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Doughnut shops (also spelled donut shops) specialize in the preparation and retail sales of doughnuts. A doughnut is a type of fried dough pastry . The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries , supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets.
Krispy Kreme, Inc. (previously Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.) is an American multinational doughnut company and coffeehouse chain.Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local grocery stores.
[15] [16] The first Tim Horton restaurant was in North Bay, Ontario, and sold hamburgers. [17] The chain's first donut store opened on May 17, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario under the name Tim Horton Donuts. [18] The name was later abbreviated to "Tim Horton's" and then changed to "Tim Hortons" without the possessive apostrophe.
By 1977 he was able to purchase his first doughnut shop, Christy's Donuts, in La Habra. Despite never really being a huge success under the previous owners, Christy's became popular under the ownership of the Ngoys. The Ngoys decided to keep uniformity amongst their shops, naming subsequent acquisitions Christy's. [6] [3]
Mister Donut specializes in coffee and doughnuts. [40] However, it also serves a wide variety of other foods, such as hamburgers and noodle soups. As of 2004, the first Mister Donut shop opened in Taiwan featured "doughnuts in 50 different flavors every day. Each flavor comes with a label indicating the level of sweetness."
William Rosenberg (June 10, 1916 – September 22, 2002) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Dunkin' Donuts franchise in 1950 [1] in Quincy, Massachusetts, one of the pioneers in name-brand franchising, originally named the "Open Kettle" doughnut shop when established in 1948. At the end of 2011, there were more than 10,000 outlets of ...
Winchell's Donut House is an international doughnut company and coffeehouse chain founded by Verne Winchell on October 8, 1948, in Temple City, California. [1] Currently, there are over 170 stores in 6 western states , as well as Guam , Saipan , and Saudi Arabia .
Harry Winokur (27 November 1910 – 29 February 2004) was an American businessman. He created the Mister Donut chain of doughnut shops. The chain grew to include 550 shops before being bought out by the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts in 1990. [1]