Is it National Donut Day or National Doughnut Day? No matter how you spell it, we’re both talking about the celebration of fried dough.
National Donut Day takes place every year on the first Friday of June as a tribute to the "Donut Lassies" of World War I. These volunteers, organized by The Salvation Army, provided soldiers with donuts as a morale boost during the war. Nowadays, Donut Day is celebrated by bakeries and donut shops nationwide, offering plenty of food freebies and deals that you can pick up on this food holiday.
We’ve seen free donuts from places like Dunkin’, Krispy Kreme, Duck Donuts, and LaMar’s. Even Taco Bell has joined in on the fun.
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The next National Donut Day will be on Friday, June 7, 2024.
The “Donut Lassies” began their morale-boosting deliveries in June during World War I, so ever since 1938, National Donut Day has been observed on the first Friday of June. In 2024, that’s on June 7.
Here's what we saw in 2023:
Casey’s Rewards members get BOGO free donuts on National Donut Day.
In 2023, Casey’s added a coupon for BOGO free donuts to your Casey’s Rewards account, on National Donut Day. They also be celebrated National Donut Day all month long with two regular donuts for $2 or two premium donuts for $3 every Tuesday in June and half a dozen donuts for $3.49 on Saturdays in June.
These deals are all exclusive to rewards members.
Get a free 6-Pack of Cinnamon Sugar and Powdered Sugar Doughnuts with a purchase from Dapper Doughnuts.
If you visited Dapper Doughnuts on National Donut Day in 2023, and made a minimum $5 purchase, you got a free 6-Pack of Cinnamon Sugar and Powdered Sugar Doughnuts (regularly $5.99).
Get Free Cinnamon Sugar Donut and more at Duck Donuts.
For National Donut Day 2023, Duck Donuts celebrated by giving a free Cinnamon Sugar Donut (priced at $2.95) to in-restaurant guests. Duck Donuts also offered $3 off a Party Box (regularly $21.69) when you used the code PARTY23 at checkout. That’s a 13.8% discount.
Get a free donut from Dunkin’ with the purchase of a drink.
When you ordered any size drink from Dunkin’, you received a free donut of your choice (regularly $1.89) on National Donut Day in 2023. The cheapest drink you could buy for the deal is their small coffee (priced at $2.49). The offer was only available in person.
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Honey Dew Donuts gives away free donuts with a medium drink purchase.
For National Donut Day 2023, you got a free donut (regularly $1.39) when you purchased a medium drink from Honey Dew Donut. This deal was only available in person.
Get a free Krispy Kreme doughnut of your choice and $2 dozens.
On National Donut Day 2023, Krispy Kreme gave customers a free donut of their choice (up to a $2.59 value). All you had to do was visit your local Krispy Kreme to receive your freebie, which included one of the Fan Fav Doughnuts that Krispy Kreme brought back for a limited-time.
They also offered an Original Glazed Dozen for $2 with the purchase of any dozen doughnuts — and 87% discount.
Related: Of course, there are so many ways to get free Krispy Kreme donuts.
Get a free glazed donut from LaMar’s on National Donut Day.
When you visited LaMar’s on National Donut Day in 2023, you received a free donut (regularly $1.10) for no charge. If you’re a part of their mailing list, you also got a coupon for a free latte to go with it.
LaMar’s even had free National Donut Day shirts. These freebies were only available at participating LaMar’s locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
RaceTrac Rewards members can get a free donut with a promo code.
Members of the RaceTrac Rewards program could get a free donut (priced at $0.89) when they entered the code GLAZED on the RaceTrac app. This online-only deal was limited to one coupon per account.
Get a free glazed donut from Shipley Do-Nuts with any purchase on National Donut Day.
Shipley Do-Nuts customers received a free glazed do-nut (regularly $1.05) with any purchase on National Donut Day in 2023. This freebie was first-come, first-serve.
Get free Cinnabon Delights from Taco Bell delivery on orders of $20 or more at third-party delivery on National Donut Day.
When you ordered at least $20 worth of Taco Bell from DoorDash, Uber Eats, Postmates, or Grubhub on June 2, 2023, you got Cinnabon Delights (regularly $2.79) for free. This deal only worked through these third-party delivery services, and you had to add the Cinnabon Delights to your cart before checking out.
There are plenty of Taco Bell coupons that you can use to save on your taco orders.
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