Hendersonville-based Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins franchisee files Ch. 11

A pair of Hendersonville-based operators of seven local Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins sites filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday. Current River Capital, LLC and its managing company Tekeni Partners LLC … [Read more...]

Moline man bringing Dunkin’ Donuts back to the Quad-Cities

Dunkin' Donuts will return to the Quad-City market with a new store in Moline this fall and plans calling for more than a dozen stores in the future. The new Moline shop will occupy a former KFC restaurant at 3501 … [Read more...]

SBA Alters Loan Refinance Terms

Small businesses looking to expand are now able to refinance existing loans to buy real estate and other fixed assets as a result of permanent changes to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 Certified … [Read more...]

Consumers Say They Want Healthy, but Aren’t Buying It

Emily Bryson York writes in Advertising Age that a survey by Mintel Menu Insights Finds Taste, Cost Prevail in Making Menu Choices. A note to food marketers: Consumers who say they want healthy options are unlikely to … [Read more...]

Quickservice Franchises Show Promise During this Recession

Linda Whitney,  of the Daily Mail in London writes that Fast food franchises may be recession proof and doing well out of the recession, as people abandon expensive dining in favour of cheaper options. If you want to … [Read more...]

‘Dunkin’ Run’ Helps Coordinate Your Donut and Coffee Orders

Dunkin' Donuts has unveiled an online application to help companies more easily take group orders for its products. Tired of scooting around the office, writing down everyone's order in a piece of scrap paper before … [Read more...]

Mandatory Franchise Dispute Arbitration Under Assault

Keith Girard writes in AllBusiness that Richard Welshans and his wife Deborah are typical in many ways of enterprising individuals who choose a franchised business to build a career. After Richard was laid off from his … [Read more...]

Dunkin’ Donuts Plans a Dozen Dayton stores

A dozen Dunkin’ Donuts locations are scheduled to open in the Dayton area over the next seven years. The coffee and baked goods chain signed a deal with Giant Oil Inc. to develop 12 restaurants in Dayton. The … [Read more...]

Dunkin’ Donuts Opens for Business

The newly constructed Dunkin' Donuts on the Circle, replacing the Wally Waffle building, was officially open for business June 10 at 5 a.m. "People are pleased we eliminated a blighted structure with a brand new … [Read more...]

Tim Hortons and Kahala Corp extend Cold Stone Creamery co-branding test to six Tim Hortons locations in Canada

Tim Hortons Inc. (NYSE:  THI) and Kahala Corp - parent company of Cold Stone Creamery - today announced an extension of the companies' successful co-branding test to six Tim Hortons restaurants in Canada. The two … [Read more...]