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[Mankind]

I looked into opening a Timmies here with a well off friend last year. Could not be done. They don't offer franchises over here, and told us they had no plans to. However krispy creme might, so if we do it I'll let you know.

HAND

by the way you need like 300-500 thousand to franchise, insane expensive.

[JackSarang]

Sounds like maybe they're just going to buy a ton of Tim Horton's coffee or just say its Tim Horton's coffee. Oh well.

[FierceInvalid]

[nateyb]

Ran into some people and got an update.

Apparently, there are going to be about 4 Canadian males working there, I ran into them yesterday. Yes, it is Tim Horton's coffee.

They are behind on the construction so when it is finished I will let you know.

[eamo]

You just know that when this place eventually opens all the Canadian Tim Hortons lovers will go there, try the coffee and say,

"Not as good as back home, eh?"

[nateyb]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

My semi-patriotic wish is that one of the TV channels over here start broadcasting Degrassi Junior High.

Or old episodes of Camilla.

Sparkles*_*

[rok_the-boat]

I know Sunae area but have seen no new coffee shop other than several Korean ones. So, where exactly is the new one to be? MacDonalds side of Lotte, or the Subway sandwich shop side? Or where?

[VanIslander]

Everytime my students say "double, double" points when they say a perfect sentence in a grammar game I end up thinking about that cheesy bit of Canadiana.

[nateyb]

They still have not opened.... Why? I am not sure.

I have not run into those guys, so I am not sure what is going on. I can ask when I see them.

FYI, it is on the Subway side.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[dogbert]

Tim Hortons' store conversions almost finished

DUBLIN, Ohio (June 29) - Tim Hortons, parent of 2,587 units, said it nearly had finished converting to its own brand 42 former Bess Eaton stores in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

The Canadian-based doughnut and coffee arm of Wendy's International Inc. bought the Bess Eaton outlets this spring for $41.6 million. Within eight weeks of acquiring the locations, nearly all of the Tim Hortons stores in Southern New England were already open for business, the company said.

Tim Hortons has a system of more than 2,360 units in Canada and 227 in the United States.

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KFC won't add units in Tibet

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 2 - A spokesman for Yum! Brands Inc., parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, was quoted in published reports as saying that KFC had no plans to expand to Tibet, but had not received a letter purportedly sent by the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and a vegetarian for almost 40 years, asking that the chain not develop there.

The Norfolk, Va.-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released a letter dated June 22 stating the Dalai Lama's opposition to KFC's expansion to Tibet, virtually the last Asian region without branches of the Louisville-based chain.

Yum could not be reached for comment by presstime.

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Krispy Kreme sweetens pot with new offerings

By Sarah E. Lockyer

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (June 21) - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. may be down, but don't count it out, company officials reiterated throughout a recent quarterly conference call and annual shareholder meeting in late May.
Following a recently eroded stock price and a 21-percent drop in operating income to $18.6 million for the first quarter ended May 2, Krispy Kreme officials promised to build on several initiatives intended to improve results. Among them are new products, such as frozen beverages, and new programs, such as a gift card offering and a revamped ordering process to reduce shrinkage in the company's wholesale operations.

Company officials also insist that the performance records of their chain's franchised units — which is closely guarded information often cited by analysts as the missing link in deciphering Krispy Kreme's viability — should not be of concern.

"Rumors of unhappy franchisees are not true," John Tate, chief operating officer of the doughnut chain, said in an interview. "All but three came to our annual meeting [May 26]; that is an incredible show of support. You know, 'Rumors of our death are greatly exaggerated.' "

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The store openings "are a great way to raise awareness and have been especially powerful in international markets," Tate said.

[Source = Nation's Restaurant News]

[Hollywoodaction]

Right. Tim Horton's hasn't been Canadian owned since 1995. There are now roughly 140 Tim Horton's in the States. Yes, it is better than Dunkin Donnuts, but that isn't saying much. Besides, they have stopped making the donnuts instore. They are now delivered to the store in a refrigerator truck (so you can forget about going to Tim's for a fresh donnut).

As for the Tim's opening in Bundang, it seems to me like it's an urban legend. Who has seen the sign? A friend of a friend simply isn't a reliable witness.

This thread has been open for quite some time, almost too long it seems. When was the last time that you've seen a Korean business that took so long to open? I'm not saying it isn't true, but it sure seems suspicious.

[Zyzyfer]

[sistersarah]

oh man, a maple dip would be good right now!