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Via Kosherblog.net and SaraK, the Washington Jewish Week reports:

Dunkin' Donuts drops kashrut at two stores; third to follow;

The doughnuts will still be made with kosher ingredients, but, as of next week, the Washington area will have fewer Dunkin' Donut franchises certified as kosher.

With the corporation's push to expand its menu offerings, Jim Willard, who owns five franchises in the area, says he has received a letter from the corporation saying he could no longer make menu modifications in his stores. That, in effect, means he must sell nonkosher food products.

As of Wednesday, the Cabin John location in Potomac and the Rockville Metro Pike Plaza store near White Flint will no longer be certified by the Vaad Harabanim of Greater Washington kosher supervising agency.

SaraK has a link to a petition to sign to reverse the decision, while a commentor on KosherBlog.net says that they contacted Dunkin Donuts corporate and were told that the decision to go treif was made by the franchise owners.

Posted by Greg at February 18, 2007 12:17 AM