Not here they don't - they bake them on premises along with their muffins, croissants, biscuits and the like.
I've been in Los Angeles several times on business. Each time I hunted for a Dunkin Donuts and found none.
Dunkin’ Donuts shift away from donuts toward coffee, and lately, breakfast sandwiches, has been occurring for almost two decades, even when Fred the Baker was still employed. But only recently has Dunkin’ Donuts seemed comfortable saying that the product featured in its name is now a secondary menu item.
Um, check the map search you posted. It came up with no results. I had to expand it to 50 miles to get any, and then it was only 4.
Also, the article you linked does not say anything like what you are asserting but rather says what I said, that they really have moved past donuts as a main item. You can't go by a post in a comments section by an obvious troll as a factual statement.
The situation is more that the larger places bake all their own stuff on site and the smaller ones (like the kiosks and such) get theirs baked daily and depending on volume get one or more daily deliveries. In some locations those deliveries are actually from a larger Dunkin Donuts restaurant which gets paid to cook for them. In others there is a commissary style kitchen in play (this is where it helps that I have a past in the restaurant business and know a DD franchisee).
And nowadays donuts are a minority item that they cook up. They make more bagels, croissants, muffins, breads, biscuits and such than donuts. It wouldn't surprise me if in the new few years they don't quietly phase out the donuts altogether as it is not where they make their money really anymore.
Dunkin Donuts was here more than 15 years ago dude. From the article at your link:
The main thing I do not like about Dunkin Donuts is that they do not bake them on premises. They receive them frozen. Sure, I gave up donuts but even I know that the smallest, most humble neighborhood donut shops bake their donuts every day in Los Angeles. We also have Krispy Kreme. You cant have a lighted sign advertising frozen donuts and fresh coffee in CA. It was one of the reasons it did not become popular in 1996. Peets Coffee and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and surprisingly, McDonalds are the premier coffee vendors in CA nowadays.
The main thing I do not like about Dunkin Donuts is that they do not bake them on premises. They receive them frozen.
Um, check the map search you posted. It came up with no results. I had to expand it to 50 miles to get any, and then it was only 4.
Also, the article you linked does not say anything like what you are asserting but rather says what I said, that they really have moved past donuts as a main item. You can't go by a post in a comments section by an obvious troll as a factual statement.
The situation is more that the larger places bake all their own stuff on site and the smaller ones (like the kiosks and such) get theirs baked daily and depending on volume get one or more daily deliveries. In some locations those deliveries are actually from a larger Dunkin Donuts restaurant which gets paid to cook for them. In others there is a commissary style kitchen in play (this is where it helps that I have a past in the restaurant business and know a DD franchisee).
And nowadays donuts are a minority item that they cook up. They make more bagels, croissants, muffins, breads, biscuits and such than donuts. It wouldn't surprise me if in the new few years they don't quietly phase out the donuts altogether as it is not where they make their money really anymore.
*sigh*
In the continuing tradition this site has of making unfounded assertions, I'll bite. Where did you pull that gem from?
Smaller stores have them delivered fresh, not frozen. The larger stores still make them on premises.
Define "make them on premises".
Frozen donuts? Are you sure you're talking about Dunkin Donuts? Every one I've been to makes their own donuts and bread products fresh. What they receive frozen are the raw materials.
Frozen donuts? Are you sure you're talking about Dunkin Donuts? Every one I've been to makes their own donuts and bread products fresh. What they receive frozen are the raw materials.
You need to also define "raw materials". Just because they heat up some pre-made batter that isn't necessarily working with "raw materials". I mean, they aren't measuring and weighing out flour and raw eggs and butter and adding baking powder and salt, etc. The drones who work at the stores are simply assembling some pre-made items together and applying heat, that's it.
You need to also define "raw materials". Just because they heat up some pre-made batter that isn't necessarily working with "raw materials". I mean, they aren't measuring and weighing out flour and raw eggs and butter and adding baking powder and salt, etc. The drones who work at the stores are simply assembling some pre-made items together and applying heat, that's it.
The deep fryers are in the back of the house. Why would you see them? The non kiosk stores typically have a layout that goes (front to back) seating area, counters, kitchen. Sometimes where they have drive throughs the layout deviates a bit.
And again they do not get frozen donuts. Even the ones that do not cook on premises get their goods fresh fried/baked each day. You can actually tell which ones they are by driving past them as you see the truck there early (4-5 am) in the morning and watch them unload. The ones with onsite fryers and stoves you see flour bags, eggs and the like. The ones without you see racks of thermally wrapped product going in - those are the daily cooked stuff.
You sure about that? Yeah, frozen donuts...what is stopping you naysayers from simply investigating this? It isnt that hard, you know.
1 (877) 833-2633 Dunkin' Donuts, Customer service
I agree with what you're saying that but the manual mixing and prep is only part of the end product. Whether it's prepared in the backroom or at a central facility doesn't change the fact the products reach the customer fresh if the raw product is delivered same day to the store for final cooking. The only difference is prep location. If they were frozen and stored prior to delivery it would change the texture. I've had Dunkin Donuts recently and I find their donuts to be light textured and fresh, no different than a similar pastry I've made at home.
I've also tried Krispy Kreme recently. Yes, it was fresh but holy f'k was that thing dense.
Ok, here we go again. What's stopping you from supporting your assertion with some proof? And, please, don't whip out the "I have this secret private unpublished single copy in existence document nobody has ever seen that proves I'm right".
I agree with what you're saying that but the manual mixing and prep is only part of the end product. Whether it's prepared in the backroom or at a central facility doesn't change the fact the products reach the customer fresh if the raw product is delivered same day to the store for final cooking. The only difference is prep location. If they were frozen and stored prior to delivery it would change the texture. I've had Dunkin Donuts recently and I find their donuts to be light textured and fresh, no different than a similar pastry I've made at home.
I've also tried Krispy Kreme recently. Yes, it was fresh but holy f'k was that thing dense.
Ok, here we go again. What's stopping you from supporting your assertion with some proof? And, please, don't whip out the "I have this secret private unpublished single copy in existence document nobody has ever seen that proves I'm right".
The donuts are NOT baked on premises at any of these locations.
LMFAO!!! I just posted the public published telephone number to Dunkin Donuts Customer Service, and you still posted that???
1 (877) 833-2633
You sure about that? Yeah, frozen donuts...what is stopping you naysayers from simply investigating this? It isnt that hard, you know.
1 (877) 833-2633 Dunkin' Donuts, Customer service