Dunkin' Donuts and Stop & Shop Supermarkets Announce Partnership; Dunkin' Donuts Franchises to be Located in Select Stop & Shop Locations.Business/Retail Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2001 Dunkin' Donuts Sources: Dunkin' Donuts is an international coffee and donut retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. by William Rosenberg. Corporate Profile History USA of Randolph and Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. of Quincy today announced a landmark partnership in which Dunkin' Donuts franchises will be located in select Stop & Shop locations. In this historic pairing of two of New England's most recognizable brands, Dunkin' Donuts and Stop & Shop Supermarkets have teamed up for a pilot program in which Dunkin' franchises will be located in three Eastern Massachusetts Stop & Shop locations. The Mansfield Stop & Shop, located on 377 Chauncy Street, will be the first location to officially open on Saturday, March 17. Under the pilot program, two additional Dunkin' Donuts franchises will be located be located in the North Quincy North Quincy is the northernmost neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, and is separated from the City of Boston by the Neponset River. North Quincy has a significant Chinese American and Eastern Asian population; at the corner of Hancock Street and Billings Road, there are four and Dedham Stop & Shop locations. North Quincy will open by the end of the month and Dedham will open on or near April 4th. If this test proves to be mutually successful, future plans call for the program to be expanded significantly throughout New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. . "Dunkin' Donuts is extremely excited about this partnership with Stop & Shop," said Dave Gleason, Dunkin' Donuts Manager of non-traditional development. "We're looking at alternative points of distribution as a growth vehicle and feel that Stop & Shop is a perfect fit for us from both a branding and geographic standpoint." On Saturday, March 17 Dunkin' Donuts representatives will join Stop and Shop representatives for the official ribbon cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which at the grand opening of the Mansfield franchise. "Dunkin' Donuts and Stop & Shop are both industry leaders. We think our customers will appreciate the addition of Dunkin' Donuts products in our stores," said Stop & Shop spokeswoman Faith Weiner. Dunkin' Donuts is the largest coffee and baked goods chain in the world, providing its loyal customers with high-quality coffee, bagels, donuts and other related baked goods since 1950. With more than 5,000 combined locations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and 37 countries around the world, Dunkin' Donuts has established a worldwide reputation for quality, freshness and convenience. Dunkin' Donuts USA is based in Randolph, MA and is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Allied Domecq PLC. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, a Quincy, Massachusetts-based retailer operates more than 276 stores throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and employs more than 50,000 associates. |
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