tim hortons opened in the us in 1991.
tim hortons opened in the us in 1991.
when did tim hortons open in the us?
1991
initially, the us stores were the result of natural expansion in canada–u.s. border areas (e.g., stores in maine and the buffalo, new york, area where horton played from 1972 to 1974 as a member of the buffalo sabres). the first united states locations were opened in deerfield beach, florida, and pompano beach, florida, in 1981, but they proved unsuccessful and were closed. in 1985, the chain returned to the us with a location on niagara falls boulevard in the buffalo suburb of tonawanda, new york. starting in the mid-1990s, however, the chain began expanding in the us by acquiring former locations from fast food chains. in 1996 and 1997, thirty-seven former rax restaurants locations in ohio, kentucky, and west virginia were bought by wendy's international inc.; 30 of these were converted to tim hortons, while the others became wendy's franchise locations. thirty-five closed hardee's stores in the detroit area were also purchased with the intention of being converted. by 2004, the chain had also acquired 42 bess eaton coffee and doughnut restaurants situated in southern new england. several combination wendy's/tim hortons units were opened in the us; both in the "traditional" markets of maine and buffalo, where there were well over 180 locations as of 2011, and in the markets entered through acquisition.
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2011 saw tim hortons aggressively expanding into the grand rapids, michigan, region. in 2012, tim hortons began advertising in the youngstown, ohio area in anticipation of an eventual expansion into the mahoning valley. the closest location at the time was in calcutta, ohio, about 50 miles south of youngstown. the chain entered the area in july 2012 with the opening of a location in hermitage, pennsylvania. as of 2012 the company had expanded across the us states of connecticut, indiana, kentucky, maine, massachusetts, michigan, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, and west virginia. the first expansion into indiana was the opening of a location in richmond, indiana's east central side. on january 7, 2014, tim hortons opened a kiosk in the gila river arena (where the arizona coyotes of the nhl play) in glendale, arizona. on march 5, 2014, the arizona coyotes announced that as of march 10, 2014, the tim hortons stand would be open to the public from 9:00 to 15:00, seven days a week. this location is the first tim hortons in arizona. a flagship tim hortons location within the buffalo area opened across from the keybank center (then first niagara center) at the harborcenter complex on october 29, 2014. the location honours the life and legacy of tim horton. 2014 also saw expansion into north dakota, with franchises open in fargo, grand forks, and minot. the chain also planned to open 40 outlets in the st. louis, missouri, area starting in 2015, first selling coffee and hot chocolate at enterprise center during st. louis blues games, followed by the opening of a full-service store in the suburb of maplewood and an "express" location inside a frontenac bank building.
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