an outfit · MAMister Donut
Gone in America, enormous in Japan.
The chain founded by Harry Winokur, Bill Rosenberg's former partner, absorbed into Dunkin' in the United States and still large in Asia.
The story Cited · wp-mister-donut
Dunkin's parent bought Mister Donut in 1990 and converted the American shops. In 2003 the Japanese Mister Donut launched pon de ring, the eight-ball chewy donut named after Brazilian pão de queijo, which travelled to Hawaii and then to the mainland as the mochi donut.
Today Cited · wp-mister-donut
The American chain disappeared into its rival; the Japanese one exported a new shape back.
The particulars
| state | MA |
|---|---|
| status | open |
| founded | 1956 |
| region | New England, The United States |
| confidence | high · updated 2026-09-16 |
Who it runs with
organizationsDunkin'The chain that absorbed it.and of this page it says: The rival it absorbed.donutsMochi donutThe shape its Japanese arm launched.organizationsMochinutThe chain that carried the shape into American strip malls.and of this page it says: Where the shape came from.
Where we got it
Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.