Yum-Yum Donuts
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Yum-Yum Donuts is a chain of doughnut shops based in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, founded in 1971 by Phillip C. Holland. The original location, at Avenue 26 and Figueroa Street
Figueroa Street
Figueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County, California named for General José Figueroa , governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835, who oversaw the secularization of the missions of California...

 in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 is still in operation, but is now one of 70 Yum-Yum Donuts locations set to close. The company also operates the older and larger Winchell's Donuts
Winchell's Donuts
Winchell's Donuts is an international doughnut company founded by Verne Winchell on October 8, 1948, in Temple City, California. , 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...

 chain, which Yum-Yum purchased in 2004. The headquarters for both chains is in the City of Industry, California.
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