Yum Yum Donut Shops, Inc. , doing business as Yum Yum Donuts, is an American

donut shop Doughnut shops (also spelled donut shops) specialize in the preparation and retail sales of doughnut A doughnut or donut () is a type of food made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various for ...

chain based in

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. As of 2021, there are 71 stores, all located in California.

History

Phillip C. Holland founded Yum Yum Donuts in 1971 in a former

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store. The original location, at Avenue 26 and

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in the

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district of

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is still in operation. Holland met his future business partner, Frank Watase, when he put out a newspaper advertisement seeking a business manager for his first shop. Holland expanded to three shops by 1973, sold half of the company to Watase, and together, they went on to open over 100 stores. In 1989, Holland retired and sold his share of the company to Watase, who owned and operated the company with his son, Lincoln Watase. In 2004 Yum-Yum Donuts bought

Winchell's Donuts Winchell's Donuts House is an international doughnut company and coffeehouse chain founded by Verne Winchell on October 8, 1948, in Temple City, California. Currently, there are over 170 stores in 6 western states, as well as Guam, Saipan, and ...

which opened 70 donuts shops ready for operation. As of 2019, there were 126 Winchell's and Yum-Yum Donuts shops in the greater Los Angeles area. Yum-Yum Donuts is the largest chain of privately owned donut shops in the United States. Both Yum-Yum Donuts and Winchell's are headquartered in the

City of Industry, California City of Industry is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is almost entirely industrial, containing over 3,000 businesses employing 67,000 people, with only 264 residents as of the ...

. Frank Watase died in September 2020 and, today, his son Lincoln Watase remains President of Yum-Yum Donuts.

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* Restaurants established in 1971 Doughnut shops Fast-food chains of the United States Bakeries of the United States Regional restaurant chains in the United States Companies based in the City of Industry, California 1971 establishments in California {{food-company-stub

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