A Dunkin’ operator rarely runs one store: the development agreement hands you a network of EINs, crews that clock in before dawn, and Northeast wage floors that rise every January. WageTime runs all of it from one login.
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None of these is the tip-credit problem a sit-down restaurant has. They are the standing conditions of running a Dunkin’ network: several restaurants under one operator, a percentage of sales gone before payroll, and crews that start before the sun on floors that keep moving.
A Dunkin’ franchise is rarely one store. The Store Development Agreement commits you to open a set number of restaurants in an exclusive territory on a timeline, and each one sits in its own LLC with its own EIN and filings. Almost every US Dunkin’ is franchisee-run, so the whole network, and its dozens of returns, is yours to keep straight.
A 5.9 percent royalty plus a 5 percent advertising and marketing fund is 10.9 cents of every gross dollar, gone before coffee, rent, or a paycheck. It is a straight cut of sales, not rent, so labor is the one big number you can steer, and you need it by store this week, not at month-end.
The baker and the first coffee maker start around 3am and the crew at 5am, and the pre-open bake and brew is exactly the worked time that goes uncaptured. Miss the punch and you cannot pay it and you cannot prove you did, on the shift that opens the store.
Dunkin’ is a Northeast brand, and New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut all raise the minimum wage every January and then index it to inflation. A network spread across those states meets a fresh floor on most of its stores at once, every new year, with the next step already scheduled.
The card reader at the drive-thru window now prompts for a tip, and the app adds one too. Your counter crew earns full wage and takes no tip credit, so those card tips ride on top, but they still have to reach the right paycheck with the right taxes and the right year-end form.
Crew punches and schedules live in the point-of-sale and back-office systems, and every cycle someone exports, reformats, and re-keys them into payroll. Multiply that by a network of stores and the re-keying is a job of its own, and every handoff can short a paycheck.
A Store Development Agreement makes you a multi-EIN operator before store number two, and WageTime is built for that shape: each restaurant files under its own EIN, deposits included, and the network rolls up under one sign-in.
| Store | People paid | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| Main St #1187 LLCEIN ••-•••1187 · returns filed | 22 | Complete |
| Route 1 #2043 LLCEIN ••-•••2043 · returns filed | 19 | Complete |
| Turnpike #3319 LLCEIN ••-•••3319 · returns filed | 24 | Complete |
| Harborview #4471 LLCEIN ••-•••4471 · returns filed | 17 | Complete |
Replaces a payroll account per restaurant, a year-end scramble per EIN, and the consolidation spreadsheet nobody trusts.
With 10.9 cents of every gross dollar gone before anyone is paid, labor is the line you steer, so WageTime job-costs hours and pay to each store as the run happens: a store trending hot shows up this week.
| Store | Labor % | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Main St #1187$34,000 sales · $8,840 labor | 26.0% | On plan |
| Route 1 #2043$29,500 sales · $8,555 labor | 29.0% | Watch |
| Turnpike #3319$38,000 sales · $12,160 labor | 32.0% | Running hot |
| Harborview #4471$27,000 sales · $7,020 labor | 26.0% | On plan |
Replaces the labor-percentage spreadsheet the bookkeeper rebuilds per store every week, and the hot store nobody catches until the P&L lands.
WageTime prices the clock a Dunkin’ store actually runs on: the 3am baker and the 5am opener earn their premiums as pay codes, and geofenced, GPS-stamped punches capture the pre-open bake instead of donating it.
| Crew member | Differential | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Amara O.Baker, 3:00a open · 8.0 hrs | +$1.50/hr early | Approved |
| Devon K.Crew, 5:00a open · 7.5 hrs | +$1.50/hr early | Approved |
| Priya S.Crew, overnight DT · 8.0 hrs | +$2.00/hr overnight | Approved |
| Marco T.Crew, Sat and Sun · 12.0 hrs | +$1.00/hr weekend | Review |
Replaces the early-bake minutes nobody clocked, and the shift premium someone added by hand every other Friday.
