The newest Dunkin’ opened Wednesday at 2835 Harshman Road in Dayton, near the city’s border with Huber Heights. It is the ninth Dunkin’ Donuts in the Dayton area. The tenth — at 1505 N. Fairfield Road at Lantz Road, south of the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek — is still under construction, but is not far behind. It is expected to open in the coming weeks.
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The new Harshman Road store employs 20, Pat Gilligan, the Dayton and southwest Ohio franchisee for Dunkin’, told this news outlet Thursday.
It was Gilligan who vowed in 2013 to open a dozen or more new Dunkin’ shops in the Miami Valley over the subsequent years, after the Dunkin’ Donuts local footprint had shrunk to one store in Miami Twp. that was (and still is) co-branded with Baskin Robbins Ice Cream and under separate franchise ownership.
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Six years later, Gilligan is well on his way to fulfilling his promise. He has opened locations in Kettering, Centerville, Sugarcreek Twp., Fairborn, Washington Twp., Springfield and Riverside in the last five years.
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Gilligan told this news outlet in an interview earlier this fall that the region’s Dunkin’ stores are performing “very well.”
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“Our same-store sales are growing substantially, and they are over budget,” Gilligan said.
He is still scouting for new locations.
“We’re still negotiating for new deals in Dayton, and we are opening three more stores in Cincinnati this year,” Gilligan said.
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