Ryan Reynolds teams up with Tim Hortons to market their new breakfast boxes
Tim Hortons is baking some star power into its breakfast menu.
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The cafe chain launched scrambled egg boxes with actor Ryan Reynolds on Monday.
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The boxes developed by the Vancouver-born star of 'Deadpool' come in bacon or sausage varieties and include two scrambled eggs, hash browns and chipotle sauce.
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While Tims has spent its 60th anniversary year working to lure in afternoon and evening diners with newer menu items like rice-based bowls and flatbread pizzas, the Reynolds partnership so far focuses on its strongest part of the day: breakfast.
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When deciding what food to partner on, Tims chief marketing officer Hope Bagozzi said Reynolds looked for a breakfast option that resembled the bacon and eggs he and his family eat at home.
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'When I visited the Tim Hortons Test Kitchen, I took my role very seriously, by which I mean I ate an irresponsible amount of eggs. And honestly? I regret nothing,' said Reynolds in a press release.
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His appetite for them was so voracious that the Tims chef almost couldn't make the boxes fast enough, when Reynolds was on set filming TV and social media ads for the products, Bagozzi said.
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The ads feature an assistant fulfilling Reynolds' rider, which includes a newspaper with all references to birds redacted, Vancouver air, a left-handed cane, a jigsaw puzzle one piece away from completion and his beloved breakfast box.
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Tim Hortons x Ryan Reynolds: Ryan's Scrambled Eggs. pic.twitter.com/cFx17rJCX6
— Matt Dagley (@mattdagley) May 5, 2025
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Competition within the breakfast segment has intensified over the last decade with new players like European chain Pret A Manger entering the market and more restaurants offering all-day breakfast.
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Reynolds' boxes could heat up the rivalry if they accomplish Bagozzi's goal of drawing new customers who are fans of the actor to Tims.
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The actor has also narrated an Air Canada ad, starred in marketing for Mint Mobile, a telecom he used to own, and fundraised for Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto and the Terry Fox Foundation.
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Tims started talking to Reynolds after wrapping a collaboration with popstar Justin Bieber that spanned 2021 and 2022 and spawned a cold brew, three Timbits, tote bags and fanny packs.
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Asked how much Tims is paying Reynolds, whose production company Maximum Effort, made the ad, Bagozzi said only, 'It's worth every dollar, every bit of Vancouver air.'
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The night before Tims broke the news last summer to franchisees about the upcoming celeb partnership, Reynolds sent a video joking he was 'thrilled' the company chose him, when they could have gone with Robert Goulet, the Canadian crooner who played Lancelot in the original 'Camelot.'
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