Dunkin' Donuts looks to ease coffee run with new site, iPhone app

22.06.2009
Tired of scooting around the office, writing down everyone's order in a piece of scrap paper before making that run to Dunkin' Donuts?

Large black coffee with two sugars. Small with extra cream and one sugar. Medium decaf with milk and a packet of Equal. Iced coffee. Hot coffee. And don't forget the donuts. How many coffee and donut order combinations could there be? Tell your co-workers you're making a run to and you'll probably find out.

Well, it seems the IT folks at the coffee company have heard your pain.

Dunkin' Donuts today unveiled a new Web site, , along with an , set up to let customers solicit and submit group orders online.

"We conceived of Dunkin' Run as a social application that helps hard-working Americans stay slightly more productive," said Baba Shetty, chief media officer of Hill Holliday, Dunkin's advertising firm.

Here's how it works: