crime sprees
If you live in Fall River, Massachusetts, and work at one of the town's
Dunkin' Donuts stores, watch out for fake employees! A woman has been walking into the DD stores
dressed in an employee uniform and going into the back, where she promptly steals real employees' purses. When confronted at one of the stores, the thief told the workers that "she was there to pick up beans for another store and a note should have been left on the manager's door." When the employees went to look for the note, she left.
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fast food
Here's something that you don't often see — a
Dunkin Donuts employee got so mad at a guy who decided not to wait for his coffee (because it was taking too long) that he left the store, pulled out a folding knife, and slashed the customer's tires. All. Four. Of. Them.
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kroger
Every Saturday morning, Beth's father walks to the neighborhood Kroger, eats some donuts, pays, and walks home. Two weekends ago, a security guard stopped Beth's father, accused him of shoplifting, and banned him from the store.
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krispy kreme
Hey there true American, Krispy Kreme wants to help celebrate the inauguration of your new President by giving you a free donut. Or as Krispy Kreme, defender of America as the land of the obese would probably prefer to rebrand them, freedom bagels. Here's how it works: Obama is inaugurated and you get a donut.
The Inauguration Day promotional offer is good for one doughnut of choice per customer on Jan. 20. No purchase is necessary. To find a participating store near you, visit Krispy Kreme's Store Locator.
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sad
We pause this blog to bring you a message from Canada: A single mother has been fired by the iconic Canadian donut chain Tim Horton's for giving a free donut hole to a fussy baby. The chain said the worker was caught on video "stealing" the donut hole, which, in the mysterious Canadian language, is apparently called a "Timbit" and looks freaking delicious. Reader Chris, who alerted us to this story, explains: "It's important to understand that Tim Horton's is a Canadian national icon. That makes this story so much sadder."
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policies
You gotta wonder what lead up to the creation of
this sign at a Dunkin Donuts in Bushwick (a DMZ-esque area of Brooklyn being penetrated by the forces of gentrification) covering every possible angle of not giving you a cup of ice water. Maybe there were even previous versions of the sign that had to keep being tweaked as people kept coming in asking for a vessel of chilled H20. How might that encounter have gone? Let's take a peek inside
The Consumerist Miniature Theater Machine:
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your health
Dunkin' Donuts will announce tomorrow that over 50 menu items, including donuts,
will become virtually trans fat free by October 15. The donut maker is relying on a reformulated cooking oil made from palm, soybean, and cottonseed oils. Over 400 locations secretly tested the new formula over the past four months, and according to Dunkin', "we got no negative consumer feedback, and we sold 50 million doughnuts in that time." The CSPI reacted favorably to the news, saying:
"It's good news that they're dropping most, if not quite all, trans fat," said Jeff Cronin, spokesman for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington-based nonprofit. "If Dunkin' Donuts can do that, anyone can."
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walmart
Rats! In the Walmart! New York City may have more than its share of rodents, but one pest we don't have is Walmart...which is why for this rat infestation report we'll be traveling all the way to sunny Phoenix! From KTAR:
A health inspector said he found mouse droppings at a Valley Wal-Mart on Monday after shoppers reported seeing rodents in a bakery case.
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Consumerist
Last week, Jamba Juice gave away breakfast paste while Starbucks gave away teeny cups of less-burnt coffee. Tomorrow, Dunkin' Donuts gets in on the action with a free artery-clogging donut with every coffee purchase, in honor of Tax Day. [Dunkin' Donuts] (Thanks to LE!)
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