Dunkin Donuts is offering a special on small lattes for $1.99.To find one near you click here.
Living as a religious Jew in Houston originally from NY you learn to live with less. One thing you may find yourself craving is Dunkin Donuts coffee, arguably some of the best coffee out there. Houston, one of the largest cities in the US, has only about 4 or 5 DD locations. None of these DD locations are all that close to me. My wife decided to purchase a Digital 5 cup GE coffee maker for just $15 at walmart!The coffee maker even came with a a metal cleanable coffee filter and chlorine water filter. Now we just buy the ground Dunkin Donuts coffee instead and we save a couple of dollars and can smell the incredible armoa at home. You can get a free sample of thier coffee just click here.
Stop by your Dunkin' Donuts on Thursday May 15, 2008 from 10am until 10pm and receive a FREE small (16 oz.) sized Iced Coffee.
The Jewish Week has an in-depth article on the opening of the first kosher Dunkin Donuts on Long Island. For a Borough that is short on kosher options this is a warm welcome. Rabbi Mehlman aka the "Donut Rabbi" was instrumental in making this kosher addition a realty. The article explains what kind of fines would be given out for those who did not adhere to it's strict kashrus standards:The company employs a zero-tolerance stance for those who break rules and bring in outside (potentially non-kosher) products to lower costs. “One of the stores I know of had to pay a $10,000 fine for using a [non-Dunkin’ Donuts-approved] toilet bowl cleaner,” Rabbi Mehlman said. “You’d have to be out of your mind to mess with a key product — you’d lose your store.” Interestingly the article discussed how the Dunkin Donuts in the 5 towns was sued for being closed on shabbos. After corporate figured out that they were making more money by being kosher they changed their tune. I'm not certain however if they are still closed on shabbos since the owners are not Jewish they may be allowed to stay open.
Well it looks like the Dunkin Donuts on Ave J which had kosher supervision for the longest time, no longer has any as it is now selling non-kosher items. In a letter sent out by Rabbi Kenneth Auman, he requested that his congregants not even purchase coffee there. The reason behind the decision is not to give people the impression that it is kosher as it may have been recently. Pass it on to your Brooklyn friends.