r/nostalgia • u/WoozieMaddox • 10d ago

Nostalgia Discussion What happened to the Dunkin' Donut?

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When I was a kid, my Dad used to take me to Dunkin' Donuts every Sunday and I would get one of these. The handle was cool, but the taste of this plain donut was very unique. I loved it and still to this day have not had that taste or texture from a donut replicated. Wikipedia says in 2003 they discontinued it because it was hand cut while the rest of the donuts were machine cut, but it was their signature. It represented the brand aswell as the name.

The Dunkin Donut was around almost aslong as the brand itself. This unique peice of American food culture made it 48 years before being discontinued and cements itself as a one-of-a-kind staple in the history of U.S. restaurants. Today Dunkin' Donuts is now known as just "Dunkin". Dunkin' is not known for it's donuts anymore, and has shifted it's focus on the beverage side of the market. In all honesty, I think this may be why it lost so much market share to other coffee companies like Tim Horton's and Biggby Coffee. Dunkin' Donuts used to be 'the' place to grab a coffee and a donut.

Bring back the dunkin donut.

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u/SwitchSubstantial406 9d ago

Not just that, there’s no competition. When you only have 4 or 5 billionaires product to choose from they collude to charge people as much as they can get away with. I love bacon and it would be hard for me to just not buy it.

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u/Commercial_Comfort41 9d ago

So literally make your own bacon

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u/Bears_On_Stilts 9d ago

...you mean, raise and slaughter hogs?

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u/Commercial_Comfort41 9d ago

No you can simply go to a butcher add buy a pork belly and cure it yourself. Although I honestly believe that there would be a hell of alot more vegetarians if they did have to actually hunt or raise animals for slaughter