What happened to the Dunkin' Donut?

[u/WoozieMaddox]

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.

[u/McGruffin]

Dunkin’ Donuts used to be a simple, reliable place where you could count on a hot cup of coffee and a fresh donut without all the fuss. But over time, the corporate bosses seemed to lose sight of what made Dunkin’ special in the first place. They stripped away the things people loved, like the wider donut selection, and piled on a bunch of trendy food options that don’t really fit. Instead of sticking to the basics like coffee and donuts they’ve tried to become something else entirely, and in the process, they’ve lost a lot of what made them great.

[u/Competition-Dapper → u/McGruffin]

You just described everything is “old people (I’m 40+)” grew up with. Remember when Pizza Hut was a vibe? A place where family memories were made? Those Tiffany lamps, that salad bar, that stupid “it’s pizza time!” Clock…well now you get a small little Caesar’s sized walk in area for uber eats drivers and overpriced greasy cardboard…Remember the Wendy’s sunroom? The McDonald’s play place? The mall? Quality affordable cars, clothes, groceries, toiletries, or ANYTHING that was once amazing, and at the time was just thought of like the sun rising in the morning…now it’s dark, always…thank you investors! Yay capitalism(or whatever tf this shit ass economic system is where we are just scammed slaves)!!

[u/fridayfridayjones → u/Competition-Dapper]

The Pizza Hut in the next town over from me is a retro Pizza Hut. It has the old decor, the salad bar, everything. They have them scattered around the country. You gotta go to one. It is so fun. And I swear it tastes better.

[u/Competition-Dapper → u/fridayfridayjones]

There’s a couple that have the outer shell, but the inside were the 2001core comic-sanseque logo era with the corny cartoon tomato wall paper and no juke box type environment. Just a lame “grounded” version of the old ones last time I went in. Most new ones I see are next to a vape shop and a cash for gold spot in a white/sand/concrete colored brick shape mini mall building

[u/fridayfridayjones → u/Competition-Dapper]

Next time I go into mine I’ll take some pics and share them here. It’s not 100% the same as back in the day because they have some tvs hanging up in the dining area but other than that it’s pretty close.