An agreement with the Kainos Partners Holding Co. includes the opening of 75 units throughout Houston with 10 scheduled to open in 2009. Southern Donuts plans to open 32 units with 6 scheduled to open
in 2010. Site selection will begin soon for both franchisees.
Kainos Partners is a Dunkin' Brands' franchisee currently developing more than 150 new Dunkin' restaurants in New York,
South Carolina and Nevada. Kainos has opened 42 locations--16 in Buffalo, N.Y., 13 in the upstate of Greenville, S.C., and most recently, its 13th of 41 planned restaurants in Las Vegas. It plans to
open 20 more stores in those markets through this year.--Nina M. Lentini