Dunkin' Donuts
Channel 4 reports the region's critical donut supply dipped by 0.0001% this morning when somebody in an SUV drove through the front of a Dunkin' Donuts on Chestnut Street in Needham
Dunkin' Donuts yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against Panagiotis Vorvis, who owned three Dunkin' franchises in the Back Bay, alleging his wife's Brighton cafe competes with the chain's outlets there.
In the suit, filed in US District Court in Boston, Dunkin' Donuts seeks to have the Dunkin' Donuts name stripped from Vorvis's three shops (53 and 283 Huntington Ave. and 153 Mass. Ave.), which it says he continues to operate even though it terminated his franchise agreements because of Cafe 57 and Grille in Brighton, owned by his wife Eleftheria. Read more
I'm slowly building a database and maps of 24-hour businesses in the Boston area. I'm sadly lacking in the Dunk's department, though, so would be grateful for locations of them, either here or via that last link.
One note on the first link: One of the things I need to figure out is why that page is so slow and what to do about it. For some reason, the page insists on loading the ads first before loading the Google map, which, as you'll see if you click, is annoying.
Thanks!
Kelly shows off her newest but already favorite Christmas-tree ornament.
Anybody got a coupla quarters so I can make a phone caw?
Seth Gitell forwarded this photo of some ominous crows this morning at the Dunkin' Donuts drive thru on American Legion Highway.
District C-6 reports the Dunkin' Donuts, 510 Southampton St. was held up around 11 p.m. on Nov. 20 by a guy who said "Open the register. I have a gun and I will shoot you. Relax and open the register."
Police say the suspect, described as black, with a heavy build and shoulder-length dreadlocks, wearing dark glasses and a maroon sweater, got away with $275.
Yes, Dunkin' Donuts, at the Mass. Innovation and Technology Exchange's Interactive Awards last night - one for a site that let you create your own proposed donut. Wade Roush reports.
Only in Massachusetts: The Globe reports Citizens Bank has opened a branch inside a Dunkin' Donuts in Bellingham.
Ed Coppinger reports:
It seems 3 days a week for the last month or so there has been a candidate for Mayor or Boston City Council shaking hands at one of the Parkway’s hot-spots. Now I can add Candidate for U.S. Senate to that list.
Coppinger posts a photo of Steve Pagliuca looking admiringly at young ward Matt O'Malley, who used to be a regular at Roche Bros. during his runs for city council.
The Globe (and BBC and Advertising Age, and many more) report the resignation (news release here) of Dunkin's president and chief brand officer, William Kussell. The Globe's short article isn't enough to tell the hole story, but it sounds as if CEO Nigel Travis, who was brought in about a year ago, decided there were several grounds for Kussell's departure: Read more
Scott Kirsner wonders about that and whether Dunk's franchisees should at least put out recycling bins to handle all the extra material.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has the details on a case involving a toddler who allegedly got permanent chin and neck scars from a too hot hash brown at a Quincy Dunkin' Donuts.
The paper quoted one lawyer not involved in the case who said the parents could have difficulty with the jury, because who feeds their kid Dunkin' Donuts hash browns for breakfast in the drive-thru lane?
On WBUR's Public Radio Kitchen, Susan McGrory notes the full-frontal assault launched in another Dunkin' Donuts hotbed - Manhattan - by Canadian donut powerhouse Tim Hortons.
Could it happen here? The Canadians are a lot closer than you might think. Take a look at the map below, which shows Tim Hortons outlets in the Providence area. There are even a few just over the border. Unlike Krispy Kreme, Tim Hortons seems a more worthy matchup for our Dunk's - they have a similar menu. If they did try to move into DD's ancestral homeland, though, who would get hurt more? Dunkin' Donuts or Honey Dew Donuts?
Jon Chesto reports a Dunkin' Donuts on Morrissey Boulevard still actually makes its own donuts.
Fred would be so proud.
Maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder since it's not like they have a lot of Dunkin' Donuts in the Heart of Dixie: "We don't have it where I can just go everyday and get a coffee and a donut."
Boston Police issued an alert that a car crashed into the Dunkin' Donuts in Andrew Square this morning. Channel 5 reports four people were injured in the crash.
The Fall River Herald-News reports a woman is going into Dunkin' Donuts dressed as a Dunk's employee and stealing real employees' purses.
Via.
Angela is beside herself because her DD local is closed for the week, forcing her to make due elsewhere:
... This morning, I attempted to get my breakfast from another Dunkin Donuts. My bagel, which I requested to be burnt (that's how I like it, damn it), was anything but. In fact, I don't think the thing even saw a toaster. It was ice cold by the time I got to my office. My coffee tasted as if it had been brewed last night. AND… AAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDDDD I paid more for it than at my beloved DD. *tear* ...
That Dunkin' Donuts free espresso shot in an iced coffee is a double-edged sword, Karen limns, awake way past midnight.
Rob V posts a photo of a sign mounted on a light pole pointing you to the Dunkin' Donuts all of ten feet away in Union Square.
Dunkin' Donuts is about to unleash a $10-million marketing campaign based on the fact that you can actually buy donuts at Dunkin' Donuts outlets.
Donut curse? Both of the stars of this commercial are now dead. Coincidence?
That being: If you rip some gizmo out of the dashboard of a car in the parking lot, don't go into the Dunk's and start asking people what it is, because the woman whose car you just broke into might enlist some belp to grab you and hold you until the cops arrive (third item):
On arrival, officers observed the suspect on the ground with the victim and a witness standing over him. As officers approached the group, the suspect started yelling that he thought the car was abandoned and that’s why he took the items from the car.
Innocent, etc.
In its never ending quest to bring home the vital issues of today, boston.com provides a handy list of public places to break up in because, I guess, doing it in your living room is just so played out, and because, if you break up in a chic restaurant, you can either make a fun scene and/or chat up some hottie who's caught your eye at the bar (seriously). But one of their suggestions is Dunkin' Donuts.
The Missus, who acknowledges a boyfriend once broke up with her at the restaurant they both worked at, is aghast:
... Please don't listen to them. It is NEVER okay to break up with someone at Dunkin' Donuts. At least upgrade to Starbucks... Or an independent coffee house/cafe.
Boston Police report a "heavily intoxicated individual" managed to herd workers and customers at the Dunkin' Donuts at 35 Central Square into a corner last night when he started swinging a black, metal-studded belt over his head and from side to side:
The individual immediately surrendered when officers approached him.
Felipe Najraro, 44, now faces a charge of disorderly conduct, police say.
Innocent, etc.
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