Editing Tim Hortons (section)

====United Kingdom and Ireland====
Tim Hortons' products have been available in Ireland and the United Kingdom at some [[Spar (retailer)|Spar]] convenience stores since 2006<ref>{{Cite press release | title = SPAR launches new Food Strategy as part of €90m expansion plan for 2006 | date = January 2006 | url = http://www.spar-international.com/spar-sparlaunchesnewfoodstrategy2-1-21-249-en-details.htm | publisher = [[SPAR]] }} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [[Tesco]] supermarkets.<ref>{{Cite press release | title = Presentation by Dermot Breen, Tesco Ireland, at Checkout Conference "The importance of the consumer" | publisher = Tesco Ireland | date = January 24, 2006 | url = http://www.tesco.ie/about/20060124_conference.html | access-date = November 7, 2006 | archive-date = March 7, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210307144714/https://www.tesco.ie/about/20060124_conference.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Tim Hortons' other international expansions include a small outlet at the [[Dublin Zoo]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Furdyk |first=Brent |date=February 9, 2016 |title=11 things you didn't know about Tim Hortons |work=globalnews.ca |publisher=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2506654/11-things-you-didnt-know-about-tim-hortons/ |access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> Tim Hortons coffee and donuts were being sold at small self-service counters in 50 [[Spar (retailer)|Spar]] stores in the UK and Ireland as of April 30, 2007.<ref>{{Cite press release | title = SPAR Ireland Continues to Expand Tim Hortons Kiosks in SPAR Convenience Store Locations in Ireland | publisher=Tim Hortons | date = April 30, 2007 |access-date=December 3, 2009| url = http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/about/news_archive_2007b.html}}</ref>
[[File:Tim Hortons, Cookstown.jpg|thumb|A Tim Hortons in Cookstown, Northern Ireland in 2023]]
In 2016, Tim Hortons announced that they would be opening stores in the United Kingdom starting in 2017. Glasgow saw the first UK store open its doors on June 2, 2017, with a further store opening in Bishopbriggs in November 2017. In November 2017, two stores in Cardiff opened, as well as a store opening in Dunfermline. In December 2017, two further stores were opened in Trafford in the towns of Sale and Altrincham. On December 20, 2017, the chain opened a store in the Golden Square Shopping Centre in Warrington. Tim Hortons opened its first two stores in Northern Ireland in 2018: one on Fountain Street in Belfast city centre, and another drive-thru store at the Connswater Retail Park in East Belfast. With the opening of the Braintree and Stockport (Greater Manchester) branches in February 2022, Tim Hortons had 47 locations in the United Kingdom. By January this had increased to 73 locations, with at least a further three locations in development.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Hortons {{!}} Freshly prepared food & delicious brewed coffee|url=https://timhortons.co.uk/find-a-tims|access-date=19 January 2023|website=timhortons.co.uk}}</ref>
In March 2023 they opened a branch in Westwood Cross in Thanet, Kent.

Ireland's first Tim Hortons was opened in [[Limerick]], in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2022/05/08/irelands-first-tim-hortons-cafe-for-limerick/ | title=Ireland's first Tim Hortons cafe for Limerick | date=May 8, 2022 }}</ref>