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27
Jul 2011

NASDAQ Welcomes Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. to the NASDAQ Global Select Market

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NEW YORK, July 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that the trading of Dunkin’ Brands Group (Nasdaq:DNKN), the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, commenced on The NASDAQ Stock Market on July 27, 2011.

“In celebration of their initial public offering, NASDAQ is unofficially changing its name to NASDDAQ, incorporating Dunkin Donuts’ iconic pink and orange D’s into our traditional logo,” said Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Corporate Client Group. “NASDAQ is elated to welcome Dunkin’ Brands, a leader in consumer brand loyalty across a variety of categories in the quick service restaurant business, to the NASDAQ family.”

Headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, Dunkin’ Brands Group has more than 16,000 points of distribution in 57 countries worldwide. At the end of 2010, Dunkin’ Brands’ nearly 100 percent franchised business model included 9,760 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants and 6,433 Baskin-Robbins restaurants, and the company had system-wide sales of approximately $7.7 billion.

Since its inception, NASDAQ OMX has been the exchange of choice for household brand-name companies such as Dunkin’ Brands Group.  Dunkin’ Brands Group becomes the fourth consumer company to list with NASDAQ in the past month, joining other leading companies such as HomeAway Inc [AWAY], SkullCandy Inc [SKUL] and Francesca’s Holdings Corp [FRAN].

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02
Jun 2011

CELEBRATE NATIONAL DONUT DAY WITH FREE DONUT OFFER AT DUNKIN’ DONUTS TODAY

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Dunkin’ Donuts treats guests to a free donut with the purchase of a beverage;
Twitter followers are invited to test their knowledge of Dunkin’ Donuts’ donut varieties from around the world for a chance to win $50 Dunkin’ Donuts Cards
Canton, Mass. (June 3, 2011) – Happy National Donut Day from Dunkin’ Donuts! As people today celebrate their “hole-hearted” love of donuts, Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee, donuts and baked goods, is helping everyone mark the occasion in a very sweet way, with a delicious, free donut. Today, June 3, participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants nationwide will offer guests a free donut of their choice (while supplies last) with the purchase of a beverage (excluding bottled cooler beverages).
Dunkin’ Donuts is bringing its National Donut Day celebration to Twitter as well. Today, brand followers of @DunkinDonuts on Twitter will have the chance to guess the correct answer to a half-dozen questions about Dunkin’ Donuts’ innovative donut varieties served in select countries around the world. Anyone who offers a correct guess, using the hashtag #DDonut, is eligible for a chance to win a $50 Dunkin’ Donuts Card*. Dunkin’ Donuts will ask a total of six questions throughout National Donut Day, with one $50 Dunkin’ Donuts Card awarded per question to an eligible contestant who will be selected randomly.
For full details and information about Dunkin’ Donuts’ National Donut Day celebration, people are invited to visit the brand’s official National Donut Day event page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152886148115472.
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28
May 2009

Finalists are unveiled in Dunkin's Donut contest

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Dunkin’ Donuts, the Canton-based chain of coffee-and-baked-goods cafes, announced the 12 finalists who will compete for the chance to win a $12,000 grand prize and have their winning donut sold in participating Dunkin’ Donuts locations throughout the country.

Among those making the finals in the “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut” contest was Caitlyn Vandervelde of Coventry, R.I., whose creation is called Grandma’s Blueberry Maple Donut. Vandervelde’s entry is described as a blueberry cake donut with maple icing topped with graham cracker crunch.

Another entry perhaps alludes to the culinary tastes of the late pop crooner Elvis Presley. “The King,” submitted by James Smith of Mount Vernon, N.Y. is a Bananas Foster-filled donut with peanut butter icing and chopped peanuts, the Dunkin’ Donuts press release said.

To learn more about this donut lineup – or to cast a vote for a favorite – please click here.

Each finalist wins $1,200 and will travel to Dunkin’ Donuts’ University in Braintree, where Ph.D’s in the field toil at the chain’s culinary skunkworks as they seek to pioneer new frontiers in breakfast science and hand-held cuisine.

