Editing Tim Hortons (section)

====Military partnerships====
[[File:GIs celebrate reenlistment at Kandahar's Tim Hortons.jpg|thumb|A United States Army sergeant making a speech in front a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Kandahar]]
Tim Hortons has outlets on at least seven [[Canadian Forces Base]]s.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.timhortons.com/us/en/about/2874.html | title = Tim Hortons strikes gold at Fort Knox| work=Tim Hortons Press Release | date = October 13, 2009}}</ref> TDL Group announced in March 2006, in response to a request by Chief of the Defence Staff, General [[Rick Hillier]], its commitment to open a franchised location at the Canadian Forces operations base in [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan. The new Kandahar location opened on July 1, 2006, in a {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} trailer on the military base.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kandahar-tim-hortons-faces-doughnut-deficit-1.611438 | title = Tim Hortons comes to Kandahar | publisher=[[CBC News]] | date = June 12, 2006}}</ref> The 41 staff members of the Kandahar outlet have been drawn from the [[Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency]] who received training on such matters as how to handle a potential nuclear weapons or biological weapons attack before working at the military base.<ref name="survival">{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kandahar-tim-hortons-faces-doughnut-deficit-1.611438 | title = Hopefuls for Tim Hortons Kandahar outlet get survival training | publisher=CBC News | date = May 5, 2006}}</ref> The Canadian Federal government subsidized the operation of the Kandahar outlet in the order of CAD$4–5&nbsp;million per year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ottawa foots bill for Afghan Tim Hortons: Canadian taxpayer foots nearly $4-million bill |work=[[Canada.com]] |year=2006 |url=http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=886b7564-148b-4414-b9b2-74d625bef02alink |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407081745/http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=886b7564-148b-4414-b9b2-74d625bef02alink |archive-date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref> The Kandahar Tim Hortons closed on November 29, 2011, after serving four million cups of coffee and three million donuts over five years.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/24/tim-hortons-closes-up-shop-in-kandahar/ | title = Tim Hortons closes up shop in Kandahar|work=National Post |location=Canada | date = November 24, 2011}}</ref>

The first Tim Hortons outlet at a U.S. military base was opened in 2009 at Fort Knox.<ref>{{cite news | url =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/tims-breaks-into-fort-knox/article1321116 | title = Tims breaks into Fort Knox |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Canada | date = October 13, 2009}}</ref> The following year, a second Tim Hortons outlet was opened at Naval Station Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tim-hortons-opens-on-naval-station-norfolk-82245347.html | title = Tim Hortons opens on Naval Station Norfolk | work=Tim Hortons Press Release | date = January 21, 2010}}</ref> {{As of|2011|November}}, Tim Hortons has five outlets open on four U.S. military bases. Besides the first two, they are also at [[Naval Air Station Oceana]] and two locations at the [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]].<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tim-hortons-cafe--bake-shop-honors-all-us-veterans-with-free-donut-133144598.html | title = Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop Honors All U.S. Veterans With Free Donut | work=Tim Hortons Press Release | date = November 3, 2011}}</ref>