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Dunkin' Donuts Wants A Store On Every Corner

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Garth Johnston

Published Jan 5, 2012

Modified Jan 5, 2012

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Garth Johnston

Published Jan 5, 2012

Modified Jan 5, 2012

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Dunkin' Donuts already has the most franchises of any chain in the city (466 according to the Center for an Urban Future!) but that doesn't mean the regular joe's java joint is done expanding. Far from it. Yesterday the company—which just opened its 10,000th store—announced plans to double its U.S. presence in the next twenty years.

The chain, which has nearly 7,000 locations in the U.S. and has about 23 percent of the coffee and snack-shop market here (compared to Starbucks' 11,000 U.S. stores and 32.6 percent market share) isn't saying when or where the new spots will be, or when they will come. Just know, Munchkin lover, that they will (especially since the company says it has "finished streamlining its supply chain," whatever that means). You have been warned.

Look, Dunkin' Donuts is fine and all but we're not so sure the company can sustain the kind of growth they're projecting. Remember when you could stand on the corner of Astor Place and see three Starbucks? Yeah, now you can only see one.

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