{"id":107997,"date":"2016-10-14T07:50:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T05:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=107997"},"modified":"2016-10-14T08:16:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T06:16:59","slug":"hundreds-line-up-for-first-dunkin-donuts-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/107997-hundreds-line-up-for-first-dunkin-donuts-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds line up for first Dunkin&#8217; Donuts in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Dunkin&#8217; Donuts has officially opened its doors in South African.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet at N1 City in Cape Town will be the first of five scheduled to start in the coastal city by the end of 2016, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-10-13\/dunkin-donuts-arrives-in-south-africa-to-challenge-krispy-kreme\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There are unique challenges with the South African market said Alan Keet, Chief Executive Officer of South African leisure company Grand Parade Investments Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make people understand, despite the name, it\u2019s a coffee and bakery offering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The first Johannesburg store is expected to open in the first half of 2017 and will act as a direct competitor to the recently opened Krispy Kreme.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the photos from opening below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108025\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-03.jpg\" alt=\"dd-03\" width=\"296\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-line.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108027\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-line.jpg\" alt=\"dd-line\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-line.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-line-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-line-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-line-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-108023 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-02.jpg\" alt=\"dd-02\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-02.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DD-02-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Find more details and photos on the Dunkin&#8217; Donuts N1 City <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Dunkin-Donuts-N1-City-1794219027456591\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>Now read: Ranked: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/105581-ranked-the-25-best-beers-in-south-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\">The 25 best beers in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds lined up to be the first to try Dunkin&#8217; Donuts in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":108009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,22775,22777,12383,21342],"class_list":["post-107997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-active","tag-donut","tag-dunkin-donuts","tag-food","tag-line"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108021,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107997\/revisions\/108021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}