Celebrate National Doughnut Day

National Doughnut Day is celebrated annually in the U.S. on the first Friday in June, succeeding the doughnut event created by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those of their members who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday celebrates the doughnut. Some of the participating doughnut shops include:

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Dunkin’ Donuts

East coast favorite, Dunkin’ Donuts, will weigh in on one of its favorite days of the year — National Doughnut Day on Friday, June 1st — by once again offering guests a free classic doughnut of their choice (while supplies last) with the purchase of any beverage.

• 754 S Olive St., Los Angeles, CA 90014
• 3100 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039
• 1614 Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019
• 6201 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
• 4920 Balboa Blvd., Encino, CA 91316
• 13300 Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066

Krispy Kreme

This is the time to remind yourself how delicious the original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut is. All customers will be offered one of the following doughnuts: Boston Kreme, Glazed, Glazed Chocolate and Strawberry Frosted with Sprinkles. Best of all, no purchase is necessary.

• 1199 W Artesia Blvd, Gardena, CA 90248
• 4760 E Los Coyotes Diagonal, Long Beach, CA 90815
• 4034 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Papa’s Johns

Papa John’s recently introduced doughnut holes filled with caramel. On Friday, it is offering a free 10-piece order of doughnut holes with every online pizza while supplies last.

• 4226 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance, CA 90505
• 1963 Pacific Coast Hwy, Lomita, CA 90717
• 1202 Beryl St, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
• 2222 S Hoover St, Los Angeles, CA 90007
• 15651 Hawthorne Blvd A, Lawndale, CA 90260

and many other LA locations

Primo’s Donuts

Many doughnut lovers consider Primo’s to have the best buttermilk doughnut in LA. To handle the rush on Friday, they will open at 5:30 a.m. for their biggest day of the year. A new limited edition flavor will be available that day.

• 2918 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064

Sidecar

Sidecar Doughnuts will deploy their food truck on Friday and it will be headed to Salt & Straw in Larchmont! From 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., they will serve their famous doughnuts filled with ice cream from Salt & Straw! In addition, they will give out a ‘Free Doughnut Card’ to the first 50 customers to purchase a scoop/pint of one of their new June flavors!

• 240 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004

Walmart

Every single Walmart in America will give away free doughnuts to customers. Walmart expects to give away 1.2 million doughnuts nationwide by the end of the day.

• 19503 Normandie Ave, Torrance, CA 90501
• 4651 Firestone Blvd, South Gate, CA 90280
• 2100 N Long Beach Blvd, Compton, CA 90221
• 8500 Washington Blvd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660

and many other LA locations

If you participate tomorrow, be sure to take a pic of your doughnut and post it with a hashtag of #nationaldoughnutday

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