DENVER — National Donut Day is the perfect excuse to indulge in a sweet treat.
To celebrate, a number of local shops and national chains are serving up sweet deals and discounts on Friday.
Duck Donuts
Duck Donuts has a deal on Friday for a free cinnamon sugar donut with no purchase necessary.
The offer is only available in stores.
Dunkin'
Dunkin' has brought back its free donut deal on Friday for National Donut Day.
Get a free donut with the purchase of any beverage on Friday at Dunkin' locations across the country.
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is offering a free donut of any flavor with no purchase necessary on Friday.
The chain is also offering a dozen original glazed donuts for just $2 when you buy any dozen.
The free donut deal excludes limited-time donuts and is available while supplies last at participating locations. Additionally, the deal is limited to one free donut per guest.
Kum & Go
Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop and Kum & Go are offering a deal for their loyalty members on National Donut Day.
Maverik’s Adventure Club and Kum & Go’s &Rewards members can get 50% off donuts all day on Friday — limit ten per customer.
LaMar's
LaMar's Donuts and & Coffee is offering a free Ray's Original Glazed donut with no purchase necessary.
In addition to free donuts, the chain will attempt to set a new world record for the largest single donut delivery ever made. The attempt will take place at The Salvation Army's Denver headquarters, honoring the origins of the national food holiday.
The shop has partnered with the Salvation Army for the last 14 years and hosted annual fundraising drives on the national food holiday. LaMar's is working with the Salvation Army and will have the organization's Bell Ringers at select locations.
Maverik Adventure's First Stop
Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop and Kum & Go are offering a deal for their loyalty members on National Donut Day.
Maverik’s Adventure Club and Kum & Go’s &Rewards members can get 50% off donuts all day on Friday — limit ten per customer.
Shipley Do-Nuts
Head to Shipley Do-Nuts on Friday to get a free glazed donut with any purchase.
The promotion is limited to one free donut per person and is available at participating locations.
Voodoo Doughnut
Voodoo Doughnut has a deal on its "Pink Raised Glazed Dozens" for National Donut Day.
The deal offers 13 doughnuts for $10.
What is National Donut Day?
The national food holiday may be all about free donuts at the surface, but its roots originate date back to World War I.
National Donut Day, first celebrated in 1938 in Chicago, honors the Salvation Army's Donut Lassies — a group of women volunteers who baked and delivered donuts to soldiers on the frontlines during World War I.
According to the Salvation Army, the Donut Lassies are credited with popularizing donuts in the United States after troops returned from Europe.
The holiday is celebrated each year on the first Friday in June.
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