Est. 1975 · Wyoming, MI

50 years on 28th Street

One woman, one fryer, and a glass case she's been filling since four in the morning for half a century.

The Marge's Donut Den storefront on 28th Street with its channel sign and window tagline
Meet Marge

She only knew a glazed and a chocolate-covered

Marge Wilson spent about twenty years in banking before donuts. Then she bought the old Dixie Cream donut shop she'd visited as a kid, renamed it Marge's Donut Den in 1975, and got to work — by her own telling, she "only knew a glazed and a chocolate-covered" when she started.

She was one of the few women running a business in town back then, and she built it the only way she knew how: by being there. She still arrives at 4 a.m., 365 days a year. "Quality Comes First" isn't a marketing line — it's printed right on the box, and it's how the place has run for fifty years.

"If you run a business and it's successful, maybe that's why God does it so that you'll have the money to do it for somebody else." — Marge Wilson, Fox17
1975
The year Marge renamed the shop and opened the Den
4 a.m.
When the fryers start — every single day
365
Days a year the door is open, even Christmas
Beyond the case

A donut shop that gives back

Ask around Wyoming and you'll hear about more than the fritters. Over fifty years, Marge has turned a neighborhood donut shop into a quiet engine for giving.

  • Donates donuts and space to local community groups and events.
  • Co-founded the Samuel Omogo Foundation, which has helped build wells in Nigeria.
  • Active with AMBUCS, supporting people with disabilities.
  • Recognized with multiple community-service awards over the years.
Inside Marge's Donut Den — long glass display cases, staff working, customers, and American-flag wall art
Since 1975

Quality Comes First.

It's on the box, on the sign, and in every batch — the way it's been for fifty years.