The successful launch of Dunkin’ Donuts K-cups was a major reason that Smucker’s earnings were significantly higher than anticipated in Fiscal 2016. The previous high of $640.5 million for the company’s US Retail Coffee segment was surpassed with the $645.9 million in profits generated this year on sales of $2,239.2 million. The news was good…
Read More »John Gordon, DDIFO restaurant analyst, reported on yesterday’s Dunkin’ Q2 earnings call and advised that Dunkin’ US was in at least fair shape, with reported comps of +2.9%, and transactions were said to be +.6%, with which they were “satisfied”. The SSS KCup cannibalization was said to be .6%, due to the CPG rollout. There…
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Starbucks coffee K-Cup Portion Packs for the Keurig Single-Cup Brewing system hit store shelves this week at major food, drug, mass, club, specialty, and department store retailers throughout the U.S.
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Starbucks Corp. .. (Nasdaq: SBUX) said Tuesday that it will be selling single-serving K-Cups for the Keurig coffee machine in grocery stores in November, signaling a challenge to Dunkin’ Brands Inc. .. (Nasdaq: DNKN), which this month began selling K-Cups in Dunkin’ Donuts franchises only.
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Josh Kosman of the NY Post reports thats Dunkin’ Donuts kicked off its IPO road show by brewing some single-serve cup coffee for investors.
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Thomas Grillo writes in the Boston Herald that Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks — with their coffee shops saturating neighborhoods and their bags of beans bulging from supermarket shelves — are now duking it out one cup at a time.
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QSR Web reports that Dunkin’ Donuts has long been a morning staple for its coffee as much as for its famous Munchkins. Consumers may soon be able to enjoy that distinguished java at home. A handful of markets are currently testing “Dunkin’ One Cup” single-cup packaged coffee that can be brewed with most equipment.
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