A Dunkin' Donuts franchisee goes before the Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday, Oct. 19, for permission to open an outlet in the station's food court. Currently, commuters have to walk all the way across Atlantic Avenue or struggle to make their way to Federal Street to get their fix.
Chris Devers spotted an unusual car last night at the Dunkin' Donuts at Market and N. Beacon streets in Brighton.
The other day, Bostonography figured out the density of cemeteries in Boston (no Boston resident is more than 1.77 miles from a cemetery; ironically, the point most distant from a cemetery is the BU theology library). Interesting, but, of course, what any true Bostonian (specifically, Danielle Dreillinger) would really want to know: How far to the nearest Dunkin' Donuts?
West Roxbury Patch reports on a one-alarm fire early this morning at the Dunkin' Donuts at 1630 VFW Parkway (the one near where Savers used to be, not the one by Spring Street).
The Revere Journal reports on a brawl that erupted after a minor fender-bender in a Dunkin' Donuts parking lot:
Cordischi seemed to be getting beaten, so her pregnant friend got out of the car to try to break up the fight.
The pregnant woman screamed at Giangrande to get off her friend.
When Giangrande heard the scream, she allegedly turned around and cold-cocked the pregnant woman in the face – causing a laceration.
WBUR reports on the planned IPO of Dunkin' Brands and notes that the filing states there is one Dunk's for every 9,700 people in New England and New York. That ratio has got to be way lower within 128, right?
Boston Police have posted a couple of photos of a guy they say held up the Dunkin' Donuts on
The Boston Business Journal reports Dunkin' Donuts has opened its 3,000th outlet outside the US, in Shanghai. The company is also planning to open 500 Dunk's in India.
Check out the note posted on the door of a Dunkin' Donuts in Salem at the height of the storm.
H/t Aaron Donovan.
Dunkin' Donuts yesterday filed suit against the owners of four local franchises, alleging they tried to use a company charity fund to pay for their son's tuition at an exclusive private school.
In its suit against Houman and Heather Baiany, who own Dunkin' Donuts shops at 530 and 1020 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston and 154 Highland Ave. and 850 Broadway in Somerville, the chain charges the two tried to put one over on its "marketing development fund," which lets Boston-area franchisees get reimbursed for up to $2,000 per store each year for donations to local charities.
Mats Tolander explains why Dunkin' Donuts can beat competitors such as Krispy Kreme and Tim Hortons in southern New England:
A few scant years after making its first forays into lower New England, Tim Horton's announced today that it is closing all of its locations in MA, RI, and CT-- 36 stores and 18 kiosks, according to the AP. Two stores in Portland are closing, though a couple of dozen other Maine locations will remain.
Saugus Police report they are looking for a guy who held up a Dunkin' Donuts in their town on July 23.
A user on Davis Square LiveJournal reports that when he got to the Dunkin' Donuts on Main Street in Medford this morning, Teamsters were outside, handing out donuts to try to keep people from going into the store. The Teamsters have no issue with Dunkin' Donuts but are embroiled in a contract dispute with one of the chain's Boston-area suppliers.
Natick Police report the Dunkin' Donuts at 1362 Worcester St. (Rte. 9 eastbound) was held up on July 11 by a white guy with a gun:
A lone clerk was working the front counter when white male came into the front lobby, pulled a black revolver from his waist band. Suspect pointed the handgun at the clerk demanding that the clerk place all the money into in a black backpack that the suspect was carrying. The clerk emptied the register and complied with the suspect wish to get down on the ground as the suspect exited through the front door and ran eastward toward the Crowne Plaza.
The suspect was described as heavyset, 30, with dark hair. He was wearing gray sweats, a long-sleeve green camouflage shirt and glasses.
Dunkin' Donuts near North Station held up at gunpoint on July 13.
For some reason, the Globe today posted a map showing every single Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks in this great state of ours. Not surprisingly, greater Boston is just one giant blotch of red (the color they used to show Dunk's outlets). But that got me to thinking (often not a good thing). Where, exactly, is the galactic center of this vast coffee way?
Theoretically, should be easy enough to calculate: Just grab all the coordinates of all those pushpins, average them out, and voila.
Marcy tweets that the manager of the Dunkin' Donuts at 21 Summer St. in Arlington has locked the air conditioning controls so workers can't turn it on. At noon on Saturday, it was 90+ degrees inside the store, she reports.
The good news is that Dunkin' Donuts is opening a store in Wellfleet, the Herald reports. Only two more towns to go before Dunks are everywhere on the Cape! The bad news, the Herald also reports, is that great white sharks are expected back this summer, drawn by harbor seals and, no doubt, larded up customers from the Cape's many fine Dunkin' Donuts.
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