Independent Joe #73 April/May 2022

“Skin in the game,” is how Dunkin’ President Scott Murphy explains the decision to increase the number of corporate-owned locations. “It demonstrates to our franchisees that anything we ask them to do, we will now be executing at a large scale alongside them.” While Dunkin’ has acquired franchise units from time to time – including…

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Economic Trends

The fall months brought a trifecta of bad news from an economic standpoint as the number of Americans who quit their jobs in September rose to 3% – the highest rate ever recorded since the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began collecting that data two decades ago. The September numbers translate to 4.4 million people,…

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