Competitor News

The rough run that Tim Horton franchisees have been experiencing (with lawsuits against the brand and such) didn’t abate at all this week as Hortons announced it had reached agreement with a franchisee to close 4 stores in Cincinnati. The Canadian coffee & donut chain also closed a store in Indianapolis recently and dropped plans…

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Miscellaneous

Dunkin held a CFO call yesterday, during which there was no discussion of the $100 M “fund”. Apparently that will be left for February 2018 meeting, but they did reveal that DD US fees and royalty income to date was tracking a bit higher than last year and that out year accounting standards will cause…

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