An “untimely shipping error” led to a St. Louis Dunkin’ Donuts shop serving coffee in cups emblazoned with the logo of St. Louis Blues‘ rival Chicago Blackhawks.
The Dunkin’ Donuts in Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, received a shipment of coffee cups featuring the Blackhawks logo. The Blues began their first-round playoff series versus the Blackhawks Wednesday night.
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St. Louis news station KMOV issued a statement on behalf of the Dunkin’ Donuts location:
“Due to an untimely shipping error from the regional distribution center. Being a local business owner and fan of the hometown team, the franchisee plans to switch out the cups as soon as they receive a new shipment.”
The franchisee ceased sales of beverages in the Blackhawks cups on Wednesday according to KMOV.
We’re buying the “shipping error” explanation but not ruling out a Blackhawks superfan in shipping and receiving pulling off a playoff-inspired prank here, which would be rather awesome.
St. Louis took Game 1 of the series 1-0 after David Backes‘ shot caromed off Blackhawks defenceman Trevor van Riemsdyk‘s skate and through goaltender goaltender Corey Crawford in overtime.
Maybe Dunkin’ Donuts and Blues fans can call a truce on untimely errors after an ending like we saw in Game 1.
Via Puck Daddy
