August 06, 2008
Dunkin' Donuts Colors Called 'Shocking'
Yesterday, officials in Milford Township, Bucks County, finally approved a drive-through Dunkin' Donuts just off the Quakertown Exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The doughnut shop was approved after changing the design to a "colonial architectural style that would fit in with the Upper Bucks township."
What was the problem with the original Dunkin' Donuts? Well, you can read for yourself:
“You drive around our state and others and the villages and towns are a hodgepodge and are ugly. This keeps us neat,” said Supervisor Tim Damiani.
It also means the store will be designed with more muted, earth-tone colors, and not the bright orange familiarly associated with the chain.
Original plans for the location called for a flat 1950s-style roof with “shocking, startling colors,” said township manager Jeff Vey, so township officials requested the developer rework the design
There really is nothing more frightening than the orange and hot pink. If an NFL team picked those as their colors, they'd go 19-0 and win the Super Bowl every year.
Officials OK new doughnut shop [The Intelligencer]
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April 25, 2008
Mascot Race At Penn Relays
Jonathan Tannenwald is blogging the Penn Relays 'til he drops, and above he got a nice photo of the mascot race (mascot race!) that took place on the field.
As you can see, all the mascots were there: The Geico Gecko, Swoop and, of course, the Dunkin' Donuts coffee cup! Uhh, yeah, that guy. The coffee cup won the mascot race because, well, the dude in the costume didn't have to run with giant furry costume legs.
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November 20, 2007
The Dunkin' Donuts Controversy In New Hope
In what will surely be heart-wrenchingly detailed in an upcoming issue of
BUCKS (or, maybe, even
Philadelphia), New Hope recently
paved the way for a Dunkin' Donuts in town.
Much like a Starbucks in Northern Liberties -- or, even a Rita's Water Ice in Northern Liberties -- a Dunkin' Donuts in New Hope brought fear, anger, the urge to complain.
“You're going to be driving across the bridge and the first thing you're going to see is going to be a Dunkin' Donuts,” said Herb Millman, who owns a neighboring antique shop. “That is going to change the flavor of New Hope.”
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March 05, 2007
Dunkin Donuts Tomorrowland Open On South Broad
Recently, a new Dunkin' Donuts opened at 809 S. Broad Street. On Friday, it had an open house, complete with samples of the new store's wares
and a presentation of a giant check to CAPA from the franchisee.
Why was yet another Dunkin' Donuts (re)opening in this city a cause for so much celebration? (Well, "so much celebration" relative to the opening of other donut stores that don't get a press release sent out.) The answer is simple: This is a Dunkin Donuts from the future.
From the press release:
As one of the first "New Concept" stores to open nationwide, some of the remodeled highlights of the Philadelphia store include:
- An updated image featuring a new logo that contemporizes the current Dunkin' Donuts logo, but maintains the core DNA of the brand
- A new warm bakery display and a baker/merchandiser at the front counter offering samples of warm, freshly baked products throughout the day
Ooh! A new logo and... uh... freshly baked products throughout the day! And samples! Not to mention the new menu items the "Dunkin' Brands' culinary team" has created, including warm baked goods (muffins, danish, cookies), three varieties of flatbread sandwiches and mini breakfast pizzas.
Truly, we are living in remarkable times.
Dunkin' Donuts Introduces New Restaurant Design and Menu at Restaurant Re-Opening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [PRNewswire via Philebrity]
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May 19, 2006
Now We Know Why SEPTA Isn't Raising Fares
Ahh, yes, the glory of capitalism. A giant ad for Dunkin' Donuts on the SEPTA building at 1234 Market St. -- "America Runs on Dunkin'", apparently. SEPTA probably got paid a pretty penny for it, since it's so enormous and it's across from the Convention Center.
Unfortunately, it's apparently illegal, according to blogger The 14th Windiest State:
In fact, I just heard from someone who recently was at a meeting with some SEPTA folks and asked one of them, "How did you get away with it?"
The answer? "Dunkin Donuts is paying us a lot of money for it!"
When informed that putting an ad like that up is, in fact, illegal, the response was, "It is?" So they researched this quite a bit.
Apparently SEPTA is being fined $100/day until they take it down, or even bother applying for zoning permits to keep the thing up. I'm sure that they are being paid much more than $700 a week to have it up there, though.
All in all, it's a good deal for SEPTA. The cost of the ad is most certainly greater than the cost of the fines, and SEPTA doesn't have to worry about applying for zoning permits. This would be a great scheme, if in fact SEPTA had thought of it. The wonderful transit authority simply lucked into this situation, especially if their permit would have been denied.
Oh, yes, and naturally: There's no Dunkin' Donuts in that building. The closest ones are across the street.
This is an eatin' town [The 14th Windiest State]
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