Tim Hortons Why I selected this: I thought Tim Hortons was a great company to do a case study on because when you think of Tim Hortons you think of Canada, and because it's a very well known company/fast food restaurant by Canadians. History: Tim Hortons opened it's first store in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario. It was founded by NHL player Miles G. "Tim" Horton who played for the NHL from 1949-1974 when he died in a tragic car accident. The first Tim Hortons opened as Tim Horton Donuts only selling coffee and doughnuts. The restaurant had it's name later changed to Tim Horton's and then now is currently called Tim Hortons. Horton met a former police constable a little after he opened his first store named Ron Joyce and they both became partners. …show more content…
Tim Hortons was originally concentrated in Ontario but ended up expanding to Quebec and western Canada. As of June 30th 2013 there were 4304 stores world wide and of which 3468 were located in Canada alone. Tim Hortons partnered up with Apparel Group which is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Having a couple stores in United Arab Emirates it didn't take long for them to travel around most of the Middle East, now currently having stores in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and more. With other partnerships in Europe, the restaurant has also opened in a small outlet at the Dublin Zoo, United Kingdom, and Ireland. The store is also open in more north eastern places in the United States and places close to the border of Canada and the United States. Tim Hortons also has a store open in a military base in Afghanistan! Tim Hortons is now not just in malls, but now are also seen in hospitals, universities, and …show more content…
They opened their first U.S. restaurant in Tonawanda, New York in 1984. A few years later in 1991, Tim Hortons had opened its 500th Canadian Restaurant in Aylmer, Quebec. Later in 1995 Tim Hortons was purchased by Wendy's International Inc. (Currently the CEO of Tim Hortons is Marc Caira) and in the same year Canada's 1000th Tim Hortons opened in Ancaster, Ontario. Only in a two years time it opened 500 more stores in Ohio and a year late the 100th Tim Hortons store was opened in the United States. Then in December of 2011 Tim Hortons opened its 4000th