Some US states not running on Dunkin doughnuts due to temporary supply shortage

Dunkin’ dropped the “Donuts” from its brand name years ago but now — at least across Nebraska, New Mexico and some other states — it doesn’t have doughnuts on the shelves either.Nebraska-based Dunkin’ stores in Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island all had no doughnuts in their cases on Thursday and Friday.Businesses put up signs on their doors and drive-thru kiosks informing customers that the pastries were unavailable “due to a manufacturing error.”Some locations did offer “Munchkins,” or doughnut holes, on Friday.Tyler Raikar, of Omaha, stopped by a Dunkin’ in west Omaha early Friday after an overnight shift as a phlebotomist, seeking coffee and a chocolate cake doughnut.“What? No doughnuts!” she exclaimed when told the location had none.“That’s tragic!”The trip wasn’t a total loss, she said, as she was more interested in the coffee.Still, she was a little disappointed that she couldn’t get a doughnut.“Hopefully they have them soon,” she said.Throughout Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the surrounding suburbs, store after store confirmed there’s a doughnut drought.Some employees chalked it up to a supply chain issue and others said simply that delivery trucks had been arriving without the cargo that the chain is most famous for.Employees said they hoped stocks would be replenished by next week.A manager at the west Omaha Dunkin’ location said Friday that she could not give more information on the cause of the shortage, citing orders from Dunkin’s corporate headquarters.The manager, who did not give her name, said the shortage was a national problem.But checks of locations in other regions, including St.

Joseph, Missouri, and Boston — where Dunkin’ has a near cult-like following — found no shortage of the sweet treats.Dunkin’ is one of the world’s largest coffee and doughnut brands, with more than 13,200 restaurants The company, which was founded in Massachusetts in 1950, was purchased for $11.3 billion in 2020 by A...