Tim Hortons targets 40 new sites in 2023

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons is planning to expand its 65-site estate in the UK with a further 40 restaurants by the end of 2023. The brand has already lined up site launches in Liverpool, Swansea and Dundee for the first quarter of the year. The 40 new restaurants will create 2,000 jobs. The news comes as the chain prepares to open its 50th drive-thru location in Watford on 28 November. The impending launch means Tim Hortons will have doubled its drive-thru estate in the UK in one year, with four further drive-thru openings scheduled before the end of 2022. Founded as a single location in Canada in 1964, Tim Hortons operates more than 4,700 restaurants around the world. It launched in the UK in 2017, with its first site opening on Argyle Street in Glasgow. Its flagship is in Leicester. Kevin Hydes, chief commercial officer of Tim Hortons’ UK franchise, said: “We have planned our site acquisition strategy carefully to ensure that we are securing as many drive-thru sites as we can in order to meet the growing customer demand for the additional convenience that they provide.”   To send feedback, e-mail pui-guan.man@eg.co.uk or tweet @PuiGuanM or @EGPropertyNews Image: Tim Hortons/FSC