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Feb 21, 2017 · Tim Hortons is a Canadian restaurant chain known for its coffee, doughnuts and connection to Canada’s national identity. Its namesake, Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tim Horton (1930–74), founded the business with Montreal businessman Jim Charade. The first Tim Hortons doughnut franchise opened in Hamilton, Ontario, in May 1964.
Jan 19, 2020 · The original promo that appeared in the newspaper on May 15, 1964, advertised the business as the Tim Horton Donut Drive-In, complete with a picture of Horton. Coffee was sold for 10 cents a cup and donuts were 69 cents. While Tim Hortons today offers a wide assortment of items, only two items were sold in that first store, coffee and donuts.
The company was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario by Canadian ice hockey player Tim Horton (1930–1974) and Jim Charade (1934–2009), [12] after an initial venture in hamburger restaurants. [13] [14] In 1967, Horton partnered with investor Ron Joyce, who assumed control over operations after Horton died in 1974. Joyce expanded the chain ...
Aug 14, 2020 · Photo courtesy of Tim Hortons. Jim Charade selected a former Esso station at Ottawa St. and Dunsmure Rd. in Hamilton for the retooled company's first location. It was close to one of the town's ...
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- BEFORE DOUGHNUTS, TIM HORTON SOLD BURGERS. It was Jim Charade, a man often forgotten in the history of Canada’s favorite fast casual chain, who first convinced four-time Stanley Cup-winning hockey star Tim Horton to get into the restaurant business.
- THE ORIGINAL DOUGHNUT SHOP MENU WAS SUPER SIMPLE. Hamburgers didn’t sell as well as Horton had hoped, so in April 1964, he and Charade opened the first of the Tim Hortons that we know today on the site of an old Esso gas station in Hamilton, Ontario.
- THE REAL TIM HORTON DIED 10 YEARS INTO THE CHAIN’S EXISTENCE. Very early in the morning on February 21, 1974, 44-year-old Horton died in a single-vehicle crash, just hours after playing a losing hockey game.
- THE MISSING APOSTROPHE IS PART OF CANADIAN CULTURE. Wikimedia Commons // CC0. Tim Hortons was originally Tim Horton’s—as it seemingly should be. After all, the name refers to a doughnut and coffee shop owned (at least formerly) by Tim Horton and not a gathering of many Tim Hortons.
Jun 24, 2024 · The Timbit was added to the Tim Hortons menu in 1976. This is three years after the American equivalent, the Munchkins was introduced at Dunkin’ Donuts. The bite-sized treat was an instant sensation due to the size and of course the flavours. In the 70s and 80s there was even a Timbit mascot who was a Timbit with eyes!
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Aug 25, 2014 · The doughnut shop was founded by Canadian hockey player Tim Horton and partner Jim Charade. Charade left the company in 1966. 1974- Tim Horton dies in car crash. Ron Joyce, the company’s first ...
