I did concede, further up, that this isn't going to work in the U.S. at the moment, possibly not ever; I am not so sure it couldn't work here.

Timmy's is Tim Horton's, yes. Hamilton is the birthplace of the chain, and there's one on every corner (figuratively, of course, but there are three within a ten-minute walk of my home, even with a preschooler in tow, and five more within a five-minute drive.)