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BOSTON (AP) - Two groups of private-equity firms plan to submit bids Thursday to buy Dunkin' Donuts, the nation's biggest coffee-and-doughnut chain, from the French company that acquired it as part of a bigger deal last summer, two people familiar with the groups' plans said.
Thursday was the deadline to submit bids to buy Dunkin' Brands Inc., which was purchased by France's Pernod Ricard SA in July as part of its $13 billion acquisition of Britain's Allied Domecq PLC.
In addition to Dunkin' Donuts, Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Brands owns the Baskin-Robbins and Togo's restaurant chains. The three units collectively generated $4.8 billion in global revenue last year.
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