I got a couple Tim Hortons gift cards over the Holidays. I was in the Jeep, about to put the card back in my wallet when I thought of the near useless Ipod holder in the armrest. Turns out the Tims gift cards slide right in! And they are always handy in the Drive threw.

Yet another undocumented Jeep Patriot feature!!

For the non-Canadians out there, Tim Horton's is a chain of coffee and doughnut stores across Canada that are VERY popular.

For the Canadians out there, there are Tim Horton's in the US. ;)

For the Canadians out there, there are Tim Horton's in the US. ;)

There sure are..Tim's is breaking through into the U.S market...I believe along the central and eastern part of the country. I've been to one just outside of Westerville Ohio before approx 1 yr ago.
I would also like to point out that our American friends would just assume as well, sit in the idle cars and go through the drive through, than park and walk in.

I would also like to point out that our American friends would just assume as well, sit in the idle cars and go through the drive through, than park and walk in.

I would think that after being stuck in Toronto traffic all morning idling in one's car on the way to work, parking and walking into a Tim Horton's would be a good change of pace! :icon_rolleyes:

I would think that after being stuck in Toronto traffic all morning idling in one's car on the way to work, parking and walking into a Tim Horton's would be a good change of pace! :icon_rolleyes:

You'd think....Im one of the ones that doesn't matter in the least parking and stretching my legs by going in

Tim's in the U.S.? Whooda thunk it? Tim's is taking on the Krispy Kreme giant? Maybe the folks at Wendy's figures - hell, it worked in Canada, why not in the States.

Good luck to Tim's in the U.S. Up and down I-75 outta be a good market for all the snowbirds :)

Tim's in the U.S.? Whooda thunk it? Tim's is taking on the Krispy Kreme giant? Maybe the folks at Wendy's figures - hell, it worked in Canada, why not in the States.

Good luck to Tim's in the U.S. Up and down I-75 outta be a good market for all the snowbirds :)

Tim's have been in Western NY now for more that 6 or seven years now. They are quite popular and I like their coffee in the AM when I go out for my waterfowl escapades. Nothing like walking into a Tim's with camo on at "O'dark thirty" in the AM. Krispy Kreme is really a down south US thing. The 2 big KK shops around here opened and closed in less that 4 years due to KK expanding way too fast nationally.

I also thought they were only in Canada. I have been all over Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, etc, and I've never seen one.

Tim's have been in Western NY now for more that 6 or seven years now. They are quite popular and I like their coffee in the AM when I go out for my waterfowl escapades. Nothing like walking into a Tim's with camo on at "O'dark thirty" in the AM. Krispy Kreme is really a down south US thing. The 2 big KK shops around here opened and closed in less that 4 years due to KK expanding way too fast nationally.

KK has not done well here in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). The original shop that opened just to the west of Toronto is still hanging on I think. The other one closed I believe. We have gas stations here called Petro-Canada. Some of these stations have a small booth set up where you can buy KK donuts.

Tim's claim to fame though is their coffee. They sell LOTS of it. Tim Horton's sent a crew to Afghanistan to give the Canada Forces serving there a huge boost. Excellent PR.

Apparently Toronto has more donut shops per square mile than any other palce in the world. I can't cite a source mind you but from looking out my office window, I can see 3 donut shops from this vantage point. Off in the distance is the familiar Tim signage.

Glad to here you enjoy Tim's. You can always tell a Canadian - we are the ones with the brown paper cup in our hands.

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Hate to shatter the illusions of my fellow Canadians, but that venerable chain of Canadian coffee houses, Tim Hortons, hasn't been a Canadian company for some years now. It's parent company is Wendy's International. Other Canadian institutions, such as Zellers and the Hudson Bay Co. are also owned south of the border. The reason? Canadian-only companies have problems competing with "big box" companies and U.S. competitors with ten times the home market.

Even Eaton's (once Canada's largest department store chain) died a few years ago. Its corpse was picked clean by Sears. Woolco died and was bought out by Walmart.

I read recently that Tim Hortons is expanding rapidly in the U.S., and is the most profitable part of the Wendy's empire.

The number of large Canadian companies is shrinking. The survivors include Canadian Tire, Petro Canada, and Rona (a large, big-box building supply chain). Canadian Pacific is still Canadian, although its former hotel chain is owned by foreigners. CN is about half foreign owned. Air Canada managed to remain Canadian after emerging from bankruptcy.

It's all a blow to Canadian pride, but its just a fact of 21st Century business life, and NAFTA.
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There are now 5 of them here in Erie, PA and sweet jesus is their double double good. Now if I could get the Chick-fil-a sandwiches there I'd never have to visit another fast food place.

:doh:Other Canadian institutions, such as Zellers and the Hudson Bay Co. are also owned south of the border.
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Neil, who owns HBC? Curious, as I provide tech support to all of their large warehouses, all the way down here in Florida!

South Carolina businessman Jerry Zucker bought the Bay (and its affiliates, incl. Zellers) in early 2006 for a little over a billion dollars. Here's a link to the news items of the time:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/hbc/timeline.html

South Carolina businessman Jerry Zucker bought the Bay (and its affiliates, incl. Zellers) in early 2006 for a little over a billion dollars. Here's a link to the news items of the time:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/hbc/timeline.html

Thanks Neil.... Interesting stuff....

Since Tim Horton was bought out by Wendy's, their donut products are not what they used to be, in my opinion. Now Wendy's are selling off Tim Horton stock to raise money for some money-losing Wendy outlets, so I understand. Ah but I have switched to green tea for the most part of my beverage treats. Better for the health.