FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois, who owns 30 Dunkin' Donuts franchises, couldn't have landed in a more fitting place when he signed a one-year contract with the New England Patriots on Tuesday.
"Believe me, that was one thing as soon as I got off the airplane, every block I hit I saw a Dunkin' Donuts," he said Thursday. "I was laughing; I must be in Dunkin' Donuts heaven here."
Jean Francois, 30, said his business interest in Dunkin' Donuts -- which has corporate headquarters in Canton, Massachusetts (about 15 minutes from where the Patriots play at Gillette Stadium) -- was hatched a few years ago.