News on Dunkin' Brands Inc.

Pork-flavored doughnuts? A Chinese market beckons

2010-03-02T14:34:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Pushing doughnuts to the Chinese takes ingenuity _ like flavoring them with pork or seaweed</div><div><p>Patrick Lin is sure he can succeed where others have failed, and get the Chinese hooked on doughnuts.</p><p>But the doughnuts this entrepreneur is selling, in the city that gave its name to Cantonese cooking, won't be readily recognizable to Westerners. They're shaped like pearl bracelets, and toppings include ham and cheese, red spaghett...

NY teen dumping garbage falls in sewage pit, dies

2010-03-01T08:45:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Teen worker taking out garbage behind NY doughnut shop falls into uncovered sewage pit, dies</div><div><p>Authorities are awaiting the results of an autopsy on a teenage worker who died after falling into a sewage pit outside a New York doughnut shop.</p><p>Police say 17-year-old Amiri Zeqiri slipped into an open cesspool Sunday night behind a Dunkin Donuts, etc. I don't really care for rich, sugary foods like fudge or a lot of chocolate, etc. That being said, I also try to limit my intake of sugary foods because I know that overdoing it in the sugar department wouldn't be good for me. With the increased number of instances of people who have diabetes...

Geithner Hosts Small Business Financing Forum

2009-11-18T09:31:26Z

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Gentle Parking's William Ortiz-Cartagena and SHEEX Co-Founder Susan Walvisu listen to Andy Cabral (C) of Dunkin Donuts speak during a small busins...

Dunkin' Donuts executive settles with Starbucks

2010-02-24T13:12:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Executive to pay Starbucks $500,000 in legal settlement after jumping to Dunkin' Donuts</div><div><p>Competition between Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts has gone beyond mochas and lattes to high-level executives.</p><p>Reuters) - Coffee retailer Starbucks Corp is suing a former executive it accuses of violating non-competition and separation agreements when he went to work for rival Dunkin' Donuts.</p><p>Fla. health dept. ousts county doc who dissed Dunkin's dozens</div><div><p>Dr. Jason Newsom railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea in his campaign to promote better eating in a part of the country known as the Redneck Riviera. He might still be leading the charge i...

Canadian doughnut chain enters NYC doughnut wars

2010-02-26T05:06:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Beloved Canadian doughnut chain brings new blood to New York City's doughnut wars</div><div><p>There's a new doughnut in town with a Canadian flavor, and it's saving Zachary Abella from making a two-hour commute.</p><p>For a sip of hot chocolate and his preferred pastry fix, the...

Dunkin' Donuts pulls drinks in salmonella concern

2010-02-26T14:53:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Dunkin' Donuts stops sales of hot chocolate, Dunkaccinos after supplier's salmonella recall</div><div><p>Dunkin' Donuts has temporarily stopped selling hot chocolate and Dunkaccino brand beverages after learning equipment used at a supplier's facility might have been contaminated with salmonella.</p><p>The The Associated Press reported that Dunkin' Donuts will cut the prices of lattes in its New York, New Jersey and

Professor says recession will last through end of this year

2010-03-03T02:58:20Z

<div><p> Southern Nevada is in for its longest recession since the Great Depression, according to a UNLV economist.</p><p>The economic slowdown will run through the end of 2009 based on the latest trends, said

Time to make the doughnuts again at Dunkin'

2010-03-03T14:28:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Dunkin' Donuts to push doughnuts with $10M promotional campaign, design a doughnut contest</div><div><p>It's time again to make doughnuts.</p><p>After focusing on waffle breakfast sandwiches and espresso-based coffee drinks, Dunkin' Donuts is coming full circle with a new advertising campaign to remind people it also sells do...

Dunkin Donuts Doughnut Time

2009-03-18T09:39:41Z

In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 picture, shift leader Asma Attaoui holds a rack of donuts at a Dunkin' Donuts franchise in Boston. It's time again to make doughnuts. After focusing on waffle breakfast sandwiches and espresso-based coffee drinks, Dunkin' Donuts is coming full circle with a new advertising campaign to remind people...

Florida News - March 09, 2009

2009-03-17T13:28:53Z

030909 west food charhut Photo by Damon Higgins/The Palm Beach Post..0061951A - royal palm beach - Tony Camissa grills burgers inside Char-Hut, a hamburger chain based out of Broward county that recently opened up in Royal Palm Beach. The establishment shares its location with Dunkin D...

Florida News - February 06, 2009

2009-04-21T05:38:45Z

020609 MET FirstApp Photo by Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post 0061101A [W/ STORY BYEliot Kleinberg] -- WEST PALM BEACH-- Charles Faustin of Fort Lauderdale, suspected of a string of armed Palm Beach Post 0061038A [W/ STORY BY Christina DeNardo] -- WEST PALM BEACH-- Calvin Lee Weatherspoon, accused of armed robbery and assault in the Dunkin Donuts

Mass. wants calorie counts at fast-food outlets

2010-03-02T23:53:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Mass. wants calorie counts posted on menu boards at fast-food outlets as soon as this fall</div><div><p>Massachusetts health officials plan to follow the lead of New York City and California in requiring fast-food chains to post calorie counts for their products on boards behind the order counter.</p&gt...

Homeless to Extravagant in NYC

2009-04-22T20:20:27Z

Dec 07, 2008 - New York, New York, USA - A homeless person tries to get some sleep while leaning on a railing on a staircase outside of a Dunkin Donuts. XINHUA

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Man without pants at doughnut shop gets probation

2010-03-01T04:01:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Man without pants at doughnut shop drive-through sentenced to 3 years probation</div><div><p>A man who showed up at a suburban New York doughnut shop drive-through without putting his pants on has been sentenced to three years' probation. John Greco of Croton-on-Hu...

Dunkin' Brands names Papa John's executive as CEO

2010-03-01T04:42:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Dunkin' Brands hires Papa John's Chief Executive Nigel Travis to succeed Jon Luther as CEO</div><div><p>Putting together a resume that reads like a list of diet don'ts — pizza, ice cream and doughnuts — Papa Joh...