Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
Jul 24th 2010, 7:19 am
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Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
Realtor details of a property we were viewing mentioned Tim Horton's was nearby one particularly nice house. I can't see too many Brit estate agents boasting that a house was a few doors down from MacDonalds so could someone explain the cultural phenomonem that is Tim Horton's and is it worth living within smelling distance of one?
Jul 24th 2010, 7:40 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
The realtor sounds desperate...it's just a bloody coffee shop. The big selling point with Tim's is every morning the drive-thru is clogged with impatient commuters waiting to get their paper cup with "Tim Horton's" printed on it. That's it.
McDonald's coffee actually tastes better if you can believe it.
McDonald's coffee actually tastes better if you can believe it.
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Jul 24th 2010, 8:54 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
Realtor details of a property we were viewing mentioned Tim Horton's was nearby one particularly nice house. I can't see too many Brit estate agents boasting that a house was a few doors down from MacDonalds so could someone explain the cultural phenomonem that is Tim Horton's and is it worth living within smelling distance of one?
Jul 24th 2010, 9:00 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
Realtor details of a property we were viewing mentioned Tim Horton's was nearby one particularly nice house. I can't see too many Brit estate agents boasting that a house was a few doors down from MacDonalds so could someone explain the cultural phenomonem that is Tim Horton's and is it worth living within smelling distance of one?
I would not want to live anywhere near any fast food or coffee outlet.
Jul 24th 2010, 9:39 am
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Tim Horton's is a past-time here I think. People say" i gonna get a timmie's - want one?" or "going on a timmie's run ...want anything?" It is as commonplace as "would you like fries with that?"
Recently there was a comparative done on Forbes website, comparing the cost of the coffee to the caffeine content to the cup size. Timmies was the most expensive, gave the smallest cup sizes (in ounces) and had the least caffeine (mostly hot water). In this study they looked at Timmie's, Starbucks and Second cup and maybe one other. I think Second Cup was the best value.
We looked at one weeks of spending at timmie's - turns out hubby and I spent around $100 in one week. Each coffee is just under $2 for a decent size - each getting one on the way to work at lunch and on the way home - that was 12 a day. then if we bought for co-workers(like rounds at a bar) that topped it up to around 100. DAYAM!
We have both given up the timmies habit! it is like giving up smoking - hard as hell!
Recently there was a comparative done on Forbes website, comparing the cost of the coffee to the caffeine content to the cup size. Timmies was the most expensive, gave the smallest cup sizes (in ounces) and had the least caffeine (mostly hot water). In this study they looked at Timmie's, Starbucks and Second cup and maybe one other. I think Second Cup was the best value.
We looked at one weeks of spending at timmie's - turns out hubby and I spent around $100 in one week. Each coffee is just under $2 for a decent size - each getting one on the way to work at lunch and on the way home - that was 12 a day. then if we bought for co-workers(like rounds at a bar) that topped it up to around 100. DAYAM!
We have both given up the timmies habit! it is like giving up smoking - hard as hell!
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Jul 24th 2010, 9:49 am
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Jul 24th 2010, 10:01 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
Tim Horton's is a past-time here I think. People say" i gonna get a timmie's - want one?" or "going on a timmie's run ...want anything?" It is as commonplace as "would you like fries with that?"
Recently there was a comparative done on Forbes website, comparing the cost of the coffee to the caffeine content to the cup size. Timmies was the most expensive, gave the smallest cup sizes (in ounces) and had the least caffeine (mostly hot water). In this study they looked at Timmie's, Starbucks and Second cup and maybe one other. I think Second Cup was the best value.
We looked at one weeks of spending at timmie's - turns out hubby and I spent around $100 in one week. Each coffee is just under $2 for a decent size - each getting one on the way to work at lunch and on the way home - that was 12 a day. then if we bought for co-workers(like rounds at a bar) that topped it up to around 100. DAYAM!
We have both given up the timmies habit! it is like giving up smoking - hard as hell!
