Donut Dough

Business. Dunkin' Brands
Industry. Fast food, coffee
Key. Firm plans ambitious global expansion.

A company that started by delivering snacks to employees in and around Boston now seeks to come through on another promise: supersized growth.

The business, Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Brands, has ambitious plans to grow its donut and ice cream franchise operations worldwide, everywhere from Iowa to Ho Chi Minh City. Nigel Travis, a British-born executive who previously ran the Papa John's pizza chain, is at the helm of the expansion effort. Travis was appointed CEO of Dunkin' in January 2009; he was named president 10 months later.