Feb 25 2008
It’s Roll Up The Rim To Win time again at Tim Hortons.
Their sales sky-rocket during this promotion, where customers have to roll up the rim of their beverage cup to reveal if they won anything, which includes a car, donuts, muffins, coffees, and for the first time: a boat!
I don’t drink as much of their [...]
Jan 30 2008
The Rimroller™:
This product makes it easy to check for prize statements hidden under the rims of paper coffee cups in various contests… it slices the cup rim twice when pushed down, and an internal lip unrolls the paper edge when it’s pulled up.
$2.50 at Lee Valley Tools for something you may use for two [...]
Jan 16 2008
Most portable hot drink cups have a pre-made hole in its cover or one you have to make by bending a flap. Tim Hortons‘ lids have the second type, which fail 50% of the time for me.
Two main problems with Tim Hortons’ cup lids:
Ripping the perforated plastic to the indicated line results in [...]
Feb 26 2007
As EVERY Canadian knows, Roll Up The Rim To Win is Tim Hortons’ annual contest that features their red and yellow cups labeled with prizes you can win. You peel back the rim to see if you have “WIN DONUT” or if you have to “PLEASE PLAY AGAIN / RÉSSAYEZ S.V.P. ©”
I’m going to [...]
Apr 06 2004
Tim Hortons is a ubiquitous coffee and donut shop in Canada, where you can get a coffee with two cream and two sugar by just saying “large double double”.
Their spring ritual is to have the Roll Up The Rim To Win contest, where you roll up the rim of their cardboard cups to reveal “”PLEASE [...]
Feb 04 2004
It took them two days to reply, which I’m pleasantly surprised about:
Dear Ms. Cairns:
I would like to thank you for taking the time to contact us via e-mail regarding the quality of coffee you received at our location in Warren, Michigan.
The product you received in no way reflects the high quality standards that we set [...]
