Snapshot: Dunkin' Donuts vs Starbucks: Where do you stand?

By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | June 17, 2010

Coffee drinkers mostly fall into two camps -- Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks. You tend to love one and hate the other. Dunkin' shops outnumber Starbucks almost 10 to 1 in Massachusetts, but that doesn't deter Starbucks lovers, who find Dunkin's brew bland and unsophisticated. And Dunkin' drinkers roll their eyes at what they feel is the pretensions of the Starbucks buyer and his burned java. Where do you stand? And if you're interested in finding the DD or Starbucks nearest you, here's a handy map.

Caffeine Map Mmm, java.

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Community	Company	Number	Per 10,000 residents
Abington	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.4
Acton	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.4
Acton	Starbucks	1	0.5
Acushnet	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.0
Adams	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.2
Agawam	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.7
Amesbury	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.6
Amherst	Starbucks	1	0.3
Amherst	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.6
Andover	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.2
Andover	Starbucks	1	0.3
Arlington	Starbucks	2	0.5
Arlington	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.0
Ashburnham	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Ashland	Dunkin Donuts	3	1.9
Athol	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.7
Attleboro	Dunkin Donuts	9	2.1
Auburn	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.5
Auburn	Starbucks	1	0.6
Avon	Dunkin Donuts	4	9.3
Ayer	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.4
Barre	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.8
Bedford	Starbucks	1	0.7
Bedford	Dunkin Donuts	4	3.0
Belchertown	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.4
Bellingham	Dunkin Donuts	5	3.1
Belmont	Starbucks	2	0.9
Belmont	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.9
Berkley	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.5
Berlin	Dunkin Donuts	1	3.5
Beverly	Dunkin Donuts	10	2.5
Beverly	Starbucks	2	0.5
Billerica	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.0
Blackstone	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.1
Boston	Starbucks	32	0.5
Boston	Dunkin Donuts	67	1.1
Bourne	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.5
Bourne	Starbucks	1	0.5
Boxborough	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.0
Boylston	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.3
Braintree	Dunkin Donuts	11	3.1
Brewster	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.0
Bridgewater	Dunkin Donuts	8	3.1
Brockton	Starbucks	1	0.1
Brockton	Dunkin Donuts	20	2.2
Brookline	Dunkin Donuts	5	0.9
Brookline	Starbucks	6	1.1
Burlington	Starbucks	1	0.4
Burlington	Dunkin Donuts	8	3.2
Cambridge	Starbucks	9	0.9
Cambridge	Dunkin Donuts	15	1.4
Canton	Starbucks	1	0.5
Canton	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.3
Carver	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.7
Charlton	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.8
Chatham	Dunkin Donuts	2	3.0
Chelmsford	Dunkin Donuts	3	0.9
Chelmsford	Starbucks	1	0.3
Chelsea	Dunkin Donuts	8	1.9
Chicopee	Starbucks	1	0.2
Chicopee	Dunkin Donuts	6	1.1
Clinton	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.4
Cohasset	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.8
Cohasset	Starbucks	1	1.4
Concord	Dunkin Donuts	3	1.7
Concord	Starbucks	1	0.6
Danvers	Dunkin Donuts	11	4.1
Dartmouth	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.2
Dedham	Dunkin Donuts	3	1.2
Dedham	Starbucks	1	0.4
Douglas	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Dracut	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.4
Dudley	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.9
Dunstable	Dunkin Donuts	1	3.0
Duxbury	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
East Bridgewater	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.4
Eastham	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.8
Easthampton	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.2
East Longmeadow	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
East Longmeadow	Starbucks	1	0.7
Easton	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.4
Essex	Dunkin Donuts	1	3.0
Everett	Dunkin Donuts	8	2.1
Fairhaven	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.2
Fall River	Dunkin Donuts	16	1.8
Falmouth	Starbucks	1	0.3
Falmouth	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.6
Fitchburg	Dunkin Donuts	5	1.2
Foxborough	Dunkin Donuts	5	3.1
Framingham	Starbucks	2	0.3
Framingham	Dunkin Donuts	10	1.5
Franklin	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.2
