Dunkin Donuts coming to Denver (Lamar: how much, live, restaurants)

[Snikt]

Looks like DD is finally coming to Denver, unfortunately they are retarded and all 11 new stores are going to be north of I-70. Nothing like having some diversity..

Dunkin' Donuts rolling back into Denver with 11 stores - The Denver Post

[JrzDefector]

Since I've gotten here, Denver has gotten an Ikea and had TJ's and DD announce plans to come to the city. Life is good!

Not so into doughnuts, but they have reasonably healthy breakfast sandwiches, which makes me very happy when I'm under deadline. And their coffee is great for deadlines too.

Thanks for the post, Snikt!

[Snikt]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

Since I've gotten here, Denver has gotten an Ikea and had TJ's and DD announce plans to come to the city. Life is good!

Not so into doughnuts, but they have reasonably healthy breakfast sandwiches, which makes me very happy when I'm under deadline. And their coffee is great for deadlines too.

Thanks for the post, Snikt!

I agree, DD was the last store I was waiting for. Just wish they were a little smarter about placement. 4 in the south, 4 in the north, etc... but no lets put all 11 in the same small section of a big metro area?

I would go to DD almost every morning in FL, turkey sausage sandwiches and stuff that are healthier than almost everywhere else

[Willy702]

They will have another franchisee do the south, don't worry. The speculation is rising that In N Out is coming too. All I'm wanting now is a Frys Electronics and I'd be good, sorry Microcenter you just don't cut it.

[cowboyxjon]

I kind of liked NOT having Dunkin Donuts, and the same with Trader Joe's. It made it more of a treat for me when I visited a city that had them.

Disclaimer: There are MANY donut shops in Denver that are WAY BETTER than Dunkin'. The Walton's Donuts at Leetsdale and Monaco is excellent.

[Willy702]

Dunkin doesn't really compete on donuts, those are sort of the legacy product. They make their money off coffee.

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by Snikt

I agree, DD was the last store I was waiting for. Just wish they were a little smarter about placement. 4 in the south, 4 in the north, etc... but no lets put all 11 in the same small section of a big metro area?

I would go to DD almost every morning in FL, turkey sausage sandwiches and stuff that are healthier than almost everywhere else

It would have been ill advised to put 4 restaurants in the north and 4 in the south. The reason is to limit management effort and costs over multiple units and to have control over a smaller area with adequate penetration of the market area. It is well known hazard in the restaurant business to spread units too far apart for adequate management and most importantly, quality control.

I am willing to bet that the franchise agreement calls for a limited area within a metro region so that there will be a another franchise area in the south to provide the same level of control and penetration.

Livecontent

[Cyborgt800]

Lamar's Doughnuts are WAY better than DD or KK...

As for new franchises....Steak and Shake just came to town and JITB is back after a long hiatus!

[zenkonami]

FINALLY...we can have a city that is JUST like every other city! It's good to know that no matter where you go in this great country of ours, EVERYTHING will be the same =)

Maybe they can all even run out some of those local shops around town...after all, we all know how much large national corporate chains care for their locations...since, of course, it's easy...they are, after all, all the same.

Seriously, though, I don't know of any local donut shops or even many bakeries (though I'd love to if anyone would share), but celebrating the coming of any of these national chains seems to prioritize convenience (in the age of internet shopping, no less) over that of supporting local business owners and entrepeneurs. Deeper we go into the service economy, and we don't even get the benefit of local culture and personality to go with it. Wonderful.

[vegaspilgrim]

For those of you guys who haven't lived here for a while... Dunkin Donuts used to be in Denver up until ca. 15-20 years ago, before they closed up all the locations. I know there used to be one at Leetsdale & Monaco. Thread should be titled "Dunkin Donuts coming [back] to Denver."