Rival doughnut shops fight over Maâs Donuts name
A bitter battle has stores in Middletown, R.I., and New Bedford claiming the brand
By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 10:39 a.m.
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A sign for Ma s Donuts on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford, in 2016.
PROVIDENCE â The dispute has gotten caustic: Fake Yelp reviews alleging mold and cockroaches. Anonymous phone calls that are so nasty they canât even be described in private without blushing. The subject of talk-radio banter and a cease-and-desist letter.
Maâs Donuts and More in Middletown, R.I., just wants people to know theyâre not thieves. The Maâs Donuts and Coffee shop in New Bedford, Mass., just wants to reopen. Everyone is exasperated over three little letters and an apostrophe.