[doug1]

Likely they are branch operations from GTA or beyond. Our apartment prices are so low compared to Big City that they can afford to keep them and use whenever they wish. Another example of this is AH.

Anyone can be a sleuth and send texts or call. With the interests of the LS community in mind, I did such investigations and find that they appear to be independent locations although they may use several phone numbers (519, 226 or 647) to look bigger than they are. "British" may have been a british asian.
The "Oxford and Wonderland" location near Viper's place (everyone nows knows where he lives) is still active.
I sometimes attend the Tim's near said corner and note that much of the clientelle is from the far east.