Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea

 Father-and-son team Yoland and Shaun Talbot thought they'd hit the jackpot with Yoland's very first invention.  

But instead of a massive, almost million-dollar sale to a national coffee chain, they've been left with a bitter taste in their mouths.

At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, Yoland, 67, visited a Tim Hortons drive-thru near the family's home of Collingwood, Ont. He was disturbed to see the server handling the lid of his coffee cup immediately after taking his payment. 

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