Texas Zees Loading Up on Dunkin' Units

Four different franchise groups in Texas have big plans in the coming year to bring a combined 65 new Dunkin' Donuts shops to the Lone Star state's Dallas area, some will even be multi-brand locations with Baskin-Robbins. Three of the groups have also acquired existing Dunkin' Donuts locations in the Dallas market. There are currently more than 35 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and more than 110 locations throughout the state of Texas.

Quality Brand Dallas, LLC, plans to develop 35 new Dunkin' Donuts restaurants, including several multi-brand units with Baskin-Robbins, in Wise, Rockwall, and Hunt Counties. This group has also acquired 10 existing locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The franchise group is led by Hank Huth, who currently operates 18 restaurants in Phoenix, Arizona under the entity InterOcean Coffee Company LLC.

Anju Donuts of South Dallas plans to develop approximately 15 new Dunkin' Donuts restaurants, including several multi-brand units with Baskin-Robbins, in Palo Pinto, Parker, Hood, and Johnson Counties. They have also acquired eight existing restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. This group also currently operates three Dunkin' Donuts in Houston and two in Beaumont, Texas, with plans to develop eight and three more restaurants, respectively, in each market. The members of this network also operate 13 restaurants in New York City and New Jersey. Led by Hiren Patel, the team's first Dallas-Fort Worth location under this agreement is planned to open in fall 2017.

Dallascious Donuts, plans to develop 10 new Dunkin' Donuts restaurants, including three multi-brand units with Baskin-Robbins, in Cooke and Grayson Counties, and have also acquired ten existing locations in the market. Led by Hitesh Patel, the group currently owns and operates 22 Dunkin' Donuts in South Florida. The group's first location under this agreement is planned to open in the first quarter of 2018.

WF Donuts LLC plans to develop at least five new Dunkin' Donuts restaurants, including two multi-brand locations with Baskin-Robbins, in Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, and Hill Counties. This group, led by brothers Mak and Moiz Kurani, also has plans to develop three Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and one multi-brand unit with Baskin-Robbins in Wichita Falls, Texas over the next several years, and their first location under this agreement in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is planned to open in 2017.