As a coffee shop owner, providing comfortable facilities and an inviting environment is vital for creating a pleasant consumer experience and encouraging repeat visits – leading to higher profits! However, comfort alone won’t suffice in making a coffee shop halal; other important ingredients must also be declared halal to satisfy Muslim consumer demands and deliver an ideal halal experience – these include whipped cream, sugar, icing, jams/jellies/cheese/gelatin etc.

Tim Hortons sells drinks containing Baileys cream, which contains alcohol from sources like barley, wheat and corn. Muslims would find it offensive to consume these beverages since this means taking pleasure from non-halal alcohol products that Tim Hortons provides to customers. To prevent this issue from occurring Tim Hortons must ensure all their baileys is 100% halal by purchasing products only from certified halal manufacturers such as Kerrygold.