dunkin donuts and starbucks are trying to lure lunch diners now that fast food chains like mcdonalds and taco bell are competing more aggressively for the morning crowd as part of its push for midday customers dunkin donuts launched a grilled chicken flatbread sandwich monday marking the first time that grilled chicken has ever been offered by the donut chain bloombergs leslie patton reports the 360calorie sandwich is served on a multigrain flatbread and topped with ancho chipotle sauce and reduced fat cheddar cheese chicken is one of the most popular choices for lunch john costello dunkin donuts president of global marketing and innovation said in a release as our brand grows and more and more guests visit our shops in the afternoon and evening providing the widest variety of new and innovative allday menu items remains a key to our continued success the menu addition comes after starbucks launch last month of tests for several new sandwich offerings including a grilled chicken sandwich with bacon and swiss and a beef brisket and cheddar baguette the coffee chain is planning to formally launch a new line of sandwiches and lunch offerings next year executives said in an april conference call as we rollout our enhanced lunch program next year complemented by a diverse beverage lineup including teavana tea and handcrafted sodas we absolutely believe starbucks stores across the us will increasingly be seen as a destination for quick delicious and highquality lunch chief operating officer troy alstead said during the call starbucks is also targeting the dinner crowd by expanding its evenings menu which consists of small plates wine and beer to more than 1000 of its cafes about 40 of dunkin donuts sales are generated after 11 am by comparison starbucks gets 60 of its sales during that time period according to bloomberg business insider published on jun 3 2014 at 0813 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app starbucks dunkin donuts homenewshow dunkin donuts and starbucks are luring lunch diners