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MalachiConstant Donating Member (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:43 PM
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Carlyle Bidding On Food Chains
The Carlyle Group is among the final bidders for the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins restaurant chains, in what would be the first U.S. consumer retail investment for a company built around its expertise in defense, aerospace and telecommunications.

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somebody do something!!!! i'm not sure if i could live without Dunkin' Donuts and well, if this happnes i might have to. i'm not sure if i could eat there if carlyle buys them.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:45 PM
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1. oh no, it'll be definite boycott time...
for "Defense Donuts," and the Ice Cream vendors...
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:45 PM
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2. Good-bye Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream!
Served up by the Carlyle Group, it would only leave a bad taste in my mouth anyway.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:48 PM
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3. Wonderful! Our donuts & coffee will be shipped in from India ..
if these jerks have their way.
:donut: :thumbsdown:
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GrumpyGreg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:48 PM
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4. I'll still go to help all the wonderful young Brazilians that work there.
Why punish them?
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM
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5. Don't for get to check each dozen for IEDs.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:02 PM
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6. Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!
I can't live without my Rocky Road and Daiquiri Ice!

You FUCKERS!

:cry:
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:10 PM
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7. shades of the Omen.
the Thorne group bought up all the food, as well as the weapons.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:12 PM
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8. Oh man. These people want to own EVERYTHING. We'll be eating
Monsanto ice cream and drinking slave labor coffee no matter where we go. x(
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:14 PM
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9. All I can say is thank Dog baskin-robbins has gone crappy after corporate
mismanagement and we don't have dunkin donuts here.
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:17 PM
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10. What you do is, first you drive the price down
For example, with chains like these, you get the public all hyped up about "junk food" and its dangers to the heart. (The dangers are real, but what the hype and the people ignore is that you can beat the dangers simply by LIMITING YOUR EATING OF THESE FOODS.)

This drives down the share price. Good, if you want to buy stock. It also drives down the price of the whole company. Good, if you want to buy the entire company.

When the price has been driven down, you buy.

Then, as the hype subsides, the share price and the company value begin to rise. Ta-da! You got a bargain!
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:47 PM
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11. Ah, then they could start the experimentation.
They'll have millions of new guinea pigs to test new weaponised hypno-drugs.



DON'T EAT IT! IT'S PEOPLE!!!
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:57 PM
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12. Surely You Have a Real Bakery Around There Somewhere
Any real bakery can make better doughnuts than Dunkin' Donuts.
The only thing DD has going for it is that they're open late.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:58 PM
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13. Ben and Jerry's Beats Baskin Robbins ANY DAY
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