

The Points values of certain coffee orders, namely the now-infamous double-double, are surprisingly high. Whole Leaf Tea (small, medium, and large)įor many Canadians, there’s nothing better than a hot Tim Hortons coffee on a cold winter morning, especially if you happen to be sitting on the bleachers at an ice rink. Loose Leaf Steeped Tea (small, medium, and large) “Double-double” coffee with 2 creams and 2 sugars (large) “Double-double” coffee with 2 creams and 2 sugars (medium)

“Double-double” coffee with 2 creams and 2 sugars (small) Remember, you can also ask for half a sugar!Ĭoffee, Tea, and Other Hot Beverages Coffee with 1 milk (small, medium, and large) If you love sweetened coffee but are looking for an option with a smaller Points value than granulated sugar, try adding a zero Points sweetener such as Stevia, light agave or Splenda (which is used by Tim Hortons.) Keep a stash of fruit in your car, purse or desk drawer for easy access to high-fibre favourites such as bananas, apples, pears, and oranges. Getting the most out of your Tim Hortons orderĪdding a piece of fruit to your order at Timmies will keep you feeling fuller, longer. Here we’ve rounded up some of the most familiar menu items and their Points values so you can keep within your budget, or splurge! “Every single time the media come out and suggest we’re not a Canadian company, we’re going to respond pretty aggressively and say, ‘Of course we are.Ordering at Tims is a Canadian mainstay. “It’s some spin that over a couple of years has grown and not been countered,” he said. In 2014, 3G Capital Inc., the massive global investment firm, bought Tim Hortons and merged it with Burger King to form Restaurant Brands International. If the average time takes longer than 25 seconds, franchisees can expect a drop in sales.įulton said the presentation is also about introducing a spate of new executives who have boosted the chain’s “very strong Canadian bench strength” - including Hope Bagozzi, a Canadian, who Tim Hortons hired away from McDonald’s as its new chief marketing officer this month.Īsked if the intros were in response to concerns over a lack of Canadian executive leadership at the coffee chain, Fulton said it’s “certainly something that’s come up in the media from time to time.” The standard is 25 seconds from the time a customers pulls up to pay at the window, to the time they pull away with their order. That made for slower drive-thru times - a crucial metric at Tim Hortons.

“I think it became operationally very complex for our team members.” So every time they come in, you’ve got to kind of retrain them on everything that’s going,” Murray said. “A lot of our employees are students that only work one or two days a week. The new items also complicated operations in the kitchen. “I think it became a little bit confusing for our guests because there was just too much going on in the restaurant.” “We tried to be everything to everybody and you just can’t,” Murray said in an interview Tuesday. Late Tuesday, Tims announced that it was pulling the Beyond Meat burger from its menus in Ontario and B.C., killing the experiment altogether.Īlex Macedo - whose departure as Tim Hortons global president was announced this month - was a proponent of heavy experimentation, telling the Financial Post in August that his plan was to push ahead with “on-trend innovation” and be the first, or close second, to bring new products like Beyond Meat to market.īut sales suffered in Tims’ most recent quarter late last year, with the chain posting a 1.4 per cent decline in same-store sales. Tims released roughly 60 new menu options last year, more than double its usual annual rate of 20 to 30, including a much-maligned Beyond Meat burger, a crispy chicken sandwich and a Timbit meant to taste like a double-double coffee. Tuesday, Tim Hortons announced that it was pulling the Beyond Meat burger from its menus in Ontario and B.C., killing the experiment altogether. Murray said the advisory board raised concerns, for instance, about the number of menu experiments, called limited-time offers (LTOs) in fast-food industry speak. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
