location on andover st. in danvers massachusetts restaurant information established 1973 website www.honeydewdonuts.com honey dew donuts is a plainville massachusetts based franchise selling donuts and other breakfast foods . contents 1 history 2 information 3 see also 4 references history edit honey dew donuts was founded in mansfield massachusetts by richard j. bowen in 1973 . in 1975 a customer suggested bringing a honey dew donuts location to his community who later became the first franchisee . bowen who went by the nickname dick was introduced to the aspect of donuts at the age of twelve by working with his father making donuts in a local donut shop in his community . he discovered his desire for a career in entrepreneurship while attending stoughton high school from which he graduated in 1965 . after graduating from high school bowen enlisted in the army . he was relocated to germany because of his deployment where he worked as a donut baker and mechanic . 1 today honey dew donuts has more than 150 franchises in new england . 2 the quincy massachusetts ymca location does not sell donuts due to their focus on health ; 3 however their low fat muffins contain more calories than the average donut . 4 information edit honey dew donuts in plainville honey dew donuts is known to sell donuts pastries muffins and a variety of coffees . 5 their motto is always fresh always good . the original honey dew donuts location is in mansfield massachusetts . the original plainville massachusetts location was one of the first establishments in new england that constructed and utilized a drive thru . citation needed in 2003 the franchise had 140 shops 65 franchise families and over 20 corporate employees . in 2012 olivia culpo a miss rhode island and miss universe winner was featured in a honey dew donuts commercial . 6 see also edit boston cream donut list of doughnut shops references edit the history of honey dew . honey dew donuts . retrieved april 17 2013 . shop locator . honey dew donuts . retrieved july 6 2012 . doughnut less honey dew to open in new quincy ymca new donut shop opening in gym won t sell donuts bakeries food & dining coffee and tea shops honey dew donuts . cranston patch . retrieved april 17 2013 . history of honey dew donuts . honey dew donuts . retrieved april 17 2013 . v t e fast food and fast casual restaurant chains in the united states chicken chains coffeehouse chains pizza chains hamburgers a & w back yard big boy burger king carl s jr. checkers rally s cook out fatburger five guys freddy s fuddruckers the habit hardee s in n out jack in the box johnny rockets krystal mcdonald s roy rogers shake shack smashburger sonic steak n shake wayback wendy s whataburger white castle asian l & l hawaiian barbecue manchu wok panda express pei wei asian diner pick up stix sarku baked goods au bon pain auntie anne s bruegger s cinnabon corner bakery cafe dunkin donuts einstein bros. great american cookies honey dew donuts krispy kreme mrs. fields nestl toll house panera bread pretzelmaker pretzel time shipley do nuts tim hortons t.j. cinnamons wetzel s winchell s beverages argo tea biggby coffee caribou coffee bean & tea leaf coffee beanery dunn bros gloria jean s jamba juice juice it up orange julius peet s planet smoothie robeks seattle s best coffee smoothie king starbucks teavana tropical smoothie cafe tully s frozen desserts baskin robbins ben & jerry s braum s bruster s carvel cold stone culver s dairy queen dippin dots fosters freeze friendly s golden spoon graeter s h agen dazs handel s kiwi yogurt maggiemoo s marble slab menchie s pinkberry red mango rita s sweet frog tastee freez tcby tropical sno tutti frutti yogen fr z yogurtland hot dogs hot dog on a stick nathan s famous portillo s wienerschnitzel mexican style tex mex baja fresh cafe rio chipotle del taco el pollo loco freebirds green red burrito moe s pancheros qdoba rubio s taco bell taco bueno taco cabana taco del mar taco john s taco mayo taco time wahoo s fish taco noodles fazoli s noodles & company sandwiches arby s atlanta bread blimpie capriotti s charley s cos cousins d angelo daphne s erbert & gerbert s firehouse subs great wraps jason s jerry s subs jersey mike s jimmy john s lenny s sub mcalister s deli miami subs mr. hero newk s eatery penn station port of subs pdq potbelly quiznos rax runza sandella s schlotzsky s steak escape subway togo s tubby s tudor s biscuit world which wich seafood arthur treacher s captain d s h. salt esquire ivar s long john silver s skippers seafood & chowder house defunct bresler s ice cream brigham s burger chef carrols d lites druther s henry s hamburgers hot n now hot sam pretzels naugles red barn sandy s zantigo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title honey dew donuts & oldid 717451817 categories doughnut shopscompanies established in 1973bakeries of the united statesrestaurants in massachusettsrestaurants established in 1975plainville massachusetts1973 establishments in massachusettshidden categories use mdy dates from august 2015all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 april 2016 at 20 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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