That One Donut Shop, You Know...The Popular One
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (122592)
Gainesville, Florida
March 15, 2020 4:26pm CST
Not too long ago, Courtney (@courtlynn) and I were discussing what the proper name is for Dunkin' Donuts. She calls it Dunks. I just normally call it DD. I was telling her that I had read somewhere that they were changing their name, and it was being shortened to Dunkin', yet one of the new stores being built near my house had the Dunkin' Donuts name installed on the big sign on the building. So I had questioned whether or not they were actually changing their name.
Well, lo and behold, this morning on my way to Jacksonville, I came across another new Dunkin' Donuts being built, and as you can see by the photo, it has the name Dunkin' instead of Dunkin' Donuts. So now I'm really confused. What is their name now?
Regardless of whatever their real name is, what do you like to call Dunkin' Donuts?
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39 responses
@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
Haha, Krispy Kreme is my home away from home! I love that place!
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
@DianneN Do you ever remember the old Dunkin' Donuts commercial with the guy who had to get up early every morning to make the donuts? "Gotta make the donuts" he would say as he slowly woke up each morning. I always have those old commercials stuck in my head whenever I go to a DD store!
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@DianneN (247183)
• United States
16 Mar 20
@moffittjc I couldn’t resist!
We actually called it Dunkin Donuts out of habit.
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@andriaperry (118125)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Mar 20
I don`t. But I love their coffee.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I love their coffee too. I always get a vanilla bean latte, which is off their secret menu. Half the time, I have to tell the cashiers how to ring it up!
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Mar 20
@Marty1 It's still a secret menu item when the Dunkin' Donut employees have no idea what I'm talking about, and no idea how to make it, and I have to show them what to do! lol
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@andriaperry (118125)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Mar 20
@moffittjc I do the plain coffee and its awesome too.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
16 Mar 20
Let's go to the donut store and then will tell my hubs it's by which store. 
I visited Dunkin' Donuts for the first time last month. Finally used a gift card I had for awhile since I was never near it. The store was recently opened also!
I visited Dunkin' Donuts for the first time last month. Finally used a gift card I had for awhile since I was never near it. The store was recently opened also!2 people like this
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
17 Mar 20
@moffittjc I didn’t pay attention, I’ll have to check next time! I still have a balance on the gc but I won’t be back anytime soon.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
What was the name on their sign?
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Mar 20
@infatuatedbby You could always mail that gift card to me, and I'll make sure it goes to good use!
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I guess I'm not exciting either, because that's what I call it as well.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
Not me, I only buy coffee there! My fattening place is Krispy Kreme! lol
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I'm with you, I always go to Krispy Kreme to get my donuts. And to Dunkin' Donuts to get my coffee and breakfast sandwich.
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@snowy22315 (184850)
• United States
16 Mar 20
I like to call it the palace of fat..lol. Not really, I call it Dunkin Donuts. Many of them in this area share space with other restaurants like KFC or Baskin Robbins.
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@snowy22315 (184850)
• United States
16 Mar 20
@moffittjc There is one stand alone DD that I know of in this area..and one that is affiliated with a gas station, Shell I think it is.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
@snowy22315 We do have a couple of DD's along our interstate exits that are located inside gas stations. But only along the interstate. The rest throughout the city are in their own stand alone buildings.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
Palace of Fat. I like that! lol
All of our Dunkin' Donuts in Gainesville have Baskin-Robbin inside of them, but none have KFC. But if you go into the small towns around Gainesville, all of their DD's have KFCs or Taco Bells inside them.
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@1creekgirl (42261)
• United States
16 Mar 20
If I call them anything, it's "Why aren't you Krispy Kreme?"
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@1creekgirl (42261)
• United States
16 Mar 20
@moffittjc I'm so thankful we don't have a Krispy Kreme in our town. I have no will power whatsoever. When my mother in law came from Arkansas to visit, I asked her if she'd ever had Krispy Kreme donuts and said, yes, from the grocery store. I told her she really had not ever had Krispy Kreme. We bought some when the hot sign was on and she couldn't believe the difference.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
@1creekgirl That's my problem. And I pass by KK every morning on the way to work! My willpower only works when the "Hot N Fresh" sign is not lit up. If that sign is lit up, all bets are out the window!
