Dunkin Donuts

$1.92

I pulled through the local Newport Dunkin Donuts after lunch yesterday on the way back to work and went through the usual

• "Hi, Welcome to Dunkin Donuts, would you like to try one of our combo orders?"
• "No thank you. May I have a medium French Vanilla with Cream & Sugar please?"
• <silence>
• "Will that complete your order?"
• "Yes, thank you"
• "Drive ahead please"

In retrospect, I just realized I didn't hear "That will be $1.70, please drive ahead to the window".

Pull up to the window...

• "$1.92 please"
• "Wow, that coffee went up $.22?"
• "Yes. The manager tried to keep the price down for as long as possible, but the higher ups finally pushed it through" <from memory, not exact quote> "You're not the first person to mention it and many people haven't been happy about it."
• "All right. Thanks and have a good afternoon...."

WTH?

First of all, remember when a medium was around $1.35, then it went to $1.55, then $1.70 over a 5 year period? So now we're at $1.92. What the heck?

In the immediate vicinity, Dunkin Donuts has a Tim Hortons, a McDonalds, an Irving, a Freshies, another Dunkin Donuts (inside Walmart), a Burger King and a seasonal coffee shack all within striking distance of each other. I've been pretty loyal to Dunkin Donuts, especially after Tim Hortons moved in, just on premise alone, but c'mon: $1.92 for a medium coffee? During Dunkin's reconstruction I got a large ice coffee at Horton's for $2.20 and it was a barrel in size!

Wonder if I can find the picture I took of the sign after a wind storm where it read "unkin nuts" until it was fixed.

Anyway, time to go to work.

I'm finally dun.... with dunkin.

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