The Statue of Liberty | blog » doughnuts http://www.statue-liberty.com New York City | Blog Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:09:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tim Hortons Arrives in Bits and Pieces http://www.statue-liberty.com/tim-hortons-arrives-in-bits-and-pieces/ http://www.statue-liberty.com/tim-hortons-arrives-in-bits-and-pieces/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:41:35 +0000 admin http://www.statue-liberty.com/?p=52 IN the United States, politicians woo soccer moms. In Canada, they go after “Tim Hortons voters,” the folks who steer clear of lattes and start their day with a cruller and a double double (two creams, two sugars, one coffee) from the doughnut chain that’s come to represent no-frills value.

Timmies, as Canadians affectionately refer to it, is more than just a company to those who live north of the 49th parallel. It has a backstory — having been founded by Mr. Horton, a Hall of Fame hockey player, and Ron Joyce, a police officer. There’s even a sense of redemption, now that it’s once again a Canada-based company (Wendy’s owned it for years).

Oh, and it has coffee and doughnuts, which may not be quite the same here — a handful of Tim Hortons opened Monday in New York City — as they are farther north, and not exactly what they once were there, either.

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