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| *The 1995 film '']'', opens with a sequence of Winchell's donuts, over which the starring dog ("Reno") obsesses. Reno gets a donut and saves a baby from a burning building in the very next scene. | |||
| *In the 1987 film '']'', Lieutenant Vincent Bracey (]) sips Winchell's coffee. | |||
| *] mentions Winchell's Donuts in "Pygmy Twylyte" on ] and in "The Blue Light" on his album ]. | |||
| *In the music video for "]" by ], an armadillo is seen passing a Winchell's Donuts in ]. | |||
| *Rapper ] mentions Winchell's Donuts in his song "Down for Whatever." | |||
| *Child actress ], who played "Buffy" on '']'', briefly worked at the Winchell's in ], ] in the summer of 1975, one year before her overdose death at age 18. | |||
| *On '']'', ] mentions that ] missed her ]s because she was waiting for the hot donuts at Winchell's. This is peculiar because Grace grew up in ], where Winchell's does not operate. | |||
| *A Winchell's Donuts shop is seen in the background of '']'' shortly after the crew of the late '']'' arrived in 20th century ]. | |||
| *Winchell's is one of the businesses that is shown during the montage of Randy and Julie's dates in the film '']''. | |||
| *A Winchell's Donuts shop is repeatedly shown in the background of '']'' during the gun fight in the first scene. | |||
| *The gravel roof of Winchell's Donuts was author ]'s ] view in his former Chicago home, as mentioned in '']''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Yancey|first=Philip|title=]|year=2000|publisher=Zondervan|location=Grand Rapids|isbn=0-310-23531-6|pages=223}}</ref> | |||
| *Winchell's is mentioned in the liner notes for ]'s album '']''. | |||
| *In the ] series '']'', ]'s character, Bill, gives Freddie a box of Winchell's Variety Dozen as a form of peace. | |||
| *In the film '']'', the kids ditch Mr. Shoop's class and go to Winchell's. When they are returned by the security guard, they offer Shoop a donut. | |||
| *In the ] series '']'', there is a scene where ] is sitting in a Winchell's drinking coffee by herself. | |||
| *In the movie '']'', the two policemen in the game ''Sugar Rush'' are an éclair and a doughnut named Wynnchel (Winchell) and Duncan (]). | |||
| *In the show '']'', Fran accuses her mother of losing her figure because of Winchell's. | |||
| Until at least 1965, Winchell's had a small grill and offered The Hi-Hat Double Decker Hamburger for .55 cents (at the time the same price as the Bob's Big Boy Hamberger. | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 18, 1948 (1948-10-18) |
| Founder | Verne Winchell |
| Headquarters | Industry, California |
| Number of locations | 170+ |
| Products | Doughnuts |
| Owner | Yum-Yum Donuts |
| Website | www |
Winchell's Donuts is an international doughnut company founded by Verne Winchell on October 8, 1948, in Temple City, California. As of 2006, there are over 170 stores in 12 western states, as well as Guam, Saipan, and Saudi Arabia. Several stores also operated in Nagoya, Japan in the past, with most stores located inside the Uny supermarkets, as Uny Co., Ltd. was the master franchise holder in Japan. It is headquartered in City of Industry, California.
The chain's slogan is "Home of the Warm 'n Fresh Donut," and it claims to be the West Coast's largest doughnut chain. It also offers its customers a 14-doughnut dozen, as opposed to the standard baker's dozen of 13.
Winchell's makes over 70 varieties of doughnuts, including raised doughnuts, cake doughnuts, buttermilk doughnuts, twists, and jelly doughnuts. Other baked products include croissants, cinnamon rolls, bagels, muffins, and scones. No animal fat is used either as an ingredient or for cooking their fried dough products. A large beverage selection is also available at each location, which includes a house blend of coffee made from dark roasted Arabica beans. Hot and frozen cappuccinos, orange and apple juice, milk, tea, and soda are also available.
Winchells was previously owned by Denny's, the restaurant chain.
In 2004, Winchell's was purchased by Yum-Yum Donuts, a company which operates 70 donut shops under its own name, but continues to operate Winchell's shops under their name.
In 2005, it withdrew from the Kansas City area, and most locations became Krispy Kreme.
See also
References
- Hernandez, Greg (September 30, 1999). "Winchell's Gears Up for Doughnut War". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- Wotapka, Dawn (August 13, 2004). "Yum Yum to Devour Winchell's Doughnuts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
External links
Categories:- Doughnut shops
- Bakeries of the United States
- Fast-food chains of the United States
- Regional restaurant chains in the United States
- Companies based in Industry, California
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Food and drink companies established in 1948
- Retail companies established in 1948
- 1948 establishments in California
- Economy of the Western United States
- Restaurants in California