Frankly, it doesn’t make a difference. There are plenty of good reasons not to patronize Dunkin’ Donuts that don’t involve their advertising choices: their use of styrofoam, their choice not to pay a livable wage in Boston, or perhaps the fact that they’ve been pushing local businesses out of neighborhoods for decades now?

Thanks Bob, but you’re not going to convince me of the goodness of eating at Dunkin’, even if you’re right.

Jillian

The corporate franchisor does not own a single Dunkin’ Donuts shop. They are ALL owned by independent franchisees who are members of the community.

One thing the corporate parent DOES do is invest millions of dollars in Arab countries. Google Dunkin’ Donuts and, say, U.A.E. , for example.

While bloggers on the left and cement heads like Malkin use a good commercially trademarked name to draw attention to themselves that they woul never otherwise get, Dunkin goes about actually doing something to help Arab families make a living and propser—a far sight more than just writing or talking about how Arabs need to be protected by a boycott that will take food from their children’s mouths by reducing sales in the shops they own.

This information is incredibly easy to find and very public, and very true. It simply does not serve a personal agenda. For shame.