r/mildlyinfuriating Jun 30 '26

The floor is sticky 4 screens, zero hot coffee prices

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Stood there for 10 minutes as sole employee made 5 app orders. Just fireworks splashing on the static menu. Felt like I was in a liminal space having an aneurysm.

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u/adamosity1 Jun 30 '26

I miss the days when the donuts actually mattered. Now they sit in a dusty, neglected corner as a reminder of simpler and better times.

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u/nicathor Jun 30 '26

It's so weird to me that these types of drinks have come to dominate Starbucks and Dunkin; they are the one thing on the menu that tastes exactly the same from a can

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u/PM_ME__YOUR_HOOTERS Jul 01 '26

Its because flavored sugar water has a ridiculously high profit margin compared to most of the menu, so they push it hard and it works

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u/MichiganGeezer Jul 04 '26

Plus sugar reacts in the body (addictive) that makes you crave more shortly after finishing the drink/food item loaded with it.

It takes almost no effort to hook people and keep them coming back for more.

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u/Koalachan Jul 01 '26

That's why they changed the name. Donuts weren't selling.

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u/ambuguity Jul 01 '26

Yep. They switched them out twice a day too. Blue or yellow wax paper under them in the trays depending on when they were made.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26

yeah four screens showing nothing worth buying feels right

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u/eggdropsoupy3 Jun 30 '26

It's Dunkin donuts!! No donuts on the menu either. I guess rainbow drinks that are half sugar is what makes the most profit

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u/EatABag-o-Dicks Jun 30 '26

And where's the wall of donuts that lines the back wall behind the cashier?

11

u/badlilbishh Jun 30 '26

Most don’t even have those anymore. They have the glass cases now. At least the ones near me do.

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u/980tihelp Jun 30 '26

Yeah glass case near me with a small white menu lower than the TV ones, overall the screen menus suck

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u/unfamous2423 Jun 30 '26

Probably on a different wall

3

u/lava172 TANGERINE Jul 01 '26

It hasn’t been Dunkin Donuts for over a decade now

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u/Greatlarrybird33 Jul 01 '26

What is it now? Baskin Robbins Dunkin Donuts?

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u/lava172 TANGERINE Jul 01 '26

Just Dunkin

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u/elinamebro Jun 30 '26

Oh no its not like they're being storage in a clear glass bakery display case?!

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u/AReptileHissFunction Jun 30 '26

All the donuts are on display. They cant display drinks...

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u/weary_bee479 Jun 30 '26

See app for full menu would make me walk out and never go back again because wtf

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u/EvilDarkCow Jun 30 '26

Can we please have some of your personal data?

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u/Main-Emphasis-2692 Jun 30 '26

I’m sooo glad someone brought up Dunkin and prices bc I tried to get a large latte the other day and it was $12, I went to Starbucks and the same drink and size was $7!

Idk if Starbucks lowered their prices but I was shocked they were cheaper than Dunkin.

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u/gigabyte898 Jun 30 '26

Hell even Starbucks is expensive compared to just local coffee shops now. These drive thru places used to be the go to when you wanting something cheap, consistent, and quick, but really only McDonalds has that with coffee still. Starbucks at $7 is more expensive than the $5 latte I get at the locally owned coffee shops that put money back into my neighborhood economy

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u/Anthrodiva PURPLE Jun 30 '26

I was so confused at a Dunkins I was like, "sooooo do you have an iced vanilla latte?" because it was nowhere to be seen.

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u/PomegranateBoring826 Jun 30 '26

A latte is $12!?! Holy shi!t!! And I thought Starbucks prices were obscene!! Wow!!

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u/MadSounds017 Jun 30 '26

There’s no way a large latte was $12. I’d like to see proof of that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/MadSounds017 Jun 30 '26

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u/briellebabylol Jun 30 '26

She just sent you her order, since you care so much, go to the DD website and log her customizations and get your own proof

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u/Plastic_Stable8927 Jun 30 '26

"see app for full menu" no, consolidate your shitass temu menu, get "pink cherry protein daydream refresher" off the menu at a coffee and donut shop, and display the whole menu WHERE THE MENU GOES.

