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.