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Timeline: Inspire Brands goes on a shopping spree

Dunkin’ Brands will be the company’s fourth major deal. Here’s how the company became an industry force. By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 02, 2020
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On Friday, Inspire Brands announced it is buying Dunkin’ Brands in an $11.3 billion deal. The deal will take the Atlanta-based company from one brand to seven in just a couple of short years. Here’s a detailed look at how the company did it.

 

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.
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