allied domecq has been the parent company of dunkin donuts since 2004.
allied domecq has been the parent company of dunkin donuts since 2004.
who has been the parent company of dunkin donuts since 2004?
allied domecq
dunkin' (known as dunkin' donuts from 1950 to early 2019, and still known as such to the public) is an american multinational coffee company and quick service restaurant. it was founded by william rosenberg in quincy, massachusetts in 1950. the chain was acquired by baskin-robbins' holding company allied domecq in 1990; its acquisition of the mister donut chain and the conversion of that chain to dunkin' donuts facilitated the brand's growth in north america that year. dunkin' donuts and baskin-robbins have been subsidiaries of dunkin' brands, headquartered in canton, massachusetts, since 2004. the chain began rebranding as a "beverage-led company", and was renamed dunkin', in january 2019.
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despite once having hundreds of stores nation wide, dunkin' donuts and its market share all but vanished from canada by the turn of the century. in the late 1990s to early 2000s, the chain began disappearing from all regions of canada, with its last foothold in the province of quebec. however, its decline was most apparent in quebec, where the chain once had 210 stores but by mid 2017 had only three—the last franchisees in the country. by then only one free standing store had the facilities to make donuts fresh on site; the other two were merely shopping-mall food-court stands, dependent on the delivery of baked goods from the main store. one of the main reasons for dunkin' donuts' decline was competition with tim hortons, similar to tim hortons' own decline in the northeastern united states due to heavy competition from dunkin' donuts. a group of dunkin' donuts franchisees won a c$16.4 million civil court judgement against the parent company for failing to adequately promote the brand in canada. in september 2018, after 57 years of operating in canada, dunkin' donuts ceased business in that country when it refused to renew its franchise license to the few remaining stores left. all remaining canadian locations were closed or rebranded as independent businesses in late 2018 - ending the presence of dunkin' donuts in the country.
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