Canada’s most beloved coffee shop is now open in Singapore at VivoCity, where it has taken over Butter Bean on Level 1 with a cosy, wood-accented space. Famous for its coffees, donuts, and Timbits, Tim Hortons’ first Singapore outpost brings donut flavours and sourdough melts you won’t find anywhere else.
For the uninitiated, Tim Hortons was started in Canada in 1964 by famous hockey player Tim Hortons. It began as a friendly neighbourhood café in his hometown Hamilton, Ontario, serving up comforting cuppas and baked goods to beat the cold winters. Today, Tim Hortons has more than 3000 outlets in Canada and more than 5000 outlets globally.
Tim Hortons was brought to Singapore in partnership with Japanese trading firm Marubeni Corporation, through its Singapore-based subsidiary, Marubeni Growth Capital Asia – or MGCA. The Singapore outpost is not the first in this part of the world – it already has outlets in China, India, Pakistan and the Philippines. In the following months, it will open more stores in Singapore (Nex, One Raffles Place, and Suntec City are next) as well as outlets in Malaysia and Indonesia.