The doughnuts were often cooked in oil inside the metal helmets of American soldiers. American infantrymen were then commonly called “doughboys.” Since its humble beginnings, the popularity of doughnuts has exploded to the point that they've almost become a "food group" of their own. Of co...
The main reason was that Dunkin' wanted to promote its coffee offering to compete with the big high street chains. Of course, Dunkin' still offered delicious doughnuts, but it no longer wanted to be solely associated with them; instead, making its essential product offerings coffee. ...