Dunkin´ bans the `double-cup´ as it swaps foam for paper
BOSTON (AP) - The Dunkin´ coffee chain says customers will have to do without a "double cup" for their iced drinks.
A new campaign focused in Massachusetts and Rhode Island tells customers they can no longer nest their iced drinks in a second, foam cup for extra insulation as the company moves to eliminate its polystyrene cups.
The brand says the double-cup habit was started in New England and is most common there. But by Dec. 1, all the region´s stores will swap foam cups for paper ones that the company says are more environmentally friendly.
New ads tell customers that the "double cup is breaking up" because the chain´s relationship with foam isn´t sustainable. Cold drinks are being marketed as "iced, delicious and single."
The company says its foam cups will be eliminated worldwide next year.
FILE- This Jan. 22, 2018 file photo shows the Dunkin' Donuts logo on a shop in Mount Lebanon, Pa. The Dunkin' coffee chain says customers will have to do without a "double cup" for their iced drinks.A new campaign focused in Massachusetts and Rhode Island tells customers they can no longer nest their iced drinks in a second, foam cup for extra insulation as the company moves to eliminate its polystyrene cups. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
