UK
Tim Hortons, the Canadian restaurant chain synonymous with coffee and doughnuts, is expanding to the United Kingdom next year.
Tim Hortons, which merged with Burger King in 2014 to become Restaurant Brands International, brings its breakfast sandwiches, pastries and grilled panini along with coffee and doughnuts into a U.K. market already featuring McDonald’s, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts.
The company did not provide a timeline for the move or the number of outlets planned but a spokesman described the initiative as “aggressive.”
In an interview with Bloomberg News, Daniel Schwartz, c.e.o. of Restaurant Brands International, acknowledged that “larger competitors” already have several hundred restaurants in the market. “Our plans are quite ambitious,” he said.
Restaurant Brands International held 4,413 Tim Hortons restaurants at the start of 2016, including 3,650 in Canada, 650 in the United States and 113 in the Middle East.