Just about one month ago, the 2018 Restaurant Industry Snapshot was released showing that restaurant sales were very strong throughout all of 2018. Same store sales grew by a full 2 percent in December, marking it the strongest monthly performance by the index in over three years. On an annual basis, 2018 same store sales…
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In light of the bad weather in Brazil these past few months, it is likely that coffee prices will be on the rise once again. There was a sustained drought during the growing season and then damaging flooding during the harvest. Arabica coffee prices surged 94% this past month to a high of $2.144 on…
Read More »When Bill Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin’ Donuts in 1950, the menu was not a major consideration.Rosenberg offered customers great tasting coffee and donuts, and the people who lived and worked near Quincy Mass. began a tradition of starting their mornings off with this staple. For almost two decades Dunkin’ was primarily known for coffee and donuts.…
Read More »Adding to an already tough economy, commodity prices are expected to eat into profits for Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners in 2011. According to the National DCP, commodity prices are especially turbulent, owing not only to bad weather in coffee producing countries; but also to growing speculation of commodities among hedge fund managers and other investors. DDIFO Members Read More…
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