Gardner	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.4
Georgetown	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.2
Gloucester	Dunkin Donuts	5	1.7
Grafton	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.6
Granby	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.6
Great Barrington	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.4
Greenfield	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.1
Groton	Dunkin Donuts	3	2.8
Hadley	Dunkin Donuts	2	4.2
Halifax	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Hampden	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.9
Hanover	Dunkin Donuts	5	3.6
Hanover	Starbucks	1	0.7
Hanson	Dunkin Donuts	3	3.0
Harvard	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Harwich	Dunkin Donuts	3	2.4
Haverhill	Starbucks	1	0.2
Haverhill	Dunkin Donuts	8	1.3
Hingham	Starbucks	2	0.9
Hingham	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.9
Holbrook	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.9
Holden	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.2
Holliston	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
Holyoke	Starbucks	1	0.3
Holyoke	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.5
Hopkinton	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.4
Hudson	Dunkin Donuts	3	1.5
Hull	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.8
Ipswich	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.8
Kingston	Dunkin Donuts	6	4.9
Lakeville	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.0
Lawrence	Dunkin Donuts	10	1.4
Lee	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Leicester	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.9
Leominster	Dunkin Donuts	7	1.7
Leominster	Starbucks	1	0.2
Lexington	Dunkin Donuts	6	2.0
Lexington	Starbucks	2	0.7
Littleton	Dunkin Donuts	4	4.6
Longmeadow	Starbucks	1	0.7
Longmeadow	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
Lowell	Dunkin Donuts	14	1.4
Ludlow	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.4
Lunenburg	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.0
Lynn	Dunkin Donuts	12	1.4
Lynnfield	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.8
Malden	Dunkin Donuts	8	1.4
Manchester-By-The-Sea	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.9
Mansfield	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.7
Marblehead	Starbucks	1	0.5
Marblehead	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.5
Marion	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.9
Marlborough	Starbucks	3	0.8
Marlborough	Dunkin Donuts	9	2.4
Marshfield	Starbucks	1	0.4
Marshfield	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.8
Mashpee	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.8
Mashpee	Starbucks	1	0.7
Mattapoisett	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.5
Maynard	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.0
Medfield	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.8
Medford	Dunkin Donuts	11	2.0
Medford	Starbucks	2	0.4
Medway	Starbucks	1	0.8
Medway	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.6
Melrose	Starbucks	1	0.4
Melrose	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.7
Mendon	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Merrimac	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.5
Methuen	Dunkin Donuts	9	2.0
Methuen	Starbucks	1	0.2
Middleborough	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.9
Middleton	Dunkin Donuts	4	4.2
Milford	Dunkin Donuts	6	2.2
Millbury	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
Millis	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Milton	Starbucks	1	0.4
Milton	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.4
Monson	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.1
Nahant	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.9
Natick	Starbucks	1	0.3
Natick	Dunkin Donuts	7	2.2
Needham	Starbucks	1	0.4
Needham	Dunkin Donuts	3	1.1
New Bedford	Dunkin Donuts	17	1.9
Newburyport	Starbucks	1	0.6
Newburyport	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.3
Newton	Starbucks	3	0.4
Newton	Dunkin Donuts	9	1.1
Norfolk	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.9
North Adams	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.5
Northampton	Starbucks	1	0.4
Northampton	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.4
North Andover	Starbucks	1	0.4
North Andover	Dunkin Donuts	7	2.5
Northborough	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
North Reading	Dunkin Donuts	3	2.1
Norton	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.1
Norwell	Dunkin Donuts	3	2.9
Norwood	Starbucks	1	0.4
Norwood	Dunkin Donuts	6	2.1
Orange	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Orleans	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.6
Oxford	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
Palmer	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.5
