We need a downtown Dunkin' Donuts!

[fieldafm]

The Donut Shoppe in Arlington is the best

The donut shop next to Jackson's football field on Main is pretty decent too.

Anybody remember the donut shop near where Kickback is nowadays?  I think its a CPA office now, but they used to have the best vanilla iced cake donuts with cocunut sprinkles on top!

[fsujax]

There used to be a Dunkin Donuts Downtown. It was at the corner of Adams St and Julia St.

[tufsu1]

as for bagels, there is an Einstein's in the Hyatt...and Village Bread at the Landing also has them

[9a is my backyard]

I heard a few months ago that they were opening up some new DD's around town under new ownership.  I've seen one on Beach near UNF and one on Roosevelt near NAS Jax.  It's really surprising there isn't one someone in the downtown/Riverside/San Marco area.  I imagine one would do really well, although the failure of the Starbucks in 11E may scare them away.

[Timkin]

Are the Dunkin Donuts only inside of Hess stations?

No, there are several configurations available ranging from standalone stores(5 in Jax), instore kiosks, or shared building end caps.  A drive-thru endcap could work within the design plan posted for the BP station.  Traffic count and residential/working population fits in that location... its now just a matter of a franchisee with the capacity to step forward.

I believe in that intersection.  A Walgreens/CVS/Rite Aid could absolutely work at the old Park View site as well.  Its just going to take the cajones for someone to step and do it.  Underwriting it actually looks fairly positive with a good candidate.

A grass lot would be a huge improvement to the still-hideous Parkview.  But Walgreens/CVS would be a useful huge improvement..... With a Dunkin Donut Drive thru

[tufsu1]

although the failure of the Starbucks in 11E may scare them away.

remember that Starbucks actually did ok...they just made a national decision to close most of the recently opened stores as part of their downsizing efforts....which have worked out really well for stockholders

[fieldafm]

If they were doing that good, they would have closed The Landing location which has both a base payment and a percentage rent to pony up every month.  The 11E Starbucks was getting basically free rent.

Starbucks did go through a right sizing initiative a few years ago, but it would be hard to believe they didn't pick The Landing over 11E if it wasn't for performance. 

[TheProfessor]

The Dunkin Donuts website lists some DD stores in Hess Gas Stations.  Weird.

[civil42806]

there was a small donut shop down there in 2008...at the corner of Laura/Adams

Use to work just up the street from that location.  Went there a lot in the mornings, was a pretty lonely place, few customers.  I suppose its not there anymore, not too surprising.

[Lilysmom5]

There are 2 DD's in OP, both are their own stores, both have drive thru. There is a Hess near my office (south San Jose Blvd, near Julington Creek) that serves DD. So far, I have resisted the urge every morning only because I have an addiction to Gate coffee, but one day i will make the left turn instead of just forging ahead.

[thelakelander]

there was a small donut shop down there in 2008...at the corner of Laura/Adams

Use to work just up the street from that location.  Went there a lot in the mornings, was a pretty lonely place, few customers.  I suppose its not there anymore, not too surprising.

Having fresh donuts in the morning would have helped them survive in that location a little longer.

[billy]

Are there any freestanding Krispy Kreme stores in the Jacksonville area?
I've noticed a large number of Dunkin' Donut stores in the Vermont/ New Hampshire region.

It would be interesting to go through state natal statistics for newborn baby names
and see if anyone named their child "Dunkin' ", and followup to see if he or she ended up
playing basketball at a varsity or professional level.

[billy]

 Krystals used to sell doughnuts.

[copperfiend]

Are the Dunkin Donuts only inside of Hess stations?

No, there are several configurations available ranging from standalone stores(5 in Jax), instore kiosks, or shared building end caps.  A drive-thru endcap could work within the design plan posted for the BP station.  Traffic count and residential/working population fits in that location... its now just a matter of a franchisee with the capacity to step forward.

I believe in that intersection.  A Walgreens/CVS/Rite Aid could absolutely work at the old Park View site as well.  Its just going to take the cajones for someone to step up and do it.  Underwriting it actually looks fairly positive with a good candidate.

I meant in terms of inside convenience stores I think they are strictly inside of Hess stations. This was in response to someone mentioning a new BP station as a possibility.

[Lilysmom5]

Are there any freestanding Krispy Kreme stores in the Jacksonville area?
I've noticed a large number of Dunkin' Donut stores in the Vermont/ New Hampshire region.

It would be interesting to go through state natal statistics for newborn baby names
and see if anyone named their child "Dunkin' ", and followup to see if he or she ended up
playing basketball at a varsity or professional level.

There is a freestanding KK in Mandarin just south of 295