Dunkin’ Donuts: announces entry into Russian market

Canton / MA. (dd) Dunkin´ Donuts, the world´s largest coffee and baked goods chain, announced the brand´s official entry into Russia. The first restaurant in Moscow on Novy Arbat Street, one of the city´s most prestigious and historic areas, will be open to the public in mid-May. This opening marks Dunkin´ Donuts´ plans to expand steadily throughout Russia and Ukraine over the next several years.

Donuts Project LLC, the company´s franchise partner in Russia, is set to open between ten and 20 Donuts restaurants in Moscow and the Moscow region in 2010. Konstantin Petrov, founder of Donuts Project LLC, brings years of experience and expertise as a successful businessman within the region´s restaurant and catering industry. «We are extremely excited to open our first Dunkin´ Donuts restaurant in Russia and to begin our steady and strategic expansion throughout the region», said Anthony P. Pavese, Chief Operating Officer for Dunkin´ Donuts International.

The company´s entry into Russia comes on the heels of the brand´s expansion throughout Europe and the Asia-Pacific market. In Europe, the company has approximately 70 restaurants in Germany, Spain and Bulgaria. Last year, the company opened its first two restaurants in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, and has secured agreements to open a total of 480 shops in People’s Republic of China over the next ten years. Today, the company has nearly 1’800 Dunkin´ Donuts shops in the Asia Pacific region, including more than twelve in China, 800 in Korea, 600 in the Philippines, and 260 in Indonesia. Dunkin´ Donuts currently has more than 9’000 restaurants on four continents around the world.