“The winning donut will be selected based on the outcome of the bake-off and America’s online public voting,” Dunkin’ Donuts said in its press release. “The grand prize winner of the ‘Create Dunkin’s Next Donut’ contest will be unveiled on National Donut Day.”

As sinker buffs know, National Donut Day falls on June 5. The photo that tops this post was provided by the company.

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04
Sep 2007

A despicable act in Crown Point, IN?

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Let me start this post by saying I have not been able to confirm this information fully; however, I’m reading enough things on the Internet today to lead me to believe there is some truth here. I haven’t seen anything on snopes.com yet disproving it either.

Here is what has been posted so far. This appears to be one of the earliest postings on the matter from Craigslist:

****This really did happens guys..my friend’s dad owns a business in CP and the cops came by and gave him a flyer urging him to boycott DD!! It’s NUTS!****

THIS HAPPENED IN CROWN POINT INDIANA.

This has made me so mad that I’m writing to all of you.

One of the building secretaries has a nephew in the Armed Forces. He and a buddy were in town, in uniform, and went into the Crown Point,IN Dunkin Donuts for coffee. The owner waited on them and REFUSED to serve them. His exact words (according to her) were “you are killing my countrymen and I will not serve you”. They asked him to repeat what he said because they couldn’t believe what they’d heard and he repeated it exactly.

The boy’s dad was so enraged that he went in and confronted the owner who admitted that was exactly what he said and he meant it. Dad turned to the people in the restaurant and told them what was going on and NO ONE left.

They contacted the corporate office and were told that a letter reprimanding the owner was sent. BIG DEAL.

Just so you know, this man also owns the Dunkin Donut in Merrillville,IN by K-Mart. I, for one, will never stop at either store again – that includes the Crown Point Baskin-Robbins that is also owned by him!

SPREAD THE WORD IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS HORRIBLE!

This could be a bunch of bunk; however, as one who loves Dunkin Donuts, if there is any shred of truth to it, we as the Dunkin Donuts community need to jump all over it and express our disgust to the store owner and to Dunkin Donuts corporate.
Please leave a comment in protest both on this post (for Dunkin Donuts corporate) and for the store owners themselves (on the stores page).

Reminder, I’m not affiliated with Dunkin Donuts, just a lover of the brand and product like all of you.

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10
Jul 2006

Dunkin Donuts has a warning about an e-mail scam going around – Tampa Bay\'s 10

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Dunkin Donuts says gift card offers from a Florida company are a scam.

The coffee giant says that e-mail messages are promising a free $25 gift card.

The company issued the following statement on it’s website:

“A fraudulent email message promising a Free $25 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card is being forwarded around the internet. Dunkin’ Donuts is not affiliated with these offers, does not sponsor nor endorse this activity and is unable to fulfill these offers. We apologize if you have received such an email with this fraudulent offer.”

Dunkin’ spokesman Andrew Mastrangelo tells the Boston Herald that this is “clearly fraudulent.”

The company has sent cease-and-desist orders to USA Research Forums, a Boynton Beach, Florida firm that Dunkin Donuts alleges is the culprit.

Mastrangelo says that the company wants to “make sure our customers are protected.”

A telephone number wasn’t available for USA Research Forums.

Source: Dunkin Donuts has a warning about an e-mail scam going around – Tampa Bay\’s 10

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09
Jul 2006

Dunkin Donuts warns about e-mail scam – WLNE-TV (ABC6)

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The coffee giant says that e-mail messages are promising a free $25 gift card.

The company says “Dunkin’ Donuts is not affiliated with these offers, does not sponsor nor endorse this activity and is unable to fulfill these offers.”

Dunkin’ spokesman Andrew Mastrangelo tells the Boston Herald that this is “clearly fraudulent.”

The company has sent cease-and-desist orders to USA Research Forums, a Boynton Beach, Florida firm that Dunkin Donuts alleges is the culprit.

Read the full article: Dunkin Donuts warns about e-mail scam – WLNE-TV (ABC6)

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