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Distantmantra

Member
Oct 26, 2017
11,165
Seattle
We don't have them in Seattle/Washington state, but my wife says they're everywhere in Boston whenever she goes out there for work.
 

Griselbrand

Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,242
I haven't been to a Dunkin Donuts in years because we have so many breakfast donut and kolache shops here in Houston. Every strip mall has one, and if it doesn't then it's probably not immediately obvious where it is.
 

Amory

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,161
Nice, world needs more Dunkin

In the future I don't want to have to walk more than 10 feet for a Dunkin coffee
 

AnansiThePersona

Started a revolution but the mic was unplugged
Member
Oct 27, 2017
15,682
I used to work a Dunkin Donuts recently and y'all would be surprised to see how many people who go to Dunkin still.
 

jbug617

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,928
They recently trimmed down their menu and got rid of the afternoon sandwiches. DD is still my go to iced coffee.
 

FireSafetyBear

Banned for use of an alt-account
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
4,248
Didn't they just start removing items from their menu

Stick to coffee and donuts
 

mickstar

Permanently banned for usage of an alt-account.
Banned
Jan 8, 2018
71
Now I can keep a steady supply of toilet donuts.
 

louiedog

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,296
I know someone who bought one of these for personal consumption every morning for awhile.

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His job involved driving around most of the day and I always wondered where he pooped. This had to have led to that, right?
 

Musubi

Unshakable Resolve - Prophet of Truth
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
23,611
To people who are confused by DD's success you have obviously never lived in New England. DD is goddamn near a religion up there. Their stores are everywhere.
 

jwhit28

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,052
I wish more were around here. Krispy Kreme is something that should be confined to State Fairs.
 
Oct 27, 2017
17,973
Where I live, we have plenty of Dunkin Donuts.

But there is also a small chain called "Donut Delight", which features drive-through pick-up. Even though some Dunkins have drive-through service now, there's always a huge line for this chain's drive-through, no matter what time of day or night.

For me, I can have a donut maybe once or twice a year. But for others, the demand for donuts is real.
 

El_TigroX

Member
Oct 27, 2017
4,218
New York, NY
No thanks!

Watered down, sugar-ass coffee drinks power Massachusetts, but let's keep that shit out of the rest of the country that isn't already afflicted.

I'll drink it a couple times a year out of necessity - and it's always painful.
 

mikeamizzle

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,058
As a CT resident, I can confirm that Dunkin is far superior to Starbucks and if they continue focusing on streamlining their menu and emphasizing their coffee, and donuts/pastries they have insane growth potential..

This is a franchise business that I would love to get involved with but there are so many large LLC's operating franchises in my area (obviously..) that I am assuming most of their expansion will be West Coast, South East and Mid West.
 

TI92

Alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
5,598
There are zero from what I've seen of the Pacific Northwest so... Room to expand I guess
 

Freakzilla

Banned
Oct 31, 2017
5,710
7/11 has better coffee, better food, and you don't have to wait for ppl to fuck up your order. Plus its cheaper.
 

Br3wnor

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
4,982
I fuckin love Dunkin



I'm in NY and they're already everywhere, best chain coffee place by far, glad to see more of the country to be basked in their greatness.

7/11 has better coffee, better food, and you don't have to wait for ppl to fuck up your order. Plus its cheaper.

7/11 is super underrated and I agree with your points but Dunkin edges it out for me, partly because the cups keep coffee hot a lot longer.
 

mikeamizzle

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,058
Yeah in CT, I think just about every town , like small towns even under 3000 people, has at least 2 or 3 drive thru Dunkin Donuts.

We must have the most in the country behind Mass.
 

dyst

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,461
Then several years later they will start losing money, filing for bankruptcy and eventually shutter locations all the while forgetting, when the mistake was made.
 

Kito

Member
Nov 6, 2017
3,157
They opened one in Ventura County, CA last year, and it was slammed for the first couple months like any new business, and, like most new franchised businesses in a suburb these days, business slowed to a crawl due to bad service from poor hiring decisions, and people went back to their Mom & Pop or corporate owned (Starbucks, Peet's, etc.) institutions.

Franchises can't keep up with M&P and corporate owned stores anymore, mainly because franchised restaurants are often helmed by inexperienced franchisees spending lots of money for a business-in-a-box, and have no idea how to run a smooth and consistent operation. They think they can just throw money at it and watch profits pour in, but it doesn't work that way.

It's not going to happen.
 

Deleted member 32101

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Nov 9, 2017
335
They recently started popping up around Switzerland.

They aren't bad at all.
But when 1 donut gets up to 500 calories, you rather not eat anything else that day.