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re: Stale donuts and bad coffee returning to BR: Dunkin Donuts buys land near LSU
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:52 am to Dawgfanman
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:52 am to Dawgfanman
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Good coffee, bad donuts.
You are half right.
Their coffee is the worst of any drive thru chain and significantly behind most gas stations. It's on par with what you are getting from those coffee pods in a car dealership wait room.
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Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:53 am to dewster
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No offense to you personally, but Dunkin is every bit as caustic to the culinary world as New Englanders are to the human race.
It's funny because it's true.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:54 am to member12
Dunkin is all over Huntsville. I don't get the appeal. Their donuts aren't fresh and their coffee is anything that I can't get at the local MAPCO. I have to drive 20 minutes to a local donut place that actually makes theirs in store and pass three DDs along the way.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:55 am to member12
I heard somewhere they have to defrost their frozen donuts and don’t make them fresh. True? That would explain the shittiness.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:55 am to member12
I like having DDs as an option. The coffee is bearable (it's not good, it's better than fast food and gas station coffee). The donuts are pretty bad but a bad donut is tolerable. I like them because they're fast and surprisingly, all the ones here (Atlanta) have pretty pleasant service.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:57 am to member12
Krispy Kream ain’t got shite on Southern Maid. Iykyk
Posted on 3/15/24 at 9:58 am to goofball
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You are half right. Their coffee is the worst of any drive thru chain and significantly behind most gas stations. It's on par with what you are getting from those coffee pods in a car dealership wait room.
We will just agree to disagree. It’s good coffee (to me) and significantly better than any gas station or pods. But I like cheap, drip coffee…not anything fancy just cream.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:01 am to frequent flyer
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No offense to you personally, but Dunkin is every bit as caustic to the culinary world as New Englanders are to the human race.
It's funny because it's true.
I have no problem with the original statement and agree to an extent. but what makes you think that about new englanders?
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:04 am to dewster
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1. Krispy Kreme
2. Mary Lee or Shipley's
3. Literally any indie donut shop in the back corner of a run down shopping center
4. Grocery Store donuts from Albertsons, Brookshires, or any other mid market chain that doesn't try anymore
5. A deep fried piece of celery tied into a circle
6. An old tennis shoe
7. A friend's old tennis shoe
8. Dunkin Donut
Where's the beignet fall out in your list? Yankee donuts and coffee don't fit in down here. Would rather Coffee Call before I'd ever step into a Dunkin.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:04 am to Dawgfanman
I've had a lot of gas station coffee on the premise that it rivals coffee house coffee these days (a common refrain on this board).
I've never found that. A Bunn is fine and grinding reasonably recently helps, but when you're still using mass market stale coffee beans of mediocre quality, the coffee sucks.
I think DD coffee is weak, but it exceeds most every gas station I've ever been to and I can't think of a chain drive thru with better coffee. McDonalds is awful, CFA is awful, etc.
I've never found that. A Bunn is fine and grinding reasonably recently helps, but when you're still using mass market stale coffee beans of mediocre quality, the coffee sucks.
I think DD coffee is weak, but it exceeds most every gas station I've ever been to and I can't think of a chain drive thru with better coffee. McDonalds is awful, CFA is awful, etc.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:05 am to grizzlylongcut
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Krispy Kream ain’t got shite on Southern Maid.
I don't like their donuts, but I'll eat my weight in their jalepeno cheese kolaches
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:11 am to In The Know
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I heard somewhere they have to defrost their frozen donuts and don’t make them fresh. True? That would explain the shittiness.
That's my understanding as well. I also don't think they emphasize them as much anymore, focusing mostly on their coffees and sandwiches. They began shifting their branding from "Dunkin' Donuts" to simply "Dunkin'" a few years ago.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:18 am to Brummy
A couple of friends admit to liking Dunkin coffee. But they cite price and convenience as their reasons - not quality. But then they also buy a donut or vanilla long john with it when they know damn well how terrible those things are in both taste and nutrition.
