A PPP Donuts Network crew member handing an order through the drive-thru window
Our Story

Raised in this business.
Carrying the legacy forward.

I grew up on this side of the counter. This is where the story comes from — a father who set the standard, and a family carrying it into its next era.

Two Generations, One Standard

This isn't a chain to us.
It's the family business.

I'm the second-generation owner of this network. I was raised in this business — in these restaurants, around these people — since I was a kid. Now it's my turn to carry the family legacy into its next era.

For me, that means three things: the Make It Right mindset in everything we do, building community wherever we operate, and one tone that never changes — we are in the people business, and our first priority is the growth of our people.

2003

Where the
legacy starts

It starts with my father.

The legacy starts with my father, Prakash Patel. Since 2003, he has been the industry standard for standing by his people — serving Naperville, Aurora, and West Chicago (Warrenville) for two decades.

He built trust the only way it can be built: one guest and one team member at a time.

Prakash Patel, who opened the family's first Dunkin' in 2003, at the restaurant
Prakash Patel · where it started

Today

Growing the
little tree

Five restaurants and growing.

Today we're growing the little tree he planted — five Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins restaurants, a network in growth mode. I'm proud to build career paths inside the brand America Runs On, for the people who show up for us every single day.

The PPP Donuts Network crew together in front of the 'Aurora Runs on Dunkin' wall
Our real crew

Next

The people who
run what's next

New stores need new leaders — and we grow our own.

When this network expands, the people who climbed with us are the ones who run what comes next.

See the career ladder →
We are in the people business. Our first priority is the growth of our people — everything else follows from that.

Praveg Patel Second-Generation Owner & Operator

How We Run

The standard
behind the story.

A legacy is only as good as the way it runs today. This is the deal we hold ourselves to — starting before the doors even open.

First, Always

Before the doors open, we are a sanitation and food safety business.

Nothing else we promise matters if that isn't handled first — every day, every restaurant, every shift.

01Mission

Careers,
not shifts.

We run every restaurant on an "of course I can" mentality — safety first, no exceptions. And we build a place where people build careers, not shifts.

02Vision

A community that
holds together.

We're building a community that stays together and holds each other up — through the good times and the hard ones.

03Values

Make it right.
Every time.

We follow every Dunkin' brand standard, led by Make It Right. Every guest is a VIP. And we train one way — "the Dunkin' way. Not my way. Not your way."

Want to be part of
what comes next?

The next chapter of this story gets written by the people who join it.

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