Tim Hortons, the coffee and doughnut chain famous in North America, has secured planning permission for its first ever drive-thru coffee shop in Wales.
The Canadian chain has nearly 4,000 outlets in Canada and the US and opened its first UK site in 2017.
At the start of the year bosses revealed they wanted to take on the former Carphone Warehouse store on Broughton Shopping Park.
Now it has been confirmed that planning officers at Flintshire council have approved the application.
This will be its first drive-thru in Wales - its only Welsh cafe so far is in Cardiff.
The move would be a boost to the Flintshire retail park which has lost its Outfit and Carphone Warehouse stores.
A planning statement submitted to Flintshire council said: "Tim Horton’s is an iconic Canadian coffee shop brand, best known for coffee and doughnuts.
"In 2017, Tim Horton’s began opening stores in the UK in locations such as Cardiff, Glasgow and London.
"The Tim Horton’s franchise is currently being rolled out across the UK, with the proposed Broughton operation forming the first drive-thru unit in Wales.
"In terms of direct employment, each drive-thru store typically provides up to 40-50 jobs, offering roles such as managers, baristas, maintenance operatives and cleaners. Indirect job opportunities will also arise during the construction / fit-out stage and in terms of servicing the unit."
The Carphone Warehouse site closed at Broughton last year and has been empty since then.
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