Dunkin’ Donuts has taken another step toward its goal of doubling its store count in the United States within 20 years. A new food, paper and equipment distribution center in Phoenix, due to open in October, will be the chain’s seventh warehouse and its first west of the Mississippi River. The Canton, Mass., company, which has been opening new... »

Technomic Inc., the Chicago-based foodservice research firm, often revises its current-year forecast of operator sales around the time of the National Restaurant Association Show. It did so again this year, but added a significant wrinkle: It offered a preliminary forecast for 2013. The forecasts are quite positive, with both ’12 and ’13 expected... »