Dunkin' Donuts announced Tuesday on PR Newswire that it is expanding to Southern California with a long-term goal of having more than 15,000 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the United States.
"Specifically, the company is recruiting multi-unit franchisees for Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Ventura and Orange counties and expects restaurants in these markets will begin to open in 2015. The company is also interested in identifying qualified food service operators for a wide range of non-traditional venues including colleges and universities, casinos, military bases, supermarkets, airports and travel centers," stated the release.
Chief Executive Officer, Dunkin' Brands and President, Dunkin' Donuts U.S. Nigel Travis said, "Expansion to California has always been part of our plan to grow Dunkin' Donuts' presence in the U.S."
The buzz around Dunkin' Donuts opening the first California location at Camp Pendleton led to the base releasing a statement stating it would be harder for the public to get on base to eat there.
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Boston Donuts 1151 West Imperial Highway La Habra, CA 90631 It is an old DD that is still using the DD recipes. I ran into it when I first moved back to SoCal a little over 2 years ago. But with Tim Horton's popping up everywhere back East and expansion plans for the West about the same time, I think we are going to have some donut wars.
Donut Wars! I think that I see another reality TV show in our future.
Whenever somebody visits, they can't even believe it when they find out that there is no DD to hit in the morning. I am getting goofy about this, but I have spent all of last night telling all of my CA friends about this, because they have all heard me wishing for this for so many years.
sugar in our systems. Kids are put on Ritalin because they are high on sugar and bouncing off the walls at school. One can of soda contains over 18 teaspoons of sugar. One Dunkin Glazed donut has 12g of sugar. Both adults and children are obese; look around you. Do you want to have your kids become self-injecting adults due to diabetes? If you are reading this, you have access to the internet; look up what sugar and white flour does to the body...and then ask yourself if you want another local business that fattens the owners pocket and fattens your family.
I love my little corner shop (Top Donuts) and the personal relationship I have built with it's owners. I just don't see that happening with a chain franchise. DD will need to avoid whatever pitfall Winchell's fell into back in the 80's. It's been tried and failed already here in California. Winchell's was the undisputed champion with locations everywhere. And now they are essentially gone.
Although, I do think that part of what kept DD from making this logical expansion earlier, is because they were one of those companies that fell victim to Mitt Romney's Bain Capital. They are one of the ones that they loaded up with debt, but were a strong enough brand to survive despite it and this is about the first sign that I have seen that they are now taking full strides again.