Canadian brand
Food & Drink
Toronto, ON
Canadian-founded quick-service restaurant and coffee chain serving coffee, specialty beverages, baked goods, breakfast and sandwich items.
Menus and positioning differ, and Tim Hortons has a stronger quick-service breakfast and sandwich focus than Starbucks.
Alternative to Starbucks
Food & Drink
Coffee, specialty beverages, baked goods and quick-service café food
Both are coffee-led quick-service chains with brewed coffee, specialty drinks and food. Tim Hortons provides a Canadian-founded alternative for the broad café and coffee occasion.
Tim Hortons is owned by Restaurant Brands International (RBI), a publicly traded Canadian corporation. RBI has international shareholders, including a significant stake held by 3G Capital-related funds, so majority Canadian beneficial ownership cannot be confirmed. Tim Hortons itself is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
Tim Hortons has significant manufacturing and processing in Canada. All Original Blend coffee served at Canadian Tim Hortons restaurants is roasted at its Ancaster, Ontario roastery. Ground and whole-bean retail coffee is roasted and prepared in Ontario, while Tim Hortons K-Cups are roasted and prepared in Quebec. Tim Hortons also operates two manufacturing plants in Canada. Some key ingredients, including raw coffee beans, are imported, so the brand should not be classified broadly as “Product of Canada.”
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