Baskin Robbins

For over 60 years, Baskin Robbins has been delighting customers with their irresistible treats and are now the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, with more than 5,600 retail shops in 40 countries.  Headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts, Baskin Robbins is part of the Dunkin’ Brands Inc. family of companies along with Dunkin’ Donuts and Togo’s.  In December 2006, Dunkin’ Brands was acquired by a U.S. investment group of Bain Capital, Thomas Lee Partners and the Carlyle Group.

In addition to developing flavors, Baskin Robbins has always been a leader in the ice cream industry with innovations such as hand-packed quarts of ice cream, a unique flavor ribbon technique, the use of traditional dessert ingredients such as apple pie and cheesecake, and the introduction of mousse-textured ice creams.  The commitment of Baskin Robbins to creating new products is evident with the introduction of signature ice cream cakes and the growing line of beverages, including ‘Bold Breezes’, and the ‘Cappuccino Blast’ frozen-blended coffee drinks, which innovated the frozen coffee category in 1994.

Through Greg Evans of The Behar Group, Baskin Robbins is sourcing new real estate across Canada.  Traditional locations are generally between 800 and 1,200 square feet and non-traditional sites, including kiosks and enclosed mall locations, can be as small as 200 square feet.