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I would dispute the idea that Air Farce made Tim Hortons popular. Tim Hortons has been a fixture of small town life in southern ontario for as long as i've been
by canucklady 4y ago
I would dispute the idea that Air Farce made Tim Hortons popular. Tim Hortons has been a fixture of small town life in southern ontario for as long as i've been alive. They've historically been cheap and cheerful, the go-to place for working people. Not just coffees but bagels and donuts. Old folks would sit around all day and drink refills from a china mug and munch a single old-fashioned plain. Most towns have at least one, and bigger towns have a ton of them. Recently they have tried to go up-market with premium drinks, more food, etc. and the low end has been squeezed by McDonald's which has better filter coffee.
- peeters 4y agoYeah that claim is absolutely not true. It might have made Tim Hortons known to OP, but the reason the skit worked was because Tim Hortons was already a ubiquitous part of the Canadian experience.
- earth_walker 4y agoTim Horton's modus operendi was to find the successful coffee shop in small towns all across Canada, and open up across from them, putting them out of business. I often wonder why it's so loved by small-town Canadians when it's done us no favours. Especially since it hasn't actually been a Canadian company for 30 years. Side note - on a trip to Corke, Ireland I was taken to a Tim Hortons by my hosts to make me feel at home!