Dunkin' Donuts Announces Plans For 24 New Restaurants In Austin,
Texas, With Coffee Action West, LLC
CANTON, Mass., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunkin' Donuts,
America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods,
announced today the signing of a multi-unit store development
agreement with new franchise group, Coffee Action West, LLC, for 21
traditional Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and three Dunkin'
Donuts/Baskin-Robbins combination units in the Austin, Texas, Metro Area. Coffee Action West,
LLC has also acquired an existing Dunkin' Donuts corporate
restaurant in Round Rock and a
second in Austin Proper. Their
first new restaurant in the market is planned to open in early 2013
in Cedar Park, Texas, a Northwest
suburb of Austin.
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Coffee Action West, LLC is comprised of partners that include
former University of Texas
football standout Colt McCoy and QSR
industry veteran Dale Mulvey. The
company is financed by Michael
Karsch, the founder of a New
York based investment management firm.
"We are excited to expand Dunkin' Donuts' presence in the Austin
Metro Area and play an important role in the daily lives of people
who live, work and visit here," said Dale
Mulvey, Dunkin' Donuts franchisee. "We have a passion and
loyalty for the brand and look forward to the opening of our
Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the years to come."
Although the Austin Metro Area market is no longer available for
franchise sales, development opportunities throughout Texas remain in the eastern, southern and
western parts of the state. To drive its expansion efforts, Dunkin'
Donuts has aligned its strategy to support the growth opportunities
and consumer needs of individual markets. As a result, the company
continues to expand with single and multi-unit opportunities with
no minimum unit requirements.
"Our secret to success is our passionate franchisees who provide
a high-level of customer service to our guests every day," said
Grant Benson, CFE, vice president of
Development, Dunkin' Brands. "We believe these new franchisee
partners will cultivate lasting customer relationships and become
integral parts of their local communities."
Building a solid network of stores within a market enables
Dunkin' Donuts to invest in a distribution model that provides
consistent, high-quality products that guests expect. In an
effort to keep the brand fresh and competitive, Dunkin' Donuts
offers flexible concepts for any real estate format including
free-standing restaurants, end caps, in-line sites, gas and
convenience, travel plazas, universities, as well as other retail
environments.
Since the 1950s, Dunkin' Donuts has been a daily ritual for
millions of people. For more than 60 years, Dunkin' Donuts has
offered delicious food, beverages, and friendly service at a great
value. To best serve its guests, Dunkin' Donuts offers an all-day
menu including iced coffee, flavored coffees, lattes, Dunkin'
Donuts K-Cup® Packs, Coolatta® frozen drinks, muffins, bagels,
breakfast sandwiches, and a DDSMART® menu featuring better-for-you
items. The three Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins combination units
will also feature Baskin-Robbins' wide variety of ice cream
flavors, ice cream sundaes, frozen beverages and ice cream
cakes.
Further demonstrating Dunkin' Donuts' strong commitment to
Texas, in 2010 the brand and The
Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
dedicated the nation's first Dunkin' Donuts baking and pastry
classroom, located on the CIA's San
Antonio, Texas campus. Dunkin' Brands made a $900,000 pledge to become a founding donor of the
CIA's "El Sueno" initiative, which educates students and industry
professionals about traditional Latin American baked goods and
provides them with industry-specific skills.
To learn more about Dunkin' Donuts,
visit www.DunkinDonuts.com or follow us on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/DunkinDonuts) and Twitter
(www.twitter.com/DunkinDonuts).
About Dunkin' Donuts
Founded in 1950, Dunkin' Donuts
is America's favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked
goods. Dunkin' Donuts is a market leader in the regular/decaf
coffee, iced coffee, hot flavored coffee, donut, bagel and muffin
categories. Dunkin' Donuts has earned the No. 1 ranking for
customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for six years running. The company
has more than 10,000 restaurants in 32 countries worldwide. For the
full-year 2011, Dunkin' Donuts' restaurants had global
franchisee-reported sales of approximately $6.4 billion. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin' Donuts is part of the
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of companies. For
more information, visit
www.DunkinDonuts.com.
For more information, visit www.dunkinfranchising.com.
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