• August 8, 2008

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