First We Take Manhatten....Tim Hortons in Times Square!

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New York, the city that never sleeps, will now sleep even less. He! He!

Canada is now creeping in and taking over the American psyche ever so subtlely ... with none other than Tim Hortons coffee. Yes the dark brew, containing secret Columbian ingredients, blended and ground in a undisclosed bunker (apparently somewhere in the basement of Parliment Hill) which wakes up most of the Canadian population each and every morning, now will be controlling the minds (or rather cranial cavities) of New Yorkers rushing thru Times Square.

Ever so quietly, like the British sneaking up the Potomac, over the weekend, 12 Dunkin Donuts locations were converted to none other than Tim Hortons. Overnight the DD signs came down and warm fuzzy Timmy's signs went up. They never new what hit them.

This has all been a well orchestrated, carefully planned infiltration, literally years in the making. In 1998 the New York Post ran a photograph of a mouse (special CSIS agent known as "Little Grey") eating a doughnut at one of the DD locations, and then it was agreed upon that "several prime locations" would be shut down by the end of July this year and replaced with Timmys.

In an interview in the New York Magazine, the CEO of Riese Organization said he hoped to make more money (American greenbacks - not Canadian Tire money, I am assuming) with Tim Hortons because it has a broader product line that includes lunch and dinner items - in addition to coffee and doughnuts. (yeah! just wait until they taste the Chilli!!) The idea was to unveil three co-branded stores with Cold Stone Creamery, an ice cream outlet, in Times Square.

Actually the opening of Tim Hortons received extensive coverage in the city's papers this week. The New York Times explained who Tim Horton was and quoted a food industry analyst who called the organization "the number one coffee chain in Canada."

The Daily News explained what a "double double" is and The New York Post said some people hold Tim Hortons "partly responsible for the overburdening (Canada) socialized health care system. Yeesh!! always gotta be sooo dramatic these Americans!

Tim Hortons, which has more than 2,900 stores in Canada, already has about 500 outlets across the United States, this is probably why Obama was elected to the Whitehouse...

One retail analyst said in a note Friday that "time will tell" if Tim Hortons expansion into New York City will work. "A tourist mecca like New York offers the opportunity to build brand awareness but it also offers high rents and plenty of completion."

Ha! what does he know...we Canadians still don't know what they put in the coffee and why we can't stop drinking it....this is a done deal!

Canadian tourists and immigrants like Jaye Landon, who said “Wow” when she heard the news, may be the surest customers for the Tim Hortons. “It’s hard to be a Canadian and not love Tim’s,” said Ms. Landon, an Ottawa native who has lived in New York for 20 years but still has a Tim Hortons coffee mug in her kitchen. “When you’re crossing the prairie and going through bear-infested territory, Tim’s is your friend.”

o.k. see this is how we get a bad reputation...."Bear Infested??" Mosquito maybe...

Anyways next,....Americans will be wondering why they don't have multi-coloured money too! Ooohahahah!!!

Til later