Bay Area Chain, Johhny Doughnuts, Closes Half Its Stores: Report

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A popular doughnut shop that rapidly expanded across the Bay Area is now closing half its stores, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Johnny Doughnuts, owned by Craig Blum and Kim Diamond, closed its San Francisco, Santa Rosa and San Jose locations on Monday, according to the report.

"We expanded too quickly," Blum told the Chronicle. "The business couldn’t support all these operations going forward."

The artisan doughnuts are highly praised and named by the Food Network as one of the top 5 doughnut shops in the country, according to the company.

"Owner Craig Blum continues to convert doughnut skeptics with his irresistible pastries made from sugar, butter, flour and mashed potatoes," according to the Food Network. "The spuds add a chewy quality to the doughnuts that sets them apart from standard rounds."

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Other sweets shop chains have been struggling as well. Crumbl Cookies has closed at least 57 stores in 2026. Customer traffic has fallen sharply and one franchise operator has filed for bankruptcy, according to industry reports.

Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.

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