Our unit growth this year represents a solid continuation of growth relative to the goal we shared with you at our Investor Day in May of reaching 40,000 restaurants in 8 to 10 years as we grew our global unit count by over 5% for the third year in a row.The consolidated system-wide sales growth of over 8% that we delivered in 2019 was driven primarily by Burger King, where system-wide sales increased over 9%; and Popeyes, where system-wide sales grew over 18%. People love this brand. TORONTO, July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSX: QSR) (NYSE: QSR) (TSX: QSP) will release its second quarter 2020 financial results on Thursday, August 6, 2020 and will host an investor conference call that morning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. In 2020, we will continue working closely with our great network of partners in markets like Spain, Russia, Korea, Brazil, China and India to build our pipeline and open new restaurants. And now I think we're ready to take our next steps with loyalty in the New Year here, we did a lot of research together with -- both with our guests and with some of the best experts across the loyalty industry.

We continue to do well in the premium segment. While we already have a market-leading position in both areas, we plan to build on this leadership by committing ourselves to serving the absolute best products in Canada.In coffee, Tims has an incredibly rich history as Canada's local coffee shop, and our cup is unambiguously the category benchmark. We have a strong core offering. We have confidence that if we -- as I said earlier in response to Nicole's question, if we focus on these core elements of the business, the basics, the things that made Tim Hortons famous and made it the brand it is today, we're confident that our owners are going to be successful, and our guests are going to be happy, and we're going to continue to grow this great brand in Canada. And you talked in your prepared remarks that the backlog is really going to start unlocking maybe this year, next year and the year after.

Over the past several months, I've made Tim Hortons in Canada my top priority and have examined our performance and processes in detail. Thanks, Jeff. José will start with some opening remarks and highlights for the fourth quarter and then discuss our performance at Tim Hortons, Burger King and Popeyes. Thank you so much.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The next question comes from Jeffrey Bernstein with Barclays.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jeffrey Andrew Bernstein, Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division - Director & Senior Equity Research Analyst [11]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Another question on Tims. In 2020, we will continue to invest in support of these initiatives, which we believe reinforce the long-term health and growth potential of our business.After making considerable progress on the build-out of our Canadian distribution centers last year, we expect to finish the project in the second half of this year. I'll tell you they voiced support for the plan to refocus our efforts on the core and to reconnect Tims with its roots with what made Tims famous.
Restaurant Brands (QSR) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 13.79% and 2.80%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2020. 2019 also represented the continuation of a strong multiyear period of capital allocation and ongoing reduction of leverage, driven by our highly capital-efficient growth model.

Thanks so much.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The next question comes from Patricia Baker with Scotiabank.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Patricia A. Baker, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Research Division - Analyst [14]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Not surprisingly, I'm also going to ask a question on Tims, and you may have partially answered it, but I'm still going to ask it.

So I think those are some of the most exciting things for us in terms of what we're going to change. We first tested this new line of elevated premium donuts at our innovation café in Toronto, where it generated strong and sustained sales at a premium price point of $1.99. And these initiatives are aimed at providing layers of sales growth over time, throughout the year and beyond, and we're confident that these will have an impact on the top line in the coming years. As José mentioned, this is especially relevant for Tim Hortons as we transition to the second phase of the Tims Rewards program in the coming weeks.All of these initiatives ladder up to our big priority, which is to drive the penetration of digital sales across each of our brands. In addition, international comparable sales continued to grow at a strong pace of nearly 5%.