kilikini wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>>
>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
>>>> Well, they put up a weird building, is it a bank? No, it's just
>>>> a brand new McDonald's, now hiring. White stone front,
>>>> very small arches. A new look.
>>>>
>>>> Then I'd noticed that Dunkin Donuts in town was closed, right
>>>> at the time people here were talking about their Dunkin Donuts
>>>> going out of business. This place said they were under
>>>> renovations. How can a place like that afford to close for months?
>>>> Well, when they put the big bubblegum pink D door handle on, I
>>>> knew they were coming back. Guess there's more money in
>>>> donuts than I thought.
>>
>>> The same thing happened with a Dunkin Donuts in my neighborhood. Its
>>> one of the standalone types (not in a mall). One day, I drove by to
>>> stop at a convenience store across the street from that DD and it
>>> was closed, despite being packed all the time.
>>>
>>> The place was unused for several months, then knocked down and
>>> replaced by a new building that's nearly indistinguishable from the
>>> old one, except a tiny bit larger, and its a Dunkin' Donuts. Go
>>> figure!
>>
>> How strange! Who are these people who can afford to shut down
>> their business for months on end to rebuild or renovate?

> It might depend upon whether the business was corporately owned or an
> independent franchise.

Yeah, I thought of that, but I doubt either of the locations I'm
thinking of are corporately owned. As a matter of fact, I know the
McDonald's isn't.

nancy