American doughnut shop chain
Daylight Donut Flour Company, LLC
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| Daylight Donuts
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Company type
| Subsidiary
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Industry
| Food and beverage
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Genre
| Doughnut shop
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Founded
| 1954
; 70 years ago
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1954
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Tulsa
,
Oklahoma
,
U.S.
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Founder
| Tommy and Lucille Day
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Headquarters
| ,
U.S.
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Number of locations
| 950 (2021)
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Key people
| - John Bond (CEO and President)
- Sheila Bond (Senior Vice President)
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Products
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- Raised Doughnuts
- Cake Doughnuts
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Sausage Rolls
- Coffee
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Website
| www
.daylightdonuts
.com
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Daylight Donut Flour Company, LLC
, doing business as
Daylight Donuts
, is a privately owned and operated American chain of
doughnut
shops, founded in 1954 and headquartered in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
.
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The chain has approximately 950 locations in 13 countries.
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Each Daylight Donuts store is independently owned and operated.
History
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Founding and expansion
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The origins of Daylight Donuts can be traced back to Tommy and Lucille Day in 1954. The couple opened a small business in Tulsa, Oklahoma and began producing doughnut mix in the mornings and selling them to shops in the afternoon, mostly out of the trunk of their car.
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The couple created a new doughnut mixture that they believed was more flavorful and had a lighter consistency than many other doughnuts on the market.
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The couple decided to call this business, "Daylight Donuts Flour Co."
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Mr. Day, having previously worked in the baking industry, helped a friend, Mr. Durard Pendergraft open a small doughnut shop in
Joplin, Missouri
on September 22, 1954.
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The store initially sold doughnuts for 37 cents per dozen.
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By 1960, the company had grown enough that the Days were able to hire two new employees and also built a 20,000 square foot facility for additional space.
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In 1977, the Days retired and sold the company to Jerry and Linda Hull.
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By this time, there were more than 200 Daylight Donuts stores in operation. Also during this time, the company began using its own fleet of trucks.
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In 2002, John and Sheila Bond purchased the company. The new owners expanded the production facility into a 65,000 square foot manufacturing facility. They also increased the products that were offered by the company.
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In 2003, the company started its own private label coffee and began selling it to shop owners.
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Recent history
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The original Daylight Donuts location (2124 S. Main Street) was destroyed in the
2011 Joplin tornado
and has since relocated to 2316 S. Main Street.
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As of 2016, Daylight Donuts operates 430 licensed locations where Daylight Donuts are made and over 1,000 locations worldwide where they are sold.
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Additionally, Daylight Donut Flour Company, LLC produces 230,000 pounds of doughnut mix per week, enough mix for 2.5 million doughnuts weekly.
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Throughout its entire history, each Daylight Donuts store has been independently owned and operated.
See also
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