I don't really trust those people anymore when it comes to food or beverage recommendations.
I don't really trust those people anymore when it comes to food or beverage recommendations.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:19 am to member12
Not Surprised they went outta business in BR. Every time I went in they were out of almost all their donuts.
I stopped at one (Bluebonnet) on my way home from work one mid afternoon day to get a cup of coffee for the ride home in BR traffic. Watched the girl go to three pots to fill my cup. I took one sip and it was cold and stale. Handed it back to her and left. That was my last trip to a Dunkin.
I stopped at one (Bluebonnet) on my way home from work one mid afternoon day to get a cup of coffee for the ride home in BR traffic. Watched the girl go to three pots to fill my cup. I took one sip and it was cold and stale. Handed it back to her and left. That was my last trip to a Dunkin.
This post was edited on 3/15/24 at 10:20 am
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:25 am to CSinLC
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I stopped at one (Bluebonnet) on my way home from work one mid afternoon day to get a cup of coffee for the ride home in BR traffic. Watched the girl go to three pots to fill my cup. I took one sip and it was cold and stale. Handed it back to her and left. That was my last trip to a Dunkin.
I ordered a hot chocolate from Dunkin on a bitterly cold day when I felt terrible. They gave me a cup of hot water with maybe a teaspoon of powdered coco mixed in with it. It was translucent. And they've handed me coffee before that was room temperature. You'll never convince me that they make a good product. They are like Tim Hortons but worse.
For those of you that are huge fans of this kind of crap....is it an independent decision made by all the local Dunkin stores to suck this badly or is it corporate policy?
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:26 am to dewster
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1. Krispy Kreme
2. Mary Lee or Shipley's
3. Literally any indie donut shop in the back corner of a run down shopping center
4. Grocery Store donuts from Albertsons, Brookshires, or any other mid market chain that doesn't try anymore
5. A deep fried piece of celery tied into a circle
6. An old tennis shoe
7. A friend's old tennis shoe
8. Dunkin Donuts
I'll give it to Dunkin. They keep trying to enter the BR market after it fails over and over. I guess that goes to show you how big the margins are on coffee and donuts...two incredibly cheap commodities (relatively speaking).
People in the BR market get excited for about 5 seconds when DD comes in. Then they quickly realize Mary Lee (and others) have much better donuts...and service. DD is the McDonalds of donuts. It's consistently mediocre, run by employees who couldn't give any less of a shite about being there. Juxtapose that with all of the Mary Lee locations where members of the family seem to take great pride in what they do. I'm not saying Mary Lee's are the best donuts in the history of the world. But I've NEVER had a bad service experience at one of their locations. Ever.
I supposed you could say they want to capitalize on the LSU sorority/Southdown's/Highland Rd. soccer mom market who buys a shite load of iced coffee drinks. But even then, those customers are already loyal to CC's (local) and/or the "coolness" cache of walking around with a Starbucks cup.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:28 am to tigerpawl
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Why is their retail coffee so incredibly expensive? Is it that much better than Folgers?
Folgers: $0.28/oz
Dunkin: $0.49/oz
It’s not the best store brand coffee I’ve ever had but it is absolutely worth 2x folgers.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:29 am to Alt26
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But even then, those customers are already loyal to CC's (local) and/or the "coolness" cache of walking around with a Starbucks cup.
7Brew also seems to have caught on. Decent coffee. Their employees are friendly but kind of strange. Lines are fast.
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:30 am to member12
One was at Florida and Airport, which was a shitty location.
Where were the other two?
Where were the other two?
Posted on 3/15/24 at 10:31 am to member12
DD is a popular Yankee donut chain. They can’t compete in the south with places like KK, Shipleys, or hell even Daylight.
KK recipe came from a New Orleans chef, founded in North Carolina.
Shipleys founded in Houston, Tx
Daylight in Oklahoma.
DD in Massachusetts
KK recipe came from a New Orleans chef, founded in North Carolina.
Shipleys founded in Houston, Tx
Daylight in Oklahoma.
DD in Massachusetts
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