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Dunkin' Donuts Brews Up Showdown With Starbucks

Dunkin' fires new salvo in coffee wars with blind taste tests

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Oct 22, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dunkin' Donuts is aiming to punch holes in Starbucks' share of the coffee market with an aggressive new ad campaign, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The ads portray Dunkin' Donuts coffee as being the choice of "hard-working Americans" and boast of having beaten Starbucks' house blend in blind taste tests. The Massachusetts-based chain has even launched a website for the campaign: dunkinbeatstarbucks.com. More »

More about:  advertising • Starbucks • coffee • advertising campaign • Dunkin' Donuts

 Anti-Bubba:
 Is Obama's Bod
 Un-American?

Maybe the typical American will have trouble identifying with a 'beanpole'

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Aug 1, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter how long the 2008 campaign drags on, we'll never see Barack Obama as we did Bill Clinton in 1992: drenched in sweat and jogging into a McDonald's. Obama's fit—skinny, even—and a bit of a gym rat. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the notion of presidential fitness and wonders if the typical American might find a "beanpole guy," as one voter described him, a little alienating. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • health • Bill Clinton • obesity • McDonald's • junk food • Dunkin' Donuts • ice cream

 NYC Not Eating Up
 Calorie-Count Law  

Even 'healthier' options can be too hefty, would-be splurgers horrified to find

MSNBC MSNBC Jul 17, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - As chain restaurants waddle their way toward compliance with a New York City law that requires them to post the calorie counts of food, the numbers behind the items have diners grappling with some unappetizing knowledge, MSNBC reports. The restaurant skinny is turning out to be anything but, from 630-calorie Dunkin' Donuts muffins to a pecan-crusted chicken salad at TGI Friday's, whose 1,360 calories trumped a burger and fries on the same menu. More »

More about:  health • New York City • food • Starbucks • Dunkin' Donuts • calories • calorie-posting law

 Cup of Joe Getting Smaller 

Chicago coffee maker nixes 20-ounce drinks, for flavor's sake

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Jul 9, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - One purveyor of fine coffee is drawing a line in the sand: Come Aug. 1, Chicago brewer and distributor Intelligentsia will phase out its 20-ounce option—or venti, per Starbucks lingo, the Chicago Tribune reports. Brewing such a large cup dilutes the proportions necessary for maximum flavor, Intelligentsia's CEO says, resulting in a "a watered-down, Big Gulpish version.” More »

More about:  Chicago • Starbucks • coffee • Dunkin' Donuts • beverages • excess

 Rachael Ray's
 'Terror Scarf'
 Ad Yanked 

Rachael Ray sporting jihadist neckwear, righty bloggers say

Boston Globe Boston Globe May 28, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an ad featuring TV chef Rachael Ray after conservative commentators got tied in knots over her scarf, the Boston Globe reports. The black-and-white scarf around her neck looked a little too much like a keffiyeh—the traditional headwear of Arab men—for some observers, who howled in outrage and threatened a boycott over the supposed link to the "murderous Palestinian jihad." More »

More about:  Palestinians • advertisements • Dunkin' Donuts • Rachael Ray • headscarves

UPDATED

 Starbucks Rolls Out  
 Customer-Focused Changes 

Loyalty card, new machines headline plans to jolt coffee giant

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Mar 19, 08 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A customer-loyalty card, a new website and upgraded brewing machines highlighted changes in store at Starbucks, the Wall Street Journal reports, with CEO Howard Schultz using today's annual meeting to re-focus the firm on quality of customer experience. The card will offer rewards for regulars at the coffee giant, which aims for a social-networking flavor with its new internet presence. More »

More about:  iPhone • social networking • Starbucks • coffee • McDonald's • training • Dunkin' Donuts • gourmet coffee • Howard Schultz • espresso • Clover

Rivals Earn as Starbucks Learns

Rival coffee chains target customers as Starbucks takes training break

Associated Press Associated Press Feb 27, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks customers and competition alike got to know each other yesterday as the java giant closed for a 3-hour training break for all employee, reports the AP. "Free-market economy, baby! You've got to take advantage of what the competition throws at you," said one former Starbucks devotee swilling a competitor's discounted joe. More »

More about:  Starbucks • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • espresso

Starbucks to Close 7,100 US Stores Today

Relax: It's just for 3 hours, and Dunkin' Donuts has 99¢ coffee

CNN CNN Feb 26, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Get your afternoon latte early today, because Starbucks—all 7,100 US locations—is closing at 5:30pm for 3 hours of staff training, CNNMoney reports. The company says it hopes baristas will  “deepen their passion for coffee” and even “transform the customer experience,” not to speak of  turning around a wicked stock slide. Smelling weakness, Dunkin' Donuts is pouncing, offering all its coffee beverages for 99 cents this afternoon. More »

More about:  Starbucks • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • espresso

Starbucks Testing $2.50 Cup of Brew

Slumping company looks to both high-end and low-end products

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Feb 15, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Struggling with its first major sales slump, Starbucks hopes to lure back customers with a $2.50 cup of luxury coffee. The company hopes to find a high-end niche among serious coffee aficionados with the new brew, made in an $11,000 gizmo similar to a French press, Bloomberg reports. The company already is experimenting with a $1 cup with free refills. More »

More about:  Starbucks • coffee • McDonald's • Dunkin' Donuts • gourmet coffee • breakfast sandwiches • sales slump

Starbucks Tries Out $1 Coffee

Java giant also trying free refills in Seattle experiment

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jan 23, 08 2:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks is offering a low-cost option as it experiments with new approaches in the face of fresh competition from McDonald's, the Wall Street Journal reports. While Starbucks made its fortune on extravagantly named $4 offerings, an 8-ounce “short” cup is now available for $1 in the Seattle area, and the firm is also offering free refills on some brews. More »

More about:  Starbucks • coffee • McDonald's • Dunkin' Donuts • Howard Schultz

Dunkin' Donuts Will Cut the
Trans Fat

New oil won't clog arteries but will still make you fat

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 27, 07 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dunkin' Donuts says it will eliminate nearly all trans fat from items on its menu by October 15—including the doughnuts. The chain will switch to a more heart-friendly blend of palm, soybean and cottonseed oils. But the company itself cautions consumers to keep the move  in perspective. "Certainly, we did not create a healthy doughnut," says a Dunkin' exec. More »

More about:  food • Starbucks • fat • Dunkin' Donuts • donut • trans fats • Krispy Kreme

Price Jump Could Ice Coffee Sales

With another price hike and competitors on its heels, will Starbucks stumble?

BusinessWeek BusinessWeek Aug 1, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks recently hiked the cost of its coffee an average of 9¢ a cup—the seventh bump up since 1997. With a faltering stock price and learnings lagging after 15 years of solid growth, BusinessWeek wonders whether the premium coffee purveyor may have finally maxed out the market for the luxury latte. More »

More about:  Starbucks • coffee • McDonald's • Dunkin' Donuts • tea • price

Muslim Donut Franchisee Fights Pork

Owner told to serve breakfast sandwiches
or lose stores

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Aug 1, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The owner of two Chicago-area Dunkin' Donuts is locked in a legal dispute with the company over conflicts between his religious beliefs and his breakfast menu, the Chicago Tribune reports. A franchisee since 1979, Walid Elkhatib has never served pork products; it wasn't until 2002 that Dunkin' Donuts insisted he toe the line or lose stores. More »

More about:  lawsuit • food • religion • Islam • Muslim • discrimination • Dunkin' Donuts • pork • franchise • Arabs • breakfast sandwiches • donut

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