On behalf of the members of DDIFO and the Dunkin’ franchisee community, I wish to congratulate David Hoffman on being named Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin’ Brands and Nigel Travis on his retirement from the position.
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Yesterday, Dunkin’ Brands released their Q3 earnings numbers – missing the revenue consensus target by $4.5 million but beating the EPS target by $.02 on an adjusted basis. Our restaurant analyst, John Gordon of Pacific Management Consulting Group, provides us the following notes . . . It noted its sales would be a challenge and…
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Dunkin’ has been on the receiving end of some favorable press as a result of its recent marketing efforts, including the widely reported first TV commercial filmed entirely from a VINE video. The press buzz continues with the latest initiative, new TV spots called #MyDunkin that feature Dunkin’ Twitter fans. In response to the interest…
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Mixed in with the many stories of Dunkin’ expanding into the United Kingdom and continuing its Texas expansion, was news of the hiring of two new Dunkin’ Donuts Vice Presidents. David Starmer is VP – IT for Store Systems, and Paul Zaher has been added as the VP – IT for Marketing Systems. They will…
Read More »Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013 05:14 PM – By Todd Beamon Dunkin’ Brands — the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts — is working to overturn a major provision of Obamacare. The company, based in Canton, Massachusetts, is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40…
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Earnings call overview: DBI delivered positive but modest same store sales, beat consensus earnings by $.01 but missed the revenue consensus forecast. Problems in DD international, DD withdrawal from Taiwan and continued US Baskin net store contraction didn’t seem to worry Wall Street, with the stock up $.83 or 2.2% at 200P EST. The sell…
Read More »By Todd Wallack, Boston Globe – November 23, 2012 The Boston Globe reported in a story on November 23, 2012 that Dunkin’ Donuts won’t be able to claim exclusive rights to the phrase “Best Coffee in America.” The Patent and Trademark Office has tentatively rejected the Canton-based chain’s efforts to trademark the slogan, saying it is not distinctive enough to…
Read More »On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, Donna Goodison of the Boston Herald reports that Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc.’s chief global strategy officer is resigning after being promoted to the role in June. Neil Moses, who first joined the Canton-based parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins as its chief financial officer in November 2010, will leave…
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Nigel Travis, Dunkin’ Brands chief executive, sits down with Paul Vigna to discuss commodity prices and how the coffee chain is dealing with mounting competition from Starbucks and McDonald’s.
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The chain is using ‘Flavor Radio’ to boost sales by releasing the scent of coffee when its jingle is played Remember Smell-O-Vision, an idea that could have been great but just wasn’t? Dunkin’ Donuts has harnessed this idea and is now using it in Seoul, South Korea, in order to increase coffee sales, reports BostInno.…
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