Each of us makes commitments that help define the direction of our lives. These include personal commitments to our spouse, family members and friends, and professional commitments to our employer, co-workers and partners. Webster’s defines commitment as, “The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.,” and Matt Light, our featured speaker…
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The idea of a Hall of Fame has its roots in Norse Mythology, but it was really brought to fruition with Ludwig I, who was the King of Bavaria, in 1842. He commissioned the building of a memorial called Walhalla to hold plaques and statues honoring great Germans. The Hall of Fame for Great…
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Anyone who ever noticed the two clocks hanging side-by-side at a Dunkin’ Donuts—one showing the time 18 minutes ahead—knew they would get a cup of coffee that hadn’t been sitting around very long. For a company eager to sell more coffee, Dunkin’ always knows customers will return for a cup of coffee that is…
Read More »It’s the ultimate nanny-state after all, but a California judge has ordered coffee retailers throughout the state to post cancer warnings on coffee sold in the Golden State. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle issued the order in a lawsuit initiated in 2010 by a non-profit group that alleged the companies were violating California…
Read More »We want to welcome Katy Latimer, Dunkin’s new Vice President – Culinary Innovation and congratulate her on joining the Dunkin’ Donuts family. According to the release, Latimer comes from PepsiCo where for the past two decades she served in a number of positions including a long tenure as Vice President of Research & Development, Global…
Read More »The trains may not run any better, but the passengers won’t mind delays as much with Amtrak now ‘running on Dunkin’! The railroad and Dunkin Donuts announced an agreement this week where Dunkin’ coffee will now be served on the Acela high speed express throughout the northeast. Later this year, all Amtrak trains throughout the…
Read More »We want to offer well-deserved congratulations to National DCP CEO Scott Carter on his selection by Food Logistics as one of its Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award winners for 2017. Carter was credited specifically with generating more than $340 million in cumulative savings for members and improving perfect order metrics by more than…
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Mike White, owner of two Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in Kennesaw, Georgia, wasn’t worried when a high-end convenience store, Quick Trip, wanted to move into the same strip mall as one of his restaurants. In fact, he negotiated with the landlord and worked out a win-win plan, where he moved his Dunkin’ into a larger location…
Read More »The big coffee news this week included the fact that Keurig Green Mountain was being acquired for just under $14 billion by JAB Holding Co. Just in the past few years, the company has acquired Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bagles, Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Intelligensia Coffee. Bloomberg reports that the company has…
Read More »We found a report last week by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to be quite interesting and potentially game-changing. It seems that research done on colon cancer patients indicated that drinking four or more cups of caffeinated coffee tendered to more dramatically lower the likelihood of the cancer returning. The study, which was…
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