On August 2 Restaurant Brands International Inc. ( TSX:QSR )( NYSE:QSR ) released its second-quarter earnings for 2017. In February, it added the Popeyes Louisiana chain to its quick-serve restaurants for $1.8 billion. The company has also been caught in a bitter internal conflict with Tim Hortons franchisees over sweeping changes that have been initiated by management to improve processes. Revenue in Q2 was reported at $1.13 billion — up from $1.04 billion in 2016. Quarterly sales growth saw a decrease of 0.8% at Tim Hortons and growth of 3.9% at Burger King — up from a 0.1% decline reported in the previous quarter. Tim Hortons reported revenues of $772.3 million — up 1.6% from the second quarter of 2016 as it posted system-wide sales growth. System-wide sales increased 2.6%, a decline from the 4.8% increase in Q2 2016 and the 3.3% in Q1 2017. The aforementioned 0.8% decline in quarterly sales growth comes after a decrease of 0.1% in the first quarter.