joining us now is tim horton ceo don schroeder. good to have you with us. the morning mark haines no doubt is a huge fan of all of your products. but plett just ask you, when you look at your growth profile, how much of it was just driven by people buying more stuff at a higher price as opposed to just adding new stores? >> well, in the quarter we had very little residual pricing from any price increases last year. so we hadn't taken any pricing during that in the quarter. so we just had some good solid same-store sales growth across all 11 states that we're operating in in the u.s. and then coupled with the co-branding opportunity that we have with cold stone creamery, which has helped the same-store sales growth in the quarter. >> during the recession have you seen a slowdown in people buying things because they're trying to save money or make coffee at home, or have you seen an increase as people sort of go for a relatively inexpensive comfort food like doan snuts. >> well, there's a combination of two things. like our core customers come to us, 40% of t