Learn more about the beloved New England coffee and donut shop with our Dunkin’ Donuts trivia and fun facts.
By Julia Shipley
Oct 21 2016
Dunkin’ Donuts Trivia | The original Dunkin’ Donuts location in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Photo Credit : Wikimedia Commons1950first Dunkin’ Donut shop opens in Quincy, Massachusetts
5 centscost of a Dunkin’ Donut in 1950
11,700Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants worldwide
3,000,000worldwide customers now served daily
350calories in a multigrain bagel
$12,000awarded to Rachel Davis of Sharon, Massachusetts, for her proposed donut, “Monkey See, Monkey Donut”
25,000ways to order your coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts
2names for founder William Rosenberg’s restaurant before Dunkin’ Donuts (“Open Kettle” and “Kettle Donuts”)
1955year first Dunkin’ Donuts franchise opens
280calories in a Chocolate Frosted Dunkin’ Donut
1.9billioncups of coffee (hot and cold) served annually
300maximum cups Dunkin’ Donuts coffee expert, Ellen Rogers, tastes daily while sourcing beans
Contributing editor Julia Shipley’s stories celebrate New Englanders’ enduring connection to place. Her long-form lyric essay, “Adam’s Mark,” was selected as one of the Boston Globes Best New England Books of 2014.
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