Paxton	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.2
Peabody	Dunkin Donuts	8	1.6
Peabody	Starbucks	2	0.4
Pembroke	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.1
Pepperell	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.9
Pittsfield	Starbucks	1	0.2
Pittsfield	Dunkin Donuts	5	1.2
Plainville	Dunkin Donuts	3	3.7
Plymouth	Starbucks	1	0.2
Plymouth	Dunkin Donuts	12	2.2
Quincy	Starbucks	2	0.2
Quincy	Dunkin Donuts	16	1.7
Randolph	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.3
Raynham	Dunkin Donuts	6	4.4
Reading	Starbucks	2	0.9
Reading	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.7
Rehoboth	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.9
Revere	Dunkin Donuts	13	2.2
Rockland	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.2
Rockport	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Rowley	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Rutland	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.5
Salem	Starbucks	1	0.2
Salem	Dunkin Donuts	14	3.4
Salisbury	Dunkin Donuts	3	3.6
Sandwich	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.0
Saugus	Starbucks	2	0.7
Saugus	Dunkin Donuts	10	3.6
Scituate	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.1
Seekonk	Dunkin Donuts	8	5.9
Seekonk	Starbucks	1	0.7
Sharon	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.6
Sherborn	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.4
Shirley	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Shrewsbury	Dunkin Donuts	5	1.5
Somerset	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.8
Somerville	Starbucks	2	0.3
Somerville	Dunkin Donuts	13	1.7
Southampton	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Southborough	Starbucks	1	1.0
Southborough	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.1
Southbridge	Dunkin Donuts	3	1.8
South Hadley	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.6
Southwick	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.1
Spencer	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.7
Springfield	Dunkin Donuts	20	1.3
Springfield	Starbucks	1	0.1
Sterling	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Stoneham	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.3
Stoughton	Dunkin Donuts	7	2.6
Stow	Dunkin Donuts	2	3.1
Sturbridge	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.2
Sudbury	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.6
Sudbury	Starbucks	1	0.6
Sunderland	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.7
Sutton	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.1
Swampscott	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
Swampscott	Starbucks	1	0.7
Swansea	Dunkin Donuts	6	3.7
Taunton	Dunkin Donuts	11	2.0
Taunton	Starbucks	1	0.2
Tewksbury	Dunkin Donuts	7	2.4
Topsfield	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.7
Townsend	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.1
Tyngsborough	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.8
Upton	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.5
Uxbridge	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.6
Wakefield	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.6
Walpole	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.2
Walpole	Starbucks	1	0.4
Waltham	Dunkin Donuts	8	1.3
Ware	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.0
Wareham	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.9
Watertown	Starbucks	1	0.3
Watertown	Dunkin Donuts	5	1.5
Wayland	Starbucks	1	0.8
Wayland	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.8
Webster	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.4
Wellesley	Starbucks	2	0.7
Wellesley	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.5
Westborough	Dunkin Donuts	5	2.7
Westborough	Starbucks	1	0.5
West Boylston	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.2
West Bridgewater	Dunkin Donuts	4	6.0
West Brookfield	Dunkin Donuts	1	2.6
Westfield	Dunkin Donuts	8	2.0
Westfield	Starbucks	1	0.2
Westford	Starbucks	1	0.5
Westford	Dunkin Donuts	4	1.8
Westminster	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.7
Westport	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.6
West Springfield	Dunkin Donuts	5	1.8
Westwood	Starbucks	1	0.7
Westwood	Dunkin Donuts	4	2.8
Weymouth	Dunkin Donuts	6	1.1
Weymouth	Starbucks	1	0.2
Whitman	Dunkin Donuts	3	2.1
Wilbraham	Dunkin Donuts	1	0.7
Williamsburg	Dunkin Donuts	1	4.0
Williamstown	Dunkin Donuts	1	1.3
Wilmington	Starbucks	1	0.5
Wilmington	Dunkin Donuts	6	2.8
Winchendon	Dunkin Donuts	2	2.0
Winchester	Starbucks	1	0.5
Winchester	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.9
Winthrop	Dunkin Donuts	2	0.9
Woburn	Dunkin Donuts	10	2.7
Woburn	Starbucks	2	0.5
Worcester	Dunkin Donuts	26	1.5
Worcester	Starbucks	2	0.1
Wrentham	Dunkin Donuts	2	1.8

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