The price of goods is always a hot-button issue in Nunavut, where fruits and vegetables are priced notoriously high. Tims is keeping its prices reasonable: coffee prices range from $1.79 for a small to $2.39 for an extra-large coffee.
Tim Horton's senior vice-president Nick Javor said the outlets will offer a limited line of beverages and baked goods initially to "see how the community responds," and take it from there with sandwiches and cold drinks down the road.
Tim Horton's has partnered with the North West Co. to open one of Canada's northernmost franchises. North West owns the NorthMart grocery and general store, as well as two Quick Stop convenience stores in the city of about 7,000. The Tim Horton's kiosks are based in those three locations, offering customers a basic menu of coffee, doughnuts, Timbits, muffins and cookies.
All three kiosks are self-serve stations, which company officials say will stay that way for now. Despite having to get their own coffee, Iqaluit customers are getting the same quality of Tim Horton's coffee as the rest of Canada, Javor added.
Until now, Nunavut residents were always big shoppers at the Tims in the Ottawa International Airport. Now that Tim Horton's has set up shop in Iqaluit, residents and visitors to the city will no longer have to bring boxes of doughnuts, Timbits and coffee with them aboard flights home.
from Western Investor, February 2011
