They are opening a Dunkin Donut’s in Newington. This is no big deal except that there are already seven others in Newington and two within 100 yards of the border.
Nationally there is approximately one Dunkin Donuts for every 47,000 individuals. There are less than 30,000 people within Newington. This means there is a Dunkin Donuts for every 3750 residents. That doesn’t count the bordering shops. We can caffeinate and doughnate at more than 12 times the national rate. Let’s call it an even dozen.
It’s no wonder that Krispy Kreme picked Newington as the center of it’s New England foray. Oh, there were lines to try the hot, sugar bathed confections initially but the lines disappeared as our steady habits asserted itself. When Krispy Kreme’s stock collapse the company left Newington faster than Lee left Gettysburg – except Lee left in a more dignified manner.
The Krispy Kreme was replaced with a Citibank which didn’t offer free coffee and left town just as quickly.
ESPN’s annual spring training baseball trip begins as a Dunkin Donuts near Quincy Mass, the fabled home of the donut empire. Every year the ESPN boys laud the coffee they drink near the mother ship for two days and then never mention java again during their two to three week trip. All the guys have to do is drive a few miles north east from the Bristol ESPN campus and they can spend over a week downing joe in a different shop each day.
But I bet if I traveled to each of the 8 shops I would fail to accumulate the 52 variety of donuts they claim to make. If I encountered two dozen varieties I would be shocked. That’s why, when I want a donut I go to Tim Horton’s.
Nationally there is approximately one Dunkin Donuts for every 47,000 individuals. There are less than 30,000 people within Newington. This means there is a Dunkin Donuts for every 3750 residents. That doesn’t count the bordering shops. We can caffeinate and doughnate at more than 12 times the national rate. Let’s call it an even dozen.
It’s no wonder that Krispy Kreme picked Newington as the center of it’s New England foray. Oh, there were lines to try the hot, sugar bathed confections initially but the lines disappeared as our steady habits asserted itself. When Krispy Kreme’s stock collapse the company left Newington faster than Lee left Gettysburg – except Lee left in a more dignified manner.
The Krispy Kreme was replaced with a Citibank which didn’t offer free coffee and left town just as quickly.
ESPN’s annual spring training baseball trip begins as a Dunkin Donuts near Quincy Mass, the fabled home of the donut empire. Every year the ESPN boys laud the coffee they drink near the mother ship for two days and then never mention java again during their two to three week trip. All the guys have to do is drive a few miles north east from the Bristol ESPN campus and they can spend over a week downing joe in a different shop each day.
But I bet if I traveled to each of the 8 shops I would fail to accumulate the 52 variety of donuts they claim to make. If I encountered two dozen varieties I would be shocked. That’s why, when I want a donut I go to Tim Horton’s.
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