Posted on 10/04/2015 3:10:46 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Looks like America will run a little less on Dunkin’.
Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, announced Thursday that one of its franchisees it will be shutting 100 stores across the country in the next 15 months, reports Forbes.
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Dunkin’ said a spike in the cost of eggs due to the recent avian flu outbreak in the U.S. was a reason along with concerns with the rise in minimum wage laws in cities across the country. Last month, New York became the first state to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour.
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Nice to see ludicrous minimum wage laws having such a beneficial effect on the economy.
Not unusual with mature chain store growth. Thousands of stores; some have got to not be doing well, and with increased costs, natural or by government order, the bottom 5-10% of under performers will close. Culling of the heard.
another sure sign of a vibrant growing economy.
Troy Aikman and Jerry Jones just opened a bunch in the Dallas area. I bet they’ll avoid the axe.
Some people refuse to go there after the Dunkin CEO came out in support for illegal amnesty in 2014.
It's the avian flu'ed eggs that's caused the shut down of stores
There apparently are NO safe eggs on the planet .... shut down capitalism.
Tastes change, too. People aren’t as interested in high-fat, gooey, yummy doughnuts anymore. I hear carrot and celery sticks are what people demand these days.
The First Wookiee will be happy. A $25 doughnut means the peons will go without. Soylent Green, here we come !
Hopefully more people eating real food and not that pre packaged, pre cooked crap not even made on site at each store. It’s possible and not even all that difficult once you make it a priority.
Dunkin Donuts is tone deaf. Around here, the line at the counter of Panera at times almost goes out the door. They're the chain that's become very conscious of nutrition and food prep. They don't pay slave wages.
Meanwhile, DD is selling manufactured glop and still thinks HFCS is a food group. They don't know what a whole grain is.
It's a shame. FWIW, for my tastes anyway their coffee is the best of all the chains.
“Not unusual with mature chain store growth. Thousands of stores; some have got to not be doing well, and with increased costs, natural or by government order, the bottom 5-10% of under performers will close. Culling of the heard.”
Other factors:
1) Cannibalizaiton. As retail chains build out, stores become so close together they can take significant business from other stores instead of all customers being incremental at the new store.
2) Competition. Dunkin competes with its own stores by selling its coffee in grocery stores and at Costco. Starbucks, local coffee chains, even the local grocery store, compete with Dunkin.
3) Management. Franchisees with multiple stores cannot control the operation of each store. Unless they hire exceptional managers for each location (very expensive), the quality of customer service becomes much lower than when the owner is on site. One of the strengths of Chick fil A is that it allows franchisees to own only one store and they must work the store. Absentee management is not effective in retail, particularly food service.
4) Fickle customers. Many consumers ride trends. They try something new, indulge in it over a period of time, and then move on to the next thing or look for a lower cost substitute once the formerly great new thing becomes old.
5) Demographic trends. As people age and move into retirement the need for a quick coffee and donuts breakfast declines and is an easy expense item to eliminate when on a reduced income. With aging comes lower levels of activity and more issues with controlling weight as well as dealing with the issue of dealing with diseases often related to obesity. That morning donut goes away when the doctor says lose 30 pounds or face being diabetic.
thanks for the impressive big data, Mr. Soul!
This sounds more like a franchisee calling it quits.
I never would have guessed that were real eggs in DD’s breakfast pucks.
I sure am glad all the businesses that are closing and laying off thousands apiece all across the country lately hasn’t made the needle move on the
5.1 % unemployment rate../s
They’re such damn liars.
Your statement reminds me of the “home made” pastries many restaurants advertise. Unless someone actually bakes the stuff in their home and brings it into the restaurant, it’s not home made.
I like DD. One of my favorite donuts, the Sugar Raised. Yeast donut w/ granulated sugar on it.
Some of the DD stores are merely outlets, product trucked in. Was disappointed one day. Obviously old donuts. Haven’t been to a DD since.
Donut tip..
Have some 1-3 day old Krispy Kreme donuts you were going to toss?
Stick them in the toaster oven. Toast til blackened on top. Eat w/ knife and fork. Almost better than fresh.
Last week I noticed one nearby, with zero customers at 7:30 a.m. Thought at the time that was strange, and wonder if competition with fast food newcomers are putting a dent into the DD business model. Even Taco Bell (yuck) is selling breakfast now.
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