The CEO of Restaurant Brands International Inc.'s looking to expand its brands internationally to drive sales.

The company behind Tim Hortons, Burger King and Popeyes opened 169 new locations during its last quarter and surpassed 30,000 locations globally, and Joshua Kobza said he wants that growth to continue.

“We’re really focused on growing our business all around the world,” Kobza told BNN Bloomberg in an interview Tuesday, after RBI reported double-digit growth for the last quarter.

“The things we’re looking at spending money on are big investments that we believe can really drive our business and our franchisees’ business together around the world, so we’re investing things like facilities.”

Speaking specifically about the Tim Hortons business in Canada, Kobza said sales climbed 12 per cent in the quarter, as the company focused on areas it had not targeted previously, such as evening and dinner food offerings.

“That’s a really remarkable thing and it came from what we’re focused on: growing our P.M. food and growing our cold beverages,” he said.