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Dunkin’ celebrates grand opening in Wallace

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WALLACE — Jessica Hansley of Wallace woke up last Wednesday morning with a plan.

“I was on a mission to get free coffee for a year,” Hansley told Duplin Journal in an interview. Dunkin’ had announced the first 100 people at their grand opening would receive free coffee for a year.

Jessica Hansley of Wallace smiles after achieving her mission of getting free coffee for a year by being one of the first 500 customers during the grand opening of Dunkin’ and Baskin Robbins in Wallace last Wednesday.
Courtesy Jessica Hansley

“You know how they say ‘America runs on Dunkin’? Well, I run on caffeine, I have to have it to function,” Hansley added with a laugh.

Hansley, a single mom of four children, was glad her plan worked.

“As soon as I got the girls on the bus, I went straight down there,” Hansley said. “I got there just after 7 a.m. and the line was already wrapped around the building. I was worried I wasn’t going to be one of the first 100, but when they passed out the cards, I got number 69.”

Hansley said they collected the card once she was in the store and traded it for a coupon book that allows for four free coffees a month for a year.

Wallace celebrated the grand opening of its brand-new Next Gen Dunkin’ last week with a lively ribbon-cutting event that attracted enthusiastic crowds. Some fans even camped out for a chance to win free coffee for a year.
Courtesy Wallace Police Department