Results: As Canadian As A Double-Double With a Snack Pack of Timbits
Published on 07/10/2018
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Visit any small town or city in Canada and there are two things you are almost guaranteed to see -- friendly people and Tim Hortons donut shops. Tim Horton's is a Canadian treasure. With over 3,820 Tim Hortons restaurants in Canada and 811 in the United States, plus now locations in remote locations like Spain, England and the Philippines, not only Canadians can get their "double-double". How many Tim Hortons facts were you familiar with?
In 1964 Tim Horton, a National Hockey League legend, opens the first store in Hamilton, Ontario . Coffee and donuts cost 10¢ each. The Apple Fritter and the Dutchie are among the original donuts offered.
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Tim Horton passes away in 1974 in a car accident, and his partner, Ron Joyce established the Tim Horton Children's Foundation (THCF) to honour Tim's love of children and desire to help the less fortunate. The first camp opened in Parry Sound the following year.
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The original name was "Tim Horton Donuts"; the name was later abbreviated to "Tim Horton's" and then changed to "Tim Hortons" without the possessive apostrophe.
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Timbits (yes, donut holes) were introduced in 1976, and after coffee, of course, are the next best selling item
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Each February, Tim Hortons holds a marketing campaign called Roll Up the Rim to Win. As of 2007, over 31 million prizes were distributed each year, including vehicles, televisions, and store products. Customers determine if they have won prizes by unrolling the rim on their paper cups when they have finished their drink, revealing the result underneath.
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Camp Day is a yearly event, where proceeds of coffees and other items go towards sending underprivileged children to their camps. With 257,000 kids sent to Tim Horton camps, this program has been a overwhelming success
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The "double-double" is a uniquely Canadian term that is strongly associated with Tim Hortons. It will get you a coffee with two creams and two sugars (or double cream, double sugar).
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Knew all of these
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Did not know any of these
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Walking through a Canadian shopping center now-a-days looks just like an American one -- stores like Nordstram, Sak's, and Marshall's have recently come up north to us, and more are on the way. Other retailers have been here for years. So, it may come as no surprise that we Canadians treasure our unique Canadian stores, and appreciate their history. How many of these Canadian retailers are you familiar with?
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), chartered on May 2, 1670, is the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company in the English-speaking world. HBC was a fur trading business for most of its history, a past that is entwined with the colonization of British North America and the development of Canada. The company now owns and operates department stores in Canada, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
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Canadian retailer Joe Fresh started off as a supplier for the grocery store Loblaw. Since then, it's gone on to open multiple solo locations and has even opened a flagship store in New York City. It features good quality clothes for the entire family, at affordable prices.
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Founded in Quebec, Simons is a department store featuring Canadian designers. The business was established in 1840 by the son of a Scottish immigrant to Quebec as a dry goods store. In the 1960s, the focus of the business changed to a department store, incorporating youth-oriented brands.
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Herschel Supply Co. is a backpack and duffel bag retailer which has marketed themselves on evoking a sense of Canadian nostalgia – for instance through synthetic leather straps and an old-time logo, as well as through its name, which refers to Herschel, Saskatchewan, a very small Canadian frontier village. They are opening their very first stand-alone store in Vancouver, although they sell both online and through many retail chains.
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Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is a Canadian retail company which sells a wide range of automotive, hardware, sports and leisure, and home products. They started out featuring a large car repair garage in each store, and continue to this day.
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Roots Canada (which I had featured earlier this month in a survey) was founded in 1973, by Michael Budman and Don Green, initially as a footwear company that sold the Negative Heel Shoes. Shortly after they expanded into family clothing, and accessories. Many of their designs feature the number "73" as a nod to their "roots"
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Of course, besides our beloved Tim Hortons, Canada has its own unique restaurant chains. From this list, how many have you tried?
Harvey's the home of the flame-grilled burger
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New York Fries, which oddly enough from their name, is a Canadian company
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286 votes
Swiss Chalet, where their specialty is rotisserie chicken and their famous "Chalet sauce"
24%
458 votes
Second Cup Coffee is a Canadian coffee and baked goods chain
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317 votes
Booster Juice Ltd. is Canada's largest chain of fresh juice and smoothie bars
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210 votes
Freshii is a Canadian fast casual restaurant franchise that serves burritos, wraps, soups, salads, and frozen yogurt.
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All of them
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None of them
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