Every January most of a Dunkin’ network wakes up to a higher wage floor, and WageTime has already loaded it: each store tests against its own federal, state, or local minimum in the same run.
| Store | Jurisdiction | Floor in effect |
|---|---|---|
| Main St #1187Next: Jan 1 CPI adjustment | New York City | $17.00 |
| Route 1 #2043Next: Jan 1 CPI adjustment | New Jersey | $15.92 |
| Turnpike #3319Next step: Jan 1 index formula | Connecticut | $16.94 |
| Harborview #4471Next: Jan 1 CPI adjustment | New York, rest of state | $16.00 |
Replaces the rate someone forgot to change the first payday of the year, and the back-pay letter that follows.
A Dunkin’ crew earns the full hourly wage and takes no tip credit, so the card reader and app tips ride on top, and WageTime carries each person’s reported tips onto the right paycheck with the right taxes.
| Crew member | Card tips | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Devon K.Crew · Box 12 code TP | $86.40 | Posted |
| Priya S.Crew, DT · Box 12 code TP | $74.10 | Posted |
| Marco T.Crew · Box 12 code TP | $61.55 | Posted |
| Nadia F.Crew, opener · Box 12 code TP | $58.20 | Posted |
Replaces the card-tip total that never made it cleanly onto a paycheck, and the year-end scramble to name which dollars were tips.
Full-service payroll is $10 a month per person paid that month, plus $50 a month per company, with unlimited runs. No long-term contracts, no per-run charges.
Off-cycle runs and bonuses cost nothing extra. No long-term contracts; cancel anytime.
Example: 50 people paid × $10 + $50 company = $550 for the month
HR & hiring, onboarding, PTO, time tracking, benefits, and workers’ comp are optional add-ons, priced separately when you’re ready.
See a demoNo. Each restaurant keeps its own EIN and files its own federal, state, and local returns, but you run the whole network from one sign-in and pull results per store or combined. Almost every US Dunkin’ is franchisee-run and operators usually hold several, so that is hundreds of W-2s under one roof. Opening the next store in your territory means adding a company, not a vendor.
WageTime carries hours and pay to each store and cost code as the run happens, so labor lands by location and a hot store shows up this week. Finished payroll posts to QuickBooks by department, so labor as a percentage of sales is a report you pull. It matters because the royalty and advertising fund take 10.9 cents of every gross dollar before anyone is paid.
Yes. Night, weekend, and holiday shift differentials and on-call pay are pay codes inside payroll, and a GPS-stamped, geofenced time clock captures the pre-open bake and brew so it is paid, not donated. When someone works two of your stores in a week, overtime computes on the weighted-average regular rate automatically. Approved hours flow into the run with nothing re-keyed.
Minimum-wage processing runs at the federal, state, and local level, so each store tests against the floor that applies to it. New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut raise the minimum on a January schedule and index it to inflation, and effective-dated setup loads the next step-up before it takes effect. Tax depth reaches all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and 11,000-plus localities.
Straightforwardly. A Dunkin’ crew earns full wage and takes no tip credit, so card and app tips ride on top of the wage. Tip earning codes carry each person’s reported tips into the run and onto the W-2, and starting with 2026 W-2s qualified tips are reported separately in Box 12 with code TP. FICA still applies, and automatic service charges are regular wages, not tips.
$50 per month per company plus $10 per month per person paid that month, no long-term contract. The four-store network in the screens, 82 people paid, comes to $1,020 for the month: $200 in company bases plus $820 in per-person fees. Runs are unlimited, so off-cycle final checks and weekly pay cost nothing extra. Switching is full-service and paid, scoped on the demo.
Last month’s labor by store, the restaurant your development agreement has you opening next, and the crew that starts before dawn. Twenty minutes with a payroll specialist on a live demo network: you’ll watch labor post by store, an early-shift premium apply, and next January’s wage floor load ahead of its date.
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