Second Cup

Second Cup is a large Canadian-owned chain of cafés, the largest specialty coffee retailer in Canada. Founded in 1975, the company recently joined with Cara Operations Limited. There are close to 400 Second Cups across Canada.

In 2001, Rhéal Mathieu , a member of Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) who in 1967 was sentenced to 9 years in prison for terrorist activities, was convicted of the attempted firebombing of three Second Cup coffee shops in Montreal, Quebec. Mathieu targeted them because of the company's use of its incorporated English name "Second Cup". Mathieu was sentenced to one month in jail.

After the media coverage of the firebombings, Second Cups in Quebec changed their signs to "Les cafés Second Cup".

External Links

• Official Site