Need an excuse to kick off your Friday with a sweet indulgence? Now you've got one. It happens to be National Donut Day, and to celebrate, Dunkin' Donuts is giving away a free doughnut of your choice with the purchase of a drink (excluding bottled cooler beverages). Interesting fact: National Donut Day, which customarily takes place the first Friday of June, was established in 1938 by the Read more

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The fast food breakfast war was one of our biggest headlines of 2010, but it looks like the battle of the breakfast sandwich isn't over yet! Our friends at Slashfood decided to put Starbucks' and Dunkin' Donuts offerings to the test. The coffee chain and donut shop aren't known for their egg sandwiches, but that didn't stop the Slashfood team from digging into Starbucks's veggie artisan sandwich Read more

Looks like Burger King wants its own piece of the coffee and breakfast pie. The number two fast food chain has become the latest restaurant to enter the on-the-go breakfast market. In an announcement yesterday, Burger King said it plans to offer Starbucks-owned Seattle's Best Coffee in 7,250 of its US restaurants by September. In addition to hot coffee drinks, the new rollout, which begins this Read more

In this economy, even the savviest of fast food diners have a hard time stretching their dollar. But if the rumors are true, value-seekers may soon find it a lot easier to fill up for a buck early in the day. According to the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal, McDonald's plans to reveal a nationwide breakfast dollar menu. Based on internal documents obtained by the two publications, the Read more

Yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts temporarily pulled its Dunkaccino and hot chocolate drinks off store menus after discovering that one of its suppliers' facilities may have been contaminated with salmonella. The doughnut chain's supplier, Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, voluntarily recalled several of its products, although no illnesses have been traced back to the contamination. Dunkin' Donuts is Read more