consent. Hours later, a DMCA claim was filed by Cyble Inc against the hackers, citing misuse of their trademark and falsifying information.

Products

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See also

• Yum! Brands
• Walmart
• Shell