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Ice Cream?

Tim's does not serve ice cream and it should be removed from the products list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.158.53.129 (talk) 23:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They do. 9 locations in Canada serve Cold Stone Ice Cream. --99.249.72.31 (talk) 01:34, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Donut Reheating

It's true, the donuts at Tim's are frozen then reheated at the store. I know this because I am a former employee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.158.53.129 (talk) 23:57, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how many worldwide locations ?

there are stores outside of north america but their number isn't listed.

There are only two locations currently outside North America - One in Ireland on Millennium Parkway and one at CFB Kandahar in Afghanistan.--99.249.72.31 (talk) 01:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about Jim Charade?

According to the Globe and Mail obituary ( http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090813.OBCHARADE13ART2152//TPStory/Obituaries Obituary August 13, 2009 Jim Charade, the Unknown Founder), Jim Charade should have a mention in this article for getting Horton interested in donuts in the first place. Also, the book by Douglas Hunter "Open Ice: The Tim Horton Story", Viking, 1994 ISBN 0670854050 might be a useful reference. --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:06, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, also look for "The donut: a Canadian history By Steve Penfold", online at http://books.google.ca/books?id=dBjWeUa5pqEC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=jim+charade&source=bl&ots=SLRqjYJF8O&sig=1fTLr2HWlYjsHoS5XhruWTeQa8w&hl=en&ei=pAqGStrXIZORtgfT_9jnDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=jim%20charade&f=false --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:11, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Locations per province?

Does anybody know or have the information about exactly how many Tim Hortons are in each province? I can't seem to find the info. I really need this by the way.

Laisinteresting (talk) 21:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See if this gives you any joy. –xeno^talk 21:38, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Any reason it's "Tim Hortons" rather than "Tim Horton's?" 70.88.213.74 (talk) 18:29, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read the first sentence of the history section? (See also last paragraph of its first section, 'Tim Horton and Ron Joyce') For the record, ref 18 indicates that "Because of French-language sign laws in the province of Quebec, Tim Hortons is spelled without an apostrophe to standardize signage across the chain." Mindmatrix 19:28, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

partnership with cold stone creamery

why isn't it addressed in the article ? would a photo of a tim hortons with its original logo,sign adjusted to include cold stone creamery in its branding be accepted ? There are 2 tim hortons in Halifax alone (quinpool road and bedford) which have combined with the ice cream store. (it isn't like the wendy's partnership, the donut and ice cream aspects of the store have been fused together, workers at the locations are responsible for serving both types of products.Grmike (talk) 20:09, 19 April 2010 (UTC)grmike[reply]

It is treated at Tim Hortons#Partnership with Tim Hortons. If you own the photograph and are willing to release it under a suitably free license, upload it to commons:commons:Upload. –xeno^talk 20:31, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Muffin" ?

Under products list, it says "muffin", when everything else is pluralized. (E.g. Sandwiches, cookies...) Shouldn't it be too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.103.231.6 (talk) 22:15, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]