Today, June 3rd, is National Doughnut Day (or National Donut Day, if you’re Homer Simpson), and two of the biggest donut chains in the US are using Twitter and Facebook to get the word out to fans about free donut promotions.

Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts fluctuate in prominence depending on location, though both are national chains. If you live in an area only served by one donut slinger, take heart- Dunkin and Krispy are both giving fans and followers a donut on the house today. On Facebook, Dunkin sent the following message to fans:

“What are you up to on Friday, June 3rd? RSVP and invite your frienDDs to one of the most delicious days of the year – National Donut Day!

Participating U.S. Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants are celebrating National Donut Day by offering you a FREE DONUT of your choice with any beverage purchase*. To locate a Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant near you: http://dun.kn/fV6KeC.

Krispy Kreme’s Facebook page had a message for hungry fans, too:

Good morning! It’s National Doughnut Day and time to claim your one FREE Krispy Kreme Doughnut. The offer is good for one doughnut of any variety per customer at participating U.S. and Canadian Krispy Kreme retail shops (no purchase necessary).

It’s pretty cool how social media really takes these kinds of promotions and ratchets interest to a fever pitch. Do you keep an eye on your favorite brands on Facebook? Are you going to head out for a free doughnut later today?

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If I told you right now they had crack in it, you’d go, “I knew knew something was up.”

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June 4th, also known as National Donut Day, is upon us- and with it comes free donuts across the country, which is pretty cool.

Thing to bear in mind for this year: Dunkin’ Donuts is requiring the purchase of a beverage to snag a freebie, while Krispy Kreme is just handing out free donuts willy nilly to any old person who walks through their door. (Amusingly, everyone posting on Dunkin’s Facebook wall seems to want to disseminate that particular nugget of information.) Dunkin’ Donuts has been fairly quiet (although it is a Facebook event) on the promotion this time around, though, which could possibly be a reaction to their less than successful iced coffee promotion last month that caused a bit of social media uproar.

Krispy Kreme is also promoting the free donut thing on Facebook and Twitter, but the company is significantly less ubiquitous than Dunkin’, so you might want to check the site for locations near you. And of course, Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ aren’t the only two donut players in the game- local, independent shops could be running the same promotion, so you might want to check those out, too.

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On the heels of National Running Day comes a better, tastier holiday in the US- Donut Day!

Whilst for all too many Americans, everyday is donut/doughnut day, participating Krispy Kremes and Dunkin’ Donuts across the country are giving away their sweet rings of tasty, tasty fried goodness in celebration. Krispy Kreme’s addictive treats come no strings attached, but at Dunkin’ Donuts you’ve got to shell out for a coffee as well.

National Donut Day (or National Doughnut Day, if you’re all intellectual and stuff) was started in 1938 as a fundraiser for the Chicago Salvation Army. The day was marked in honor of the “lassies” who brought donuts to troops behind the front lines in France during WW1. These brave women worked alongside our soldiers, manning (or womaning, amirite?) ”huts” that served up donuts, stamps and writing supplies, and clothes-mending services to US servicemen.

Not near a Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’ Donuts? Check your local donut shop, as many also participate in the free donut party.

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A campaign by Krispy Kreme to give customers the choice of a free doughnut on Barack Obama’s Inaguration Day has come under fire from a Pro-Life group, who alleges the campaign is pro-abortion.

The American Life League (ALL) takes umbrage with the use of the word choice, not once, but twice in the promotion:

“Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies — just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet ‘free’ can be.”

The ALL said in a statement

“The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme, you just might be supporting President-elect Barack Obama’s radical support for abortion on demand – including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20….

“Just an unfortunate choice of words? For the sake of our Wednesday morning doughnut runs, we hope so. The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that ‘choice’ is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of ‘freedom of choice’ is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand.

The Miami New Times has the full statement. Grade A Nutters.

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