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This fall, News 6 and Dunkin' are celebrating exceptional Central Florida teachers with a Teacher of the Month contest.

We are more than a month away from autumn, but Dunkin' is falling over itself to welcome in the new season.

The fast-food chain is now offering avocado toast. This brunch favorite is made with avocado, sea salt, black pepper and lemon juice. It comes on sourdough bread with a sprinkle of “everything but the bagel” seasoning. Dunkin’ is also releasing a spin on some classics with its new grilled cheese melt and grilled cheese melt with ham. AdBoth are served on Dunkin’s sourdough bread with white cheddar and American cheese.

If you like to mix spicy into your sweet treats, we’ve found the doughnut for you. Dunkin' announced a new spicy ghost pepper doughnut available nationwide starting Wednesday. The spicy ghost pepper is a classic yeast doughnut ring topped with strawberry flavored icing that has cayenne and ghost pepper blended in along with a dusting of red sanding sugar. [TRENDING: Woman stranded from home for 8 months | Video shows mountain lion stalking hiker | Moon rules: Must come in peace]The coffee chain promises the doughnut will bring the heat with every bite. And if spicy isn’t your thing, Dunkin' has brought back its creepy-crawly spider, which is topped with a glazed chocolate munchkin treat.

While it will still be steaming hot in Florida, Dunkin’ is almost ready to release its fall flavors. The coffee chain’s fall menu, including a new pumpkin spice latte, will be available in stores on Aug. 19, which is earlier than ever before, the company says. No one does fall flavor better than Dunkin'.”Whether you’re sipping, swirling or tasting – the Fall legend is back in class, starting 8/19. 🎃 pic.twitter.com/U0ZkmotzP2 — Dunkin' (@dunkindonuts) August 12, 2020Dunkin’s fall menu includes a mix of new and old including a new signature pumpkin spice latte and a chai latte. There will also be pumpkin-flavored coffees, along with apple cider, pumpkin and maple sugar-flavored donuts and munchkins doughnut holes.

The chain announced not only are they bringing back a fan favorite, Free Donut Fridays, but its also starting Free Coffee Mondays. Thats right, starting August 3, if youre a Dunkin Perks member, you can get a free medium coffee, hot or iced, for free. DD Perks Members, get a free medium hot or iced coffee with minimum food purchase. Not a DD Perks Member? For Free Donut Fridays, members get a free classic donut with any drink purchase.

Dunkin is permanently closing about 800 locations in the U.S, about 8% of its restaurants. The company detailed the changes Thursday in its quarterly earnings report, describing the closures as real estate portfolio rationalizations.A Dunkin official said the locations have low sales volume and represented 2% of its U.S. sales last year. More than half of the closures are in Speedway convenience stores, a change Dunkin' previously announced in February. The company also said it may permanently close about 350 locations outside the U.S.

Dunkin' franchise operators will be adding 25,000 jobs as restaurants start to re-open in the U.S. The breakfast and coffee chain announced Monday that its franchisees are looking to fill a range of positions, including management roles. Dunkin' launched an ad campaign on Monday to support recruiting efforts. It's also partnering with Southern New Hampshire University on an online education program for franchise employees. Dunkin jumped about 2% during trading hours on Monday.