Mister Donut
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Mister Donut is a large doughnut franchise. Once an American icon, the franchise now operates mainly in Japan and other Asian markets.
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[edit] Corporate History
[edit] North America
Mister Donut was founded by Harry Winokur in 1956 and had locations across most of North America.
Mister Donut was the largest competitor to Dunkin' Donuts, which was founded by Harry Winokur's brother-in-law William Rosenberg in 1950, prior to being acquired by Dunkin' Donuts' parent company, Allied-Lyons, in February 1990.
After the acquisition of Mister Donut by Allied-Lyons, all Mister Donut locations within North America were offered the chance to change their name to Dunkin' Donuts. Now only a scattered few locations still hold the name Mister Donut.
[edit] Japan and Asia
In 1983, Duskin Co. Ltd of Japan acquired the rights to franchise Mister Donut throughout Japan and Asia. Mister Donut is the largest donut chain operating in Japan.
[edit] Marketing Presence
Mister Donut had a distinctive orange and white logo in the likeness of a moustached chef (see photo above).
One popular Mister Donut advertising jingle featured a song sung by two people in various settings:
- Hey, Mister, that's a doughnut!
- Hey, Mister, that's a Mister Donut doughnut!
[edit] Global Locations
[edit] Asian market
Today, the Mister Donut brand survives in Japan and the Philippines, and the company is expanding into other areas of Asia such as Taiwan. In Taiwan, the chain is owned by a joint venture between Duskin and the Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, which also operates 7-11 and Starbucks stores in Japan and Taiwan.
[edit] Japan
In Japan, Mister Donut is owned by Duskin Corporation. Mister Donut is the largest Donut franchise chain in Japan. Many Mister Donut stores in Japan house Yamucha (formerly Mister Dim Sum) sub-stores that serve a small variety of dim sum.
[edit] Central America
[edit] El Salvador
There are also numerous Mister Donut locations throughout El Salvador in Central America.
[edit] North America
[edit] Canada
Mister Donut operations downsized in the late 1990s with its stores located mostly in Toronto, Ontario. Of the 5 stores only three survive today with the name, but are not associated with the current chain.
[edit] United States
There are only sixteen stores left in the United States that did not change their name to Dunkin Donuts. They are:
- 6027 Marlboro Pike, Forestville, MD
- 906 W Pike, Goshen, IN
- 95 Mall Rd # 1313, Burlington, MA
- 2720 Grovelin St # A, Godfrey, IL
- 241 W Main St, Monongahela, PA
- 437 McKean, Charleroi, PA
- RR 611, Stroudsburg, PA
- Crossroads plz, East Stroudsburg, PA
- 410 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
- 40 S Main St, Carbondale, PA
- 1701 N Federal Hwy, Hollywood, FL
- 709 W Hallandale Beach Blv, Hallandale Beach, FL
- 135 Prospect St, Stamford, CT
- 801 Norman Eskridge Hwy, Seaford, DE
- 5234 Summit Bridge Rd, Middletown, DE
- Pensvle Shopg Ctr, Medford, NJ
[edit] See Also:
[edit] External Links
- Official Mister Donut Japan page (in Japanese)
- Official Mister Donut Taiwan page (in Chinese)
- Official Mister Donut Philippines page
- Duskin corporate site (in Japanese)
- Brief history of Dunkin' Donuts and Mister Donut
- A Tale of 2 Donuts
