On 11/3/2013 1:10 AM, MotoFox wrote:
> Quoth Nancy Young~
>
>> Like Dunkin Donuts. Not that I'm a big fan of donuts but they used to
>> have some that I liked. Now they're trucked in.
>
> I used to like Dunkin Doughnuts too, but what the hell happened to them?
> They had several locations around here, particularly in the '80s, but
> pretty much all disappeared from this area throughout the end of the
> '90s-early 2000s. Think the closest one to me at last was at least a good
> 15 miles down I205, in Clackamas.

That's funny to me, because that's the time frame when Dunkin Donuts
exploded, seemed like they opened one on every corner within the
space of a couple of years. Same time they stopped making the donuts
at the store. Much cheaper to open a location if you don't have to
have a kitchen, practically, I guess.

I read that donuts are really a small part of their business, it's
the drive through coffee that makes them their money.

> Do they even exist on the west coast today?

I have no idea, I thought they were everywhere in the states.

I first noticed they were everywhere in the Boston area. Thought
it maybe was my imagination until I took the Duck Tour and the
guide mentioned that Boston had more Dunkin Donuts per capita
than anywhere else. After that trip is when the number of
locations quintupled where I live, so who knows if that's still true.

nancy

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 06:51:57 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:



>
>I have no idea, I thought they were everywhere in the states.
>
>I first noticed they were everywhere in the Boston area. Thought
>it maybe was my imagination until I took the Duck Tour and the
>guide mentioned that Boston had more Dunkin Donuts per capita
>than anywhere else. After that trip is when the number of
>locations quintupled where I live, so who knows if that's still true.
>
>nancy

DD HQ is in Randolph MA, about 20 miles out of Boston. Our small town
with a population of 10,000 has three of them, plus a couple of other
coffee shops. Using a centralized baking place, they supply a lot of
small stores and the DD inside of a gas station. Seems like the
drive-up window always has a line.

On 11/3/2013 8:02 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 06:51:57 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> I first noticed they were everywhere in the Boston area. Thought
>> it maybe was my imagination until I took the Duck Tour and the
>> guide mentioned that Boston had more Dunkin Donuts per capita
>> than anywhere else. After that trip is when the number of
>> locations quintupled where I live, so who knows if that's still true.

> DD HQ is in Randolph MA, about 20 miles out of Boston.

Aha, that explains it. I don't know why I noticed but it caught
my eye, then I saw them every other block. I'm exaggerating. A
bit.

> Our small town
> with a population of 10,000 has three of them, plus a couple of other
> coffee shops.

I'm not one to go out for coffee, but it is big business.

> Using a centralized baking place, they supply a lot of
> small stores and the DD inside of a gas station. Seems like the
> drive-up window always has a line.

That whole centralized baking thing ruined donuts for me.
I liked the sour cream donut (which might sound gooey but it was
plain, and had a really nice crispiness) and the original Dunkin
Donut with the 'handle' ... they just don't have the same
texture anymore and they seem like they're on the wrong side
of stale.

Not a great loss, I only got them once in a while, but I do miss
those. Okay, and the chocolate filled ones, I used to like those
too.

nancy

On 2013-11-03 9:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> I first noticed they were everywhere in the Boston area. Thought
>>> it maybe was my imagination until I took the Duck Tour and the
>>> guide mentioned that Boston had more Dunkin Donuts per capita
>>> than anywhere else. After that trip is when the number of
>>> locations quintupled where I live, so who knows if that's still true.
>
>> DD HQ is in Randolph MA, about 20 miles out of Boston.
>
> Aha, that explains it. I don't know why I noticed but it caught
> my eye, then I saw them every other block. I'm exaggerating. A
> bit.

I thought that Hamilton ON would have the most Tim Hortons per capita
but I was wrong. That honour goes to Moncton NB. That town of only
65,000 has 22 Hortons outlets.

>
> That whole centralized baking thing ruined donuts for me.
> I liked the sour cream donut (which might sound gooey but it was
> plain, and had a really nice crispiness) and the original Dunkin
> Donut with the 'handle' ... they just don't have the same
> texture anymore and they seem like they're on the wrong side
> of stale.

When they used to make the donuts in the stores they were so much
better. I used to like to get glazed donuts while they were still
warm. Once they have cooled off they lose 90% of their appeal.

>
> Not a great loss, I only got them once in a while, but I do miss
> those. Okay, and the chocolate filled ones, I used to like those
> too.
>

I used to go out for bicycle rides and pedal 10-15 miles, stop for a
coffee and donut and then pedal home. Then I had a cardiac issue and
donuts were stricken from my diet. Now I pedal that distance, turn
around and pedal home.