A Sweet Feature

In Ohio, where I am from, they have had Tim Horton's and Kohl's for a very long time. I am always surprised when people in big cities, like Boston and NYC, have never heard of such places. It looks like the Big Apple will be getting a taste of Tim Horton's soon.

I like the ominous, tongue-in-cheek lede.

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July 10, 2009
The Morning Doughnut? The Choices Are Getting Complicated

By PATRICK McGEEHAN

Having weathered an incursion by Krispy Kreme from the south, Dunkin’ Donuts is about to meet an invader from the north in New York City’s next battle of the doughnut chains.

Tim Hortons, a Canadian purveyor of doughnuts and coffee that has won a wide following, is making a sudden entry into the city.

Between Friday night and dawn on Monday, the Riese Organization intends to convert 13 Dunkin’ Donuts stores into the city’s first Tim Hortons restaurants, including early-morning, high-traffic shops like the one in Pennsylvania Station and another next to the New York Stock Exchange. The switch may surprise regular customers of the shops, said Dennis Riese, chief executive of the Riese Organization.

“You take down one sign and put up another,” Mr. Riese said. “The biggest challenge will be to get New Yorkers to know what Tim Hortons is.”

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