Dunkin’ Donuts will continue its California expansion by building 26 new locations in San Francisco and Fresno, the operator said Monday.
The Canton, Mass.-based quick-service chain announced two deals with franchisees to build the new California units.
Aharon Aminpour, who has a location in Encino, Calif., plans to develop 17 locations in Fresno and the surrounding areas, including Clovis, Visalia and Tulare. Aminpour had previously signed a deal to build 10 locations in the San Fernando Valley.
Shiva Developments has a deal to build nine locations in San Francisco. Shiva is owned by Nick Bhatt, who has a location in Springfield, Ill., and is heading west with his sister and brother-in-law, Disha and Yogesh Tivedi, to develop the locations.
The first restaurants under both of the deals are expected to open in 2017.
“We are thrilled these existing franchisees have chosen to expand their presence in the California market, and know these new restaurants will satisfy a growing consumer demand for Dunkin’ Donuts in the Fresno and San Francisco communities they will serve,” Grant Benson, vice president of global franchising and business development for Dunkin’ owner Dunkin’ Brands, said in a statement.
For Dunkin', the deals bring the number of locations the operator is planning to open in California to 275. California is a key market for the chain largely based on the East Coast.Dunkin' Donuts currently has California locations in Downey, Encino, Laguna Hills, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Upland and Whittier.
The 65-year-old brand has more than 11,300 locations in 37 countries, including more than 8,000 units in the U.S., where it is the fourth largest restaurant chain based on unit count. Dunkin' Donuts has said that it could build as many as 17,000 locations in the U.S., but doing so will require it to continue to thrive in a place like California, where it says it can have as many as 1,000 locations.
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