Carlyle Group BUYS 1/3 of DUNKIN DONUTS!!!!

[jackstraw45]

It's time to STOP buying the donuts....


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051212/ap_on_bi_ge/france_pernod_dunkin__brands;_ylt=AoKJQi70NDGG0yPld36pHEtI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl



Dunkin' Brands Sold to Firms for $2.43B

PARIS - Pernod Ricard SA has agreed to sell Dunkin' Brands to three U.S. private equity firms for $2.43 billion, Pernod spokeswoman Florence Taron said Monday.
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The French drinks giant announced the sale to Thomas H. Lee, the Carlyle Group and Bain Capital four days after bidding closed in an auction for Dunkin' Brands — owner of the Dunkin' Donuts chain, Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlors and Togo's sandwich stores.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. OMG!

:wow:

[jackstraw45]

2. Supporting Dunkin' Donuts now means you'll be supporting:

From Wikipedia:

* James Baker III, former United States Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush, Staff member under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, Carlyle Senior Counselor
* George H. W. Bush, former U.S. President, Senior Advisor to the Carlyle Asia Advisory Board from April 1998 to October 2003.
* George W. Bush, current U.S. President. Was appointed in 1990 to the Board of Directors of one of Carlyle's first acquisitions, an airline food business called Caterair, which Carlyle eventually sold at a loss. George left the board in 1992 to later become Governor of Texas, where he was responsible for appointing several members of the board which controlled the investment of Texas teachers' pension funds. A few years later, the board decided to invest $100m of public money in the Carlyle Group.

[incapsulated]

3. Does that mean Baskin-Robbins, too?

"The French drinks giant announced the sale to Thomas H. Lee, the Carlyle Group and Bain Capital four days after bidding closed in an auction for Dunkin' Brands — owner of the Dunkin' Donuts chain, Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlors and Togo's sandwich stores."

Look, people, I can't give up everything.

[Bluebear]

4. There's always Ben & Jerry's ? nt

[incapsulated]

8. I prefer Häagen-Dazs, actually

But I have a thing for those kooladas or whatever they are. In the summer.

No, I don't like the Starbucks alternative!

Fortunately, there is a Häagen-Dazs store on my way home.

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. It's B&J's all the way for me. Life without NYSFC wouldn't be worth living

*lol*

[jackstraw45]

9. Just think of these people you're supporting while shopping there

[incapsulated]

18. I do that every time

I pay my taxes, too.

There is evil everywhere, we can only do the best we can do.

[jackstraw45]

20. True...but you won't go to prison if you don't buy that Coffee Coolatta...

:)

[Ouabache]

5. just 1/3, maybe they wouldn't buy the ones with rats and roachs?

War pigs that they are, I don't see why a few rats and roachs would bother them while they were selling a donut, though.

How much money can you launder through 1/3 of the DD's in the world?

[jackstraw45]

12. 3.4 BILLION in revenue PER YEAR

They'll be busy doing evil with that money, I assure you.

[AntiCoup2K4]

34. Money hell!

How many pounds of cocaine can you store in bags labeled "powdered sugar" in a business where powdered sugar would be expected. ;)

[Al-CIAda]

6. They also bought Lowes Theater chain last year. just fyi....

VPRO Tegenlicht – The Carlyle Group Exposed
Just what exactly is this criminal cartel up to?
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[Beam Me Up]

11. That figures. They are a truly sucky theatre chain.

[Al-CIAda]

14. ...This was just after the MMoore movie was played in their theaters.

The obvious reason is to cut off future avenues of free expression.

[Beelzebud]

7. Pigs love donuts. This is not suprising.

:D

[mattclearing]

10. Damn. And Krispy Kreme was already a 99% red company.

What's a democratic policeman to do? :D

[jackstraw45]

13. Starbucks? According to

buyblue.org, Starbucks is a blue corp...is that right?

[mattclearing]

16. I think so, but their coffee-buying practices are pretty awful.

Get the fair trade coffee if you can. It's rarely on tap unless it's the featured coffee of the day.

[pstokely]

25. go to a local donut shop?

[mattclearing]

27. Do those exist anymore?

:shrug:

[knitter4democracy]

32. We have two

One's a small local chain, and the other's in independent. Of course, we Michiganders love our donuts. ;)

That Carlyle thing gives me one more reason not to drive over to the other side of town for donuts. I'll stick to the closer one that's independent (they just tend to run out by the time I get there, though).

[tgnyc]

15. Is there oil in Dunkin Donuts?

[Beam Me Up]

17. Do Republicans lie?

:rofl:

[Sydnie]

19. They are everywhere!

Soon, we won't be able to buy anything that they don't get a cut of. Dunkin Donuts is very big in the North East. There is actually a block in a town just west of me that has TWO Dunkin Donuts located there, on the opposite ends of the block on the opposite side of the street. To get to that block I have to drive by four others! Two of those other four at less an a quarter mile from each other too.

I live in a small rural town without much big business to speak of. We make Titelist golf balls and Foot Joy products and the rest are small mom/pop type places and lots of agriculture. Last year, we got our very first mega franchise business come into town. They built less than a block from a mom/pop donut shop that had been there for years and years. Yep, it was a Dunkin Donuts. Now McDonalds is looking to run a small business out of town so they can snatch up his lot, which is just a block from the Dunkin Donuts. We are talking a town of around 10,000, a bedroom community for the surrounding areas with all of these businesses already located within three miles of where they put the Dunkin Donuts and where the McDonalds wants to nudge out this poor little business.

It makes me want to :puke: that they have their hands in EVERYTHING and won't be happy until we have no where left to shop that is not mass marketed by THEM!

[Loonman]

21. Notice how dumb the freepers are

They can't even read properly.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539652/posts

[DS1]

23. Gawd they're dumb

[Mutley]

33. At least ONE read it properly...

To: All

Read it a little slower. Sound out the words if it helps.

23 posted on 12/13/2005 10:33:20 AM PST by Wolfie
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:rofl:

[AntiCoup2K4]

35. Not only do they think the French owning the companies was the "BAD" news.

....they don't even know who the fucking Carlyle Group is. Not one of them even mentioned it.

Morans.......

[DS1]

22. Carylisle read Dunkin and figured they were a torture consulting agency

:shrug:

[jackstraw45]

24. Just a reminder....

:kick:

[foreverdem]

26. I really love their coffee

This is really bad news. I love DD coffee and the coolatas in the summer. The repukes have to ruin everything.

[holdensphonies]

28. Donuts for all Republicans!

I wonder if they will make crucifix shaped donuts now?

[Arkana]

29. Aw, man...no more Coffee Coolattas.

:( Fuck.

[Freddie Stubbs]

30. Isn't George Soros a part owner of the Carlyle Group?

:shrug:

[dkofos]

31. This is an effort to keep the police happy

when bush declares mashall law.

Free donuts for all cops signing the * loyalty pledge.

[underpants]

36. They paid $2.4 Billion for FOUR donuts?

:bounce:

[Swede]

37. Maybe this is why 9/11 money was used to upgrade the shops.

I saw that on TV/

[jackstraw45]

40. I missed that one...how did that happen? nt

nt

[junkiebrewster]

38. Sweet

another reason to eat Krispy Kreme!!!!!

[DistressedAmerican]

39. There iS One Across the Street From My House.

Time for a very big sign to hang out front! Damn! I liked having them there until now!

[Jim Warren]

41. also..... follow the money on Bain

right to founder Mitt Romney, who(co)incidently just happened to renounce
yesterday any further plans knocking on doors in Ma. freeing himself up for a run for potus.