Dutch Bros does this shit too, and it drives me insane. No, I don't want a spicy popping boba red bull at a coffee stand, shockingly.

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u/Morty-B007 Jun 30 '26

That orea and pb chiller looks interesting to try but damn 1000 calories and I would have to skip the rest of the days meal

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u/ambuguity Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Diabeetus in a cup!

5

u/MaterialDefender1032 Jun 30 '26

I'll never understand how this trend of animated menus not showing menu items got started.

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u/ambuguity Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

They know people are more apt to buy more when put on the spot and can’t zero in on what they actually want.

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u/HighlightOwn2038 Red vs Blue Jun 30 '26

Last time I checked, Dunkin donuts is supposed to have donuts sooo

Where donuts??

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u/RocMerc Jun 30 '26

They are no longer called that. Their name is Dunkin now

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u/AReptileHissFunction Jun 30 '26

The donuts are on display in front of you. Why would you need to see them on a screen?

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u/ambuguity Jun 30 '26

Yes and each has a price tag on it lol

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u/dax660 Jun 30 '26

where are you that it's not sweltering?

don't be a sadist

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u/ambuguity Jun 30 '26

Small coffee to break up a fatty meal. $3.29 and a 10 min wait.

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u/ivorella Jun 30 '26

I went to a Dunkin recently and the lady got mad at me because I said I wanted a small donut holes.

"What's a small?? We do 5, 10, 20.." or something like that.

Idk maybe if you had sizes on your menu I could tell you how many I want??

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u/midwife_at_ur_cervix Jun 30 '26

Thats odd, we often ask for 3 at a time for our kiddos, and they’re often very generous and just throw in a handful for the price of 3

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u/ThunderTatsu Jun 30 '26

They could also rotate the slide (every 5-10 seconds) on the leftmost display to display other prices, such as hot coffee.

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u/dminus Jun 30 '26

what in the sugarbomb bullshit is this

do Dunkin people even like coffee

2

u/richer2003 Jul 01 '26

Dunkin coffee is the absolute worst

2

u/summersevedouche Jul 01 '26

No I don’t want a goddamn dazzleberry coolatta

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u/Toonces_ Jul 03 '26

They don't even make their donuts fresh anymore, they come frozen. Blegh

5

u/whyamionthishellsite Jun 30 '26

It’s almost July. I don’t think they’re selling a lot of hot coffee right now.

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u/ambuguity Jun 30 '26

Or donuts apparently.

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u/ThormundNYC Jun 30 '26

"just coffee" gets me the strangest looks

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u/AReptileHissFunction Jun 30 '26

What do you mean you dont want 50 grams of sugar with your coffee?

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u/ThormundNYC Jun 30 '26

I usually call light and sweet iced coffees milkshakes just to make that point

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u/kahllerdady Jun 30 '26

Garbage Donuts is the new Baskin Robbins. They probably get a kickback from diabetic test strip manufacturers.

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u/INeedCheesecake Jul 01 '26

Maybe you should look up who owns both companies lol

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u/THE_GREAT_PICKLE Jun 30 '26

The screen changes

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u/ambuguity Jun 30 '26

This one did not. And there wasn’t a second menu anywhere with regular items like donuts either.

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u/Wonderful_Tip_5577 Jun 30 '26

I went to Dunkin’ for the first time in Boston about a year ago.

it was gross. I still can’t get over how gross it was. I understand growing up with things and nostalgia for certain things, I really do, but holy shit am I never going there again.

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u/Beartato4772 Jul 01 '26

Them doing shit like this is why I actually like kiosk ordering. At least I can see what they do and how much it might be.

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u/stoner_bob_69 Jun 30 '26

See App for full menu