{"id":46,"date":"2013-11-10T22:17:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T05:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/?p=46"},"modified":"2013-11-17T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T01:54:06","slug":"tim-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/2013\/11\/10\/tim-goes-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Goes Global"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Targeting its neighbor, Tim Hortons&#8217; chief executive Marc Caira told investors that its first expansion would be to the States and the Middle East. Hoping to create a economic space for the beloved Canadian pit stop.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.circuscommunications.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/timcup.png\" width=\"254\" height=\"454\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With its recent expansion to the United States, Tim Hortons looks to expand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the promising plan, Tim Hortons is still in the back seat in terms of technology.Starbucks and their introduction of their mobile application, 11% of sales have come through with this application. As the leader of coffee served in Canadian businesses, it will soon need to create a competitive edge \u00a0with its rival. \u00a0One idea is to recapture the &#8220;youths&#8221; in their customer profiles \u00a0as Tim Hortons lacks desperately needed customization into their drinks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XUDTpGbOerA\">Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons takes on America<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">With such an upheaval in the coffee industry, as a proud Canadian I believe that the expansion to the United States will be a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>successful<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0journey. This opinion comes from a \u00a0distinct differentiation it has to its competitors. By coupling its coffee with more than the simple doughnut or french pastry, the compliment of a hearty meal and cheap\u00a0<\/span>homogeneous<span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">\u00a0product is what really made this company\u00a0<\/span>successful<span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">. \u00a0In regards for Tim Horton&#8217;s hopes to expansion, I believe that although their market may be overcrowded and\u00a0<\/span>competitive<span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">, there is always room for a Timbit.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2013\/11\/08\/tim-hortons-profit_n_4232278.html?ir=Canada+Business\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2013\/11\/08\/tim-hortons-profit_n_4232278.html?ir=Canada+Business<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Targeting its neighbor, Tim Hortons&#8217; chief executive Marc Caira told investors that its first expansion would be to the States and the Middle East. Hoping to create a economic space for the beloved Canadian pit stop. Despite the promising plan, Tim Hortons is still in the back seat in terms of technology.Starbucks and their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,864681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-positioning-buisness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wesleyhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}