Dunkin Donuts K-Cups Expand To Retail Outlets And Online

CANTON, MA -- Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., J.M. Smucker Co. and Keurig Green Mountain Inc. have expanded their partnership for the manufacture, marketing, distribution and sales of Dunkin' K-Cup packs to retailers in North America and online.

The K-Cup packs are presently available in Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the U.S. Keurig is the exclusive producer of them and will remain so with the expansion of the partnership. J.M. Smucker is licensed to manufacture and distribute Dunkin' Donuts brand premium bagged coffee where groceries are sold.

Under the new, multiyear agreement, Keurig will distribute and market Dunkin' K-Cup packs to specialty stores and office superstores. Smucker will distribute and market the capsules exclusively to grocery chains, mass merchandisers and club, drug, dollar and home improvement stores. They will continue to be available in Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the U.S.

The expanded retail program will launch in mid-2015 with five varieties of Dunkin' Donuts' coffee initially available in K-Cup packs.

Also beginning this spring, Dunkin' K-Cup packs will be sold online at the Dunkin' Donuts, Smucker and Keurig websites and other online retailers.