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
Now that is the best thing I've heard all day! If Krispy Kreme was a woman, I would have married her and had lots of babies with her! haha
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@Marilynda1225 (83685)
• United States
16 Mar 20
In think our local Dunkin Donuts still has the old sign but we always called it DD
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
Do you say D-D, or Double D?
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@Marilynda1225 (83685)
• United States
16 Mar 20
@moffittjc D-D don't know if it's a local thing
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
@Marilynda1225 I say D-D as well. I haven't heard anyone call it Double-D. To me, that sounds too much like talking about bra sizes! lol
@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
Has any of their stores near you changed their names to just Dunkin' ?
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
@Iam_jauntyjen February was only 2 weeks ago.... haha
@Iam_jauntyjen (5209)
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15 Mar 20
@moffittjc I am not sure, coz' I haven't gone to any of their stores since Feb.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 20
I never go to any donut place.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
@JohnRoberts Good. More for me then!
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
You make the donuts come to you?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 20
@moffittjc I don't eat donuts.
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@LindaOHio (183865)
• United States
16 Mar 20
We call it Dunkin' Donuts. Fortunately the one we have is too far to make a weekly run on donuts.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I have one right by my house, so I stop and get a latte just about every morning.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
@LindaOHio My donuts come from Krispy Kreme!
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@LindaOHio (183865)
• United States
16 Mar 20
@moffittjc What about DONUTS?!!! I can't resist donuts. You'll see that is obvious if and when you meet me.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
Yeah, I guessed that this was the reason for the name change. When a business changes it's name, it's a very lengthy and expensive process, and they don't just do it because they can. There's usually an underlying business reason.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
@CarolDM I wouldn't have known either if I hadn't stumbled across it by accident a while back. I hardly ever pay attention to the news, so it's a miracle I actually saw the article I did about the name change.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Mar 20
@moffittjc You are right. I did not even know about this change.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
Do you have Dunkin' Donut stores in the Philippines?
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@florelway (23355)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Mar 20
@moffittjc yes there are a lot. There are also other brands.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 20
@florelway Nice! I always like when there are lots of options.
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@averygirl72 (38368)
• Philippines
16 Mar 20
This is interesting. They are shortening their name. It is still Dunkin'Donuts here. I like choco butternut donuts
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
Most of their stores still have the Dunkin' Donuts sign, and haven't changed over to a new sign that just says Dunkin' So I think most people will still call it Dunkin' Donuts.
@hereandthere (45639)
• Philippines
16 Mar 20
here we say dunkin' or dunkin' donuts. but others prefer krispy kreme and j.co now.
i wonder if they're going the kfc route? it used to be kentucky fried chicken, until "fried" became a bad word. (that's what i remember reading that time)
so maybe "donuts" has a negative connotation now so they shortened it to dunkin' since people call it that way anyway?
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@hereandthere (45639)
• Philippines
17 Mar 20
@moffittjc i order the iced coffee when i'm there, but yeah i notice they follow the beverage trends like drinks with whipped cream and drinks with tapioca pearls.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I'm sure that's one of the big reason they changed their name. Also, they want to be known as a coffee shop more than a donut shop, since they consider Starbucks to be their main competitor.
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@LadyDuck (472454)
• Switzerland
17 Mar 20
@moffittjc Oh goodness, they are confusing people.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
It looks like it is slowly being changed over to the new name, they're just taking their sweet time to do it.
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@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I agree. I don't like the new name either. Maybe it will grow on my over time, but I miss seeing the donut in their name.
@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
They want to realign themselves to be able to better compete with Starbucks. Dunkin' Donuts wants to rebrand itself as a coffee shop, not a donut shop.
@moffittjc (122592)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 20
I agree, I think the name should remain Dunkin' Donuts.
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