Tim Hortons and Starbucks are a tale of two coffee shop concepts. Tim’s is almost always in a service station or easy-park suburban lot. Starbucks is a street corner phenomenon The question now that Tim’s has announced a large expansion program is where will those new shops go. Pretty nearly every service station worth going into already has a Tim’s. Around South Bayviewland the Tim Hortons are out numbered 10 or 15 to one by Starbucks. Why? Because Starbucks plunks its shops down on every street it can find. Forget the parking. The question was not asked at the news conference yesterday but it’s the one that overhangs the entire Tim’s expansion. Are they about to launch the battle of main street against Starbucks?
