“Flatbread Sandwiches” and “Grab-N-Go Pizza” is on the new prototype menu being tested in Sarasota, FL.

Meanwhile, every detail of this breezy-feeling building is designed to reinforce the brand.

Customers waiting for their food at the drive-up window gaze through glass walls at the interior, and they also have a good view of the coffee-by-the-pound, shelved up high and directly opposite the glass wall.

the Flatbread Sandwich is a key item at the new Dunkin’ at Stickney and Gateway Avenue. Priced at $2.99, the sandwichof the future comes in three versions: turkey, bacon and cheddar; ham and swiss; and three-cheese…Delivered frozen and crisped up in expensive new ovens that combine convection with microwave, the Flatbread is a cross between a Cuban and a pita sandwich…These convection-plus microwave ovens, which are all the rage in the fast food industry, give the bread a toasty, fresh-baked finish while getting the innards nice and hot, and they do it all in a minute.

Same for the next item down under the heading “Anytime Snacks” — the “Grab-N-Go Pizza” — and for another new hand-held meal, the “Chicken Biscuit.”

I like what I’m hearing…

Right now, Kaplan is doing at least 60 percent of his business between opening and noon.

I’m a bit surprised. I thought they’d do 75%+ before noon.

The average Dunkin’ Donuts store churned out $915,000 worth of coffee, donuts, cappuccino and Coolattas during 2005, a figure that was 8.3 percent ahead of 2004.

The $915k sales number is strong, and the margins have progressively increased, helped by nearly matching Starbucks’ coffee prices.

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