LaMar’s Donuts Celebrates 50 Years

Aug. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- LINCOLN, Ne., (August 30, 2010) – LaMar’s Donuts is celebrating 50 years of delicious donuts and coffee and is inviting customers to join in the celebration with a month long of festivities.

In celebration of 50 years, participating LaMar’s Donuts stores are offering a $5.00 dozen every Monday throughout September. On September 6, 13, 20 and 27, customers can receive a dozen glazed donuts for only $5.00 with a limit of two per customer. A list of participating stores can be found on www.lamars.com.

Beginning September 1, visitors to LaMar’s Donuts can register to win LaMar’s gourmet donuts for a year, and they can pick up a donut, milk and flying disc for only $3.00.
“As we commemorate 50 years of selling delicious, handmade donuts, we look forward to sharing the celebration with our loyal LaMar’s customers,” said Matt Joslin, Chief Operating Officer for LaMar’s Donuts.  

Ray LaMar founded LaMar’s Donuts on the principle of using only the highest-quality ingredients. He also took the greatest care in making each and every donut a masterpiece. Today, LaMar’s has 28 stores in six states, and they carry out the LaMar’s tradition by producing over 45 different varieties of donuts using the same recipes as Ray LaMar.

Every morning, when the majority of LaMar’s customers are still fast asleep, LaMar’s begins producing the hot, fresh and delicious donuts and coffee their customers have come to love. Celebrate the LaMar’s tradition in September with their signature product, one dozen glazed donuts, for only $5.00.

The Early Years
- Ray LaMar was just 17 years old when he started making donuts for Jack Frost Do-nut Shop in midtown Kansas City as a fryer. For two years, he worked seven days a week before he learned that he was supposed to get one day off a week. After serving in World War II, he returned to the business he loved – making donuts. In 1960, he opened LaMar’s on Linwood Boulevard in midtown Kansas City. Locals immediately flocked to the homemade donuts and LaMar’s Donuts became a Kansas City institution. Lines started forming before 6 a.m.
- For years, Ray LaMar headed to the original location on Linwood at 3am. After selling some 11,000 donuts a day, they were lucky to leave by 3pm.
- In 1998, Ray LaMar appeared on the “Tonight Show” where Jay Leno dubbed him the “King of Donuts”.

Fun Facts about LaMar’s
•   Between our 28 locations, LaMar’s Donuts produces 344,700 donuts per week, which is 17.9 million donuts per year.
•   Our Ray’s Original Glazed Donut only has 220 calories, while a bagel and cream cheese averages 450 calories.
•   LaMar’s uses approximately 11.2 tons of sprinkles every year.
•   The Kansas City Trivial Pursuit game has a question that reads, “Where do you stand in line for donuts in Kansas City?” Answer: LaMar’s Donuts

About LaMar’s Donuts
Founded in 1960 by Ray Lamar in Kansas City, the first LaMar’s Donuts grew to national fame in part due to the long lines of customers that formed every morning at its door, as well as TV appearances by Ray Lamar and his gourmet donuts on NBC’s The Tonight Show and on The Food Network, among other productions. Since franchises became available in the 1990s, LaMar’s Donuts has grown to 28 locations in six states: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. LaMar’s Donuts have been recommended by Zagat’s Survey, the New Yorker and Gourmet Magazine, and were chosen in the summer of 2008 as one of America’s five best donuts by AOL Cityguide. More information is at www.lamars.com

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LaMar’s Donuts has been recommended by Zagat’s, the New Yorker and Gourmet Magazine. With 28 locations in 6 states, LaMar’s is one of America’s five best donuts by AOL Cityguide. For more information, visit www.lamars.com.