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| | Breakfast, Lunch and Winner? - PROFILE: ALLIED DOMECQ - CIO Enterprise Magazine July 15, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Allied Domecq Retailing USA of Randolph, Mass., bought the Campbell, Calif.-based Togo's chain in July 1997 to complement its two fast-food chains: Randolph-based Dunkin' Donuts, which it bought in 1990, and Baskin-Robbins of Glendale, Calif., which it has owned since 1973. |
 | | To Allied Domecq's relief, the franchisee buy-in is in progress: The national associations of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins franchisees have given their approval to make the new IT architecture "an integral part of the business" in new national agreements, says Allied Domecq's vice president for IT, Jack Vinchesi, who helped design the new infrastructure. |
 | | Allied Domecq is encouraging franchisees to adopt the new technology and hopes the resulting benefits will help convince the Boujoukos family and other franchisees to get into the more complex business of operating two or three shops under one roof. |
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