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Booming Downtown Crossing to get another Dunkin' Donuts
By adamg on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:29pm
A Dunkin' Donuts franchisee goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week for permission to crank up the coffee machines at 330 Washington St. (at the corner with Milk) - right up the street from the Dunkin' Donuts inside the Corner food court, a couple blocks from the Dunkin' Donuts on Tremont Street, a couple blocks from the Dunkin' Donuts at Washington and Pi Alley, just down the hill from the Dunkin' Donuts on Beacon Street, three or four blocks from the Dunkin' Donuts on Tremont Street around the corner from City Hall Plaza, three or four blocks from the Dunkin' Donuts on City Hall Plaza and three or four blocks from the Dunkin' Donuts on Summer Street.
The franchisee will propose hours of 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The board's hearings begin at 10 a.m. in its eighth-floor hearing room at City Hall.
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Good to see someone is fixing
Good to see someone is fixing this DD desert!
I work in this area and I
I work in this area and I have to say, I'm not really at a loss for DD options... But if the franchisee really wants to throw their money at this, I guess that's their right :-p
Does anyone know if this address currently has a business in it?
so do I
but as many Dunks are there in DTX.. go to one at about 8:30a in the morning. Each one has a line out the door.
Not saying its justified but its warranted due to business.
Options at 8:30
Or you could just avoid getting bad coffee, and support a local business like Boston Brewin on Bromfield which donates 100% of its profits to the community, or Boston Common Coffee Company on Washington, or just keep lining up for weak "coffee" (if you're getting a 'regular', it's basically hot, caffeinated sugar/milk coffee-themed water) that pays its employees minimum wage and funnels the extra profits to its shareholders.
/gallops away on high horse
For what it's worth, I think there are two Dunkin Donuts missing from that list. There are two on Summer (one at Chauncy), and one in an alley on (I believe) Devonshire.
How do they stay in business
How do they stay in business if they donate 100% of their profits to charity?
100% of profits != 100% of gross revenue
big difference there
Haley House cafe in Roxbury is also a non-profit.
profits
I don't follow...are you confusing revenue with profit?
Let's say you make $1000 a week, and all your expenses, money toward retirement, etc. equal $900. You can either take that money and invest in yourself somehow (savings, putting it toward a class, buying a bedazzled sombrero, and so on), or give it to charity. They're giving their surplus to charity. Revenue isn't (net) profit until it covers the cost of goods sold, overhead costs, and taxes.
Granted, it's easier to grow as a company if you reinvest your profits back into the company, but there are plenty of sustainable companies that don't take a profit. They'll never compete with companies like DD that have economies of scale, and companies that (that or who? aren't they people?) are completely profit-driven, but they can carve out their niche in larger communities.
No, I'm not confusing profits
No, I'm not confusing profits with revenue, but thanks for thinking that I'm an idiot. In most companies, the profits go to the owner(s) of the company, thus providing incentive to start and sustain the company in the first place. I suppose in this case, the owner must be paying himself a salary instead of taking a "profit" but it seems like a pretty meaningless distinction.
salary
I'm sure he'd be willing to answer your questions. He's usually at either of their locations, and always goes out of his way to chat with customers about his business. All I could really do is answer based on what I knew, and I (wrongly) assumed you were mistaking revenue for profit, since I have no idea why you'd think I have access to their books and know if he takes a salary in lieu of profit, or if he does at all.
or Thinking Cup on Tremont Street
or Red Barn on the first floor of Faneuil Hall.
Thinking Cup also has
Thinking Cup also has delicious egg and cheese english muffin breakfast sandwiches.
Boston Brewin Boston Cream Donut
Oh
my
god
!!!!!
Only proves that most people are lemmings
and easily satisfied by mediocre products.
I think he even forgot the
I think he even forgot the Dunks at the corner of Milk and Federal Streets, so there's even one more to choose from
Dunkin Donuts
Every time a Dunkin Donuts closes around here they replace it with a Dunkin Donuts.
Kids Foot Locker location?
This shows it as being a Kids Foot Locker, recently. (Not sure how long ago.)
Across the street from a CVS and a Bank of America - which we need more of, as well!
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/17429812/330-WASHINGTON-STREET-Boston-MA/
Ah!
I think the Kids Foot Locker is gone.
Glad to see an empty DTX storefront getting filled. I just laugh that it's a DD when you can just about see 2 DDs from the corner next to it!
Like the new CVS in Harvard Square
From which you can see two other CVS's--within 200 feet or so? I'm assuming one of the old ones will disappear but come on...
Meanwhile, still no CVS in Kendall Square or Seaport
both of which would enthusiastically welcome one.
Unreal
You forgot the Mini Dunks on Winthrop Lane.
God, how could I forget that one?
I love that one! It's like a Dunk's in a shoebox or something - it's awesome.
What's the total?
Anyone know how many DDs are in the whole city of Boston (including the neighborhoods?) Couple hundred?
http://dunkinsinmass.tumblr
http://dunkinsinmass.tumblr.com/