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I attribute Tim Hortons success in part because of patriotism. People go there because it is Canadian and also because it is cheap. If you drink your coffee "double double", it's fine coffee. As for the food it isn't expensive and has the impression of being fresh. They actually don't bake the donut in store anymore, but un-freeze them.

Personally, I'm more of a Starbucks fan since I drink my drip black.

My hope is that they close some Timmies down to open some Burger Kings. Burger Kings has the best poutine in my opinion. Burger Kings are rare these days in Canada.



>> If you drink your coffee "double double", it's fine coffee

If you drink your coffee that way, it's fine coffee flavored sugar. If you drink Tim's coffee as regular, it tastes like water.

>> My hope is that they close some Timmies down to open some Burger Kings.

In the 416/905, we have a lot of Tim Horton's + Wendy's locations left over from when they were owned by Wendy's. I wonder if the Wendy's half of those locations will be converted to BK.


That would be a great move. Wendy's is really most trashy fast food chain out there. The one in my city still has carpet in it...


Really? In my area wendy's is probably the best between mcdonalds and BK. BK is disgusting and haven't eaten there in years. I will do mcdonald's or wendy's if I'm not on a diet and in an absolute hurry and need some food.


> People go there because it is Canadian and also because it is cheap

Because it's cheap, yes, because it's Canadian, probably not.

Tim's effectively owns the market for cheap coffee. There's no where else you can go except a gas station, if you want cheap coffee.

McD's has made some headway, but they've got their own thing outside of TH's narrow focus.




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