BizBeat: JC Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins coming in 2017

Dunkin' Donuts confirmed this week that a Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins combination restaurant is set to open in 2017 in Jefferson City.

New franchise group Donut World, LLC, led by partners Anup Thakkar, Ramesh Patel and Prashant Patel, have a multi-unit store development agreement with the brand to develop two Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in Columbia along with the Jefferson City location. The first restaurant is planned to open at 3100 Providence Road in Columbia this summer.

The Baskin-Robbins restaurant formerly located at 1922 Missouri Blvd. in Jefferson City closed in November to make way for the new franchise. The future Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins combination restaurant will serve Dunkin' Donuts' full menu of hot and iced coffee and tea, donuts, muffins, bagels, breakfast and bakery sandwiches, as well as Baskin-Robbins' variety of ice cream flavors, custom ice cream cakes, frozen beverages and sundaes.

No location for the Jefferson City restaurant has been confirmed at this time.

"We are excited to expand the brands' presence in Missouri and play an important role in the daily lives of people who live, work and visit here," Thakkar said in a news release. "We have a passion and loyalty for the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands and look forward to opening our restaurants in the years to come."

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