Recently there was a comparative done on Forbes website, comparing the cost of the coffee to the caffeine content to the cup size. Timmies was the most expensive, gave the smallest cup sizes (in ounces) and had the least caffeine (mostly hot water). In this study they looked at Timmie's, Starbucks and Second cup and maybe one other. I think Second Cup was the best value.
We looked at one weeks of spending at timmie's - turns out hubby and I spent around $100 in one week. Each coffee is just under $2 for a decent size - each getting one on the way to work at lunch and on the way home - that was 12 a day. then if we bought for co-workers(like rounds at a bar) that topped it up to around 100. DAYAM!
We have both given up the timmies habit! it is like giving up smoking - hard as hell!
12 extra large coffees per day, that's some pastime.
Jul 24th 2010, 11:59 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
...and hubby used to do the same (so multiply all that X 2). and our offices would have timmie's runs thru out the day. that tasty crueller or boston cream ... once or twice a week (yummy!). It can really hit the pocket book was all I was saying. People see timmies as a part of life ...like Air or water (exaggeration but you get the idea). People don't even include it in their budget...yet so many peeps spend a goodly amount there.
Not me anymore lol
Jul 24th 2010, 12:18 pm
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lol we always get a x-large( $1.87 ) each time and it takes me thu to lunch then i used to get another which takes to going home time ...then i have one for the long fricking commute in the QEW/403 traffic jam or parking lot as some call it!
...and hubby used to do the same (so multiply all that X 2). and our offices would have timmie's runs thru out the day. that tasty crueller or boston cream ... once or twice a week (yummy!). It can really hit the pocket book was all I was saying. People see timmies as a part of life ...like Air or water (exaggeration but you get the idea). People don't even include it in their budget...yet so many peeps spend a goodly amount there.
Not me anymore lol
...and hubby used to do the same (so multiply all that X 2). and our offices would have timmie's runs thru out the day. that tasty crueller or boston cream ... once or twice a week (yummy!). It can really hit the pocket book was all I was saying. People see timmies as a part of life ...like Air or water (exaggeration but you get the idea). People don't even include it in their budget...yet so many peeps spend a goodly amount there.
Not me anymore lol
Jul 24th 2010, 4:01 pm
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Cheers
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Jul 25th 2010, 1:02 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
I can't imagine being persuaded to buy a house that had a Timmies close by. Just the opposite in fact, as Timmies is the kind of place for Canadians who haven't been abroad and realize good coffee exists, or for Brits who were brought up on instant coffee.
Really good coffee is hard to find in Canada, so buy a good coffee machine and good beans and make your own. Fill a large thermos flask for work and save a ton of money.
Timmies, indeed . . .
Really good coffee is hard to find in Canada, so buy a good coffee machine and good beans and make your own. Fill a large thermos flask for work and save a ton of money.
Timmies, indeed . . .
Jul 25th 2010, 2:26 am
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Re: Tim Horton's as a selling point?!
Ahhh, the coffee snobs. Surely "good" coffee is the type you like. A bit like "good" lager, "good" wine, or "good" art?
Anyway, I never drink the coffee as I can't stand the stuff and my body is a temple and I wouldn't want to place such crap into it I only eat or drink "good" food and liquids.
I wouldn't want to live near a Timmies as the thought of having little alternative but to look at people waddling in and out of it all day would make me sick.
Each to their own though. One good point about living so close is that you wouldn't burn as much fuel in your car as you would if you lived 500 metres further away driving there and back for a coffee each day.
Anyway, I never drink the coffee as I can't stand the stuff and my body is a temple and I wouldn't want to place such crap into it I only eat or drink "good" food and liquids.
I wouldn't want to live near a Timmies as the thought of having little alternative but to look at people waddling in and out of it all day would make me sick.
Each to their own though. One good point about living so close is that you wouldn't burn as much fuel in your car as you would if you lived 500 metres further away driving there and back for a coffee each day.
