The Dunkin’ Donuts franchise has a very long history. In 1946, the Industrial Luncheon Services was founded by William Rosenberg. The company was in involved in the business of serving meals and snacks to the workers who worked in the US area of Boston. This business was very successful and its founder thought of opening the Open Kettle, a shop which was involved in the business of selling doughnuts in the Quincy area of the US State of Massachusetts. After two years of operation, the founder changed the name of Open Kettle to Dunkin’ Donuts and this is the name it is known with up to today.
At the moment, the Dunkin’ Donuts serves various types of doughnuts, bagels, coffee, muffins and frit drinks and has allocations in over 40 countries. The Dunkin’ Donuts is Allied Domecq subsidiary. The Allied Domecq also owns the Togo’s and the Baskin-Robbins. The franchisees of the Dunkin’ Donuts franchise can operate combination stores by co-branding the Dunkin’ Donuts with the Togo’s or the Baskin-Robbins.
Why choose the Dunkin’ Donuts franchise?
The Dunkin’ Donuts franchise is a superior form of franchising because it offers more than what you get from the other franchises. The franchisor has a lot of experience in the business because it first opened up for business in 1950 and began franchising in 1955. As at the year 2005, the Dunkin’ Donuts franchise had 4,418 locations in the USA, 90 in Canada and 1711 in the international territories.
The expansion plans of the franchise include New Zealand, Asia, Middle East and Australia. The good news about this franchise is that there is no franchise fee required; there are no start up costs, there is no equipment required if you want to set the franchise in house. Equipment is only required if you are setting it up as third party.
There is no requirement of inventory, there are no costs receivable requirements and there is no payroll required. This is one of the easiest franchises to set up and realize very good income and returns of investment in the United States. Other financing sources for this franchise include remodeling, construction and leasehold improve.
The franchisees of this franchise are offered thorough an intensive training on all the modern practical and theoretical techniques and strategies of managing businesses. The franchisees are also offered continuous support through grand opening, meetings, field operations and evaluations, phone line which is toll free and other ultra safety and security procedures.