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We Finally Know Where Dunkin' Gets Its Donuts From
By Ariana DiValentino
Dunkin' franchise owner Amir Mohamed recently revealed where the company gets all its mouth-watering doughnuts from in a TikTok video.
He explained that franchisees could make them in-house, order them from a regional central kitchen, or order pre-made frozen doughnuts and simply heat them in the store.
The choice falls on each individual location's management, meaning one location could be baking its pastries fresh each morning, while another serves subpar frozen donuts.
Mohammed said that fresh donuts tasted the best, but it is hard for a kitchen to keep up. So he teamed up with several other franchisees in the area to construct a central kitchen.
The central kitchen is called a CML, and the baking for multiple Dunkin' shops takes place each night for early morning delivery.
The third option is what Mohamed calls JBOD, which refers to doughnuts that arrive at the store frozen and need to be reheated and glazed on-site.
If that doesn't sound particularly appetizing, it's because they're not — Mohamed explicitly calls them "disgusting," and he urges other franchisees to avoid selling them.