Somewhere between 10 and 20 years ago Dunkin changed their coffee, stop making doughnuts in house, and stopped making the doughnut that shared their name. This is why I'm a Tim Horton man these days.
They may get away under the French Language law in Quebec with the Dunkin name. But they are likely to stumble on the product description. When I was visiting with college student friends in Montreal back in the 70's they called the pastry a Beignet Américaine.
So tangentially related, McDonalds did a "using Canadian beef" campaign when the US was trying to keep our exports restricted under Mad Cow ... that seems to have paid dividends during the current quiet boycot.
I have a weakness for apple fritters. Like yes, I will eat them until I am ready to puke. Which is why we have a "No Apple Fritters!" rule in this household.
Younger and cooler? Then why did the hash browns I had at the New York Penn Station Dunkin' (which was all that was open given I arrived at zero dark thirty) taste like loam?
My wife has been extolling the virtues of a new Dunks here in Detroit. Has lots of good drink options -- coffee, soft drinks. Not sure they actually have donuts anymore. To date they have not had to wait in line to order, which is not the kind of message a new store wants to hear.
I've been to Dunkin' less than five times in my life. I don't care for donuts in general, their bagels and their coffee are okay but nothing remarkable.
I think that Canadians can do better without much effort.
Just throwing in an affirmation of Matt Groening's Life is Hell strip where he listed things that would take time off one's life (i.e. One cigarette: 3 minutes), and the last square of the dozen of so was "One donut: 10 years."
I have very fond memories of the Mr. Donut chain. Where I grew up, the local Mr. Donut was a popular place for the high school and college kids to go on first dates in the 70's.
When I spent a year in Miami in grad school in the late 70's I was astonished to find they had a chain called "Mr. Bagel." I had never even seen a bagel before, since I hailed from the rural Midwestern Bible Belt where Jewish people and others with sophisticated international tastes had to drive 120 miles to St. Louis to find a kosher market (or an Italian market, or an Asian market, or a Hispanic market, etc.), but I quickly became a fan of bagels. I remember they had a toppings bar with at least 20 different toppings, none of which I had ever heard of either, other than cream cheese. I ate my first lox there (not my favorite topping).
So I wondered why Mr. Donut went out of business and Googled it, only to discover that they were acquired and re-branded into Dunkin' Donuts.
However, Mr. Donut is still the leading donut retailer in Japan, according to Google.
Mr. Bagel went out of business as well, except for a chain in Maine.
When we first moved to Maine back in the late 60s I ran into something called spudnuts at a small family-owned shop in Brunswick. They were the best donuts I had ever tasted.
We used to have Mister Donuts in my city! For some reason I thought they were a regional chain; I didn't know they were national! Mister Donuts largely got taken over by Dunkin' Donuts here in the 1980s before those largely went away before the rebrand.
Fred had to keep a grueling schedule in the donut shop, but he made more than five kinds of donuts and they were _way_ better than the crap they sell now.
WOW — “We’re not having technical difficulties here, but we gotta go.”
@jimcramerpeeps.bsky.social reduced to an unintelligible stammer as he tries to process the corruption of Trump making mountains of money trading stocks of companies he makes policies to help.
Somewhere between 10 and 20 years ago Dunkin changed their coffee, stop making doughnuts in house, and stopped making the doughnut that shared their name. This is why I'm a Tim Horton man these days.
I was *amazed* to see the number of paragraphs in this article that managed to go by without mentioning Tim Horton's.
Three. It was three. I would've bet hard on it being zero.
My son credits The Lonely Island and the Tim's at KAF with getting him through his first deployment to the desert.
Should name them Duncan Hoser Holes.
They may get away under the French Language law in Quebec with the Dunkin name. But they are likely to stumble on the product description. When I was visiting with college student friends in Montreal back in the 70's they called the pastry a Beignet Américaine.
So tangentially related, McDonalds did a "using Canadian beef" campaign when the US was trying to keep our exports restricted under Mad Cow ... that seems to have paid dividends during the current quiet boycot.
"𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴."
as if when I want to eat healthy, a donut shop is near the top of my list.
There is a Spudnuts a few blocks from us and their Apple Fritters are great, really dangerous.
I have a weakness for apple fritters. Like yes, I will eat them until I am ready to puke. Which is why we have a "No Apple Fritters!" rule in this household.
That’s harsh
Beats my “No Jehovahs Witnesses” sign in my front window
It's either "No Apple Fritters!" or we add another foot to the width of every doorway in the house.
I would boycott just for his "boots on the ground" line.
Right?! STFU, buddy.
Younger and cooler? Then why did the hash browns I had at the New York Penn Station Dunkin' (which was all that was open given I arrived at zero dark thirty) taste like loam?
Dunkin' hash browns? That's on you.
Hey I EARNED my walk of shame, I owned it with my chest LOL
Where do potatoes grow? In dirt. What is loam? Dirt. They are just shortcuttng the whole "grow potatoes" thing and making the hash browns from dirt.
At least they can’t put Pink Slime in it
Well, you see, they had to cut costs somewhere....
My wife has been extolling the virtues of a new Dunks here in Detroit. Has lots of good drink options -- coffee, soft drinks. Not sure they actually have donuts anymore. To date they have not had to wait in line to order, which is not the kind of message a new store wants to hear.
They do, but they are not real great.
I've been to Dunkin' less than five times in my life. I don't care for donuts in general, their bagels and their coffee are okay but nothing remarkable.
I think that Canadians can do better without much effort.
Just throwing in an affirmation of Matt Groening's Life is Hell strip where he listed things that would take time off one's life (i.e. One cigarette: 3 minutes), and the last square of the dozen of so was "One donut: 10 years."
I have very fond memories of the Mr. Donut chain. Where I grew up, the local Mr. Donut was a popular place for the high school and college kids to go on first dates in the 70's.
When I spent a year in Miami in grad school in the late 70's I was astonished to find they had a chain called "Mr. Bagel." I had never even seen a bagel before, since I hailed from the rural Midwestern Bible Belt where Jewish people and others with sophisticated international tastes had to drive 120 miles to St. Louis to find a kosher market (or an Italian market, or an Asian market, or a Hispanic market, etc.), but I quickly became a fan of bagels. I remember they had a toppings bar with at least 20 different toppings, none of which I had ever heard of either, other than cream cheese. I ate my first lox there (not my favorite topping).
So I wondered why Mr. Donut went out of business and Googled it, only to discover that they were acquired and re-branded into Dunkin' Donuts.
However, Mr. Donut is still the leading donut retailer in Japan, according to Google.
Mr. Bagel went out of business as well, except for a chain in Maine.
Mr Bagel went out of business ‘cuz they had a hole in their business plan…
When we first moved to Maine back in the late 60s I ran into something called spudnuts at a small family-owned shop in Brunswick. They were the best donuts I had ever tasted.
We used to have Mister Donuts in my city! For some reason I thought they were a regional chain; I didn't know they were national! Mister Donuts largely got taken over by Dunkin' Donuts here in the 1980s before those largely went away before the rebrand.
Fred had to keep a grueling schedule in the donut shop, but he made more than five kinds of donuts and they were _way_ better than the crap they sell now.
WOW — “We’re not having technical difficulties here, but we gotta go.”
@jimcramerpeeps.bsky.social reduced to an unintelligible stammer as he tries to process the corruption of Trump making mountains of money trading stocks of companies he makes policies to help.
https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mm55rkezcs2w
Wow, the poor guy just melted down right on tv.
Know how I talk about people who are paid to be professionally credulous? Jim Cramer is a prime example.