BEYOND LOCAL: Tim Hortons celebrates its 60th birthday. Here's a timeline of its history

, but long before the chain became synonymous with the country, it had humble beginnings as a coffee and doughnut shop.May 17, 1964: The first Tim Hortons location opens in Hamilton, Ont.

1993: Tims begins selling sandwiches. Ads show they cost between $2.69 and $3.49 and come in varieties including ham and cheese.1996: Bagels make their debut on the Tims menu. They sold for about $1.49, plus tax, commercials show. The company also runs its first Smile cookie campaign.July 2004: The Canadian Oxford Dictionary adds "double-double" — a coffee with two creams and two sugars that is popular at Tims — to its lexicon.

2009: The restaurant partners with Cold Stone Creamery to add the ice cream brand's products to some of its restaurants. The brand was pulled from Tims locations in Canada in February 2014. Jan. 10, 2018: Protesters rally outside Tims locations chanting, “Hold the sugar, hold the cream, Tim Hortons don’t be mean.” The demonstration is meant to show support for employees after some franchisees cut benefits and break times following an Ontario minimum wage increase.

Feb. 2020: Tims makes Roll up the Rim to Win a fully-digital contest, cutting out the work of unravelling coffee cups and renames the promotion Roll up to Win. Nov. 15, 2021: Restaurant Brands announces it has signed a deal to acquire sandwich company Firehouse Restaurant Group Inc. for US$1 billion.

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