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Originally Posted by Ire Narissis
it would be interesting to see how Tim's and Starbucks would do relative to one another, say, right next door to U de M.
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There is actually a Tims and a Starbucks across the street from each other on Elmwood Drive, walking distance for the vast majority of U de M students' apartments.
The Tim's, as it has since Day 1, is booming.
Starbucks is surprisingly (to me, anyway) busy. I don't go hardly at all but I drive by it several times per week. Mornings are very busy with every demographic well represented and even at night it is doing better than I ever expected, with mostly a young crowd, chatting in groups and/or sitting alone reading books and staring into their computers, some taking notes (obviously students.)
Tims is always way busier then SB for sure, but Starbucks is doing okay on Elmwood. It would have been the ideal spot for them to try out their pilot (live acoustic music and wine sales by the glass) but I dont think any of their Moncton stores are taking part in that test.