For the first time in more than 80 years, Greenfield’s beloved Adams Donuts has expanded its footprint.
The Greenfield institution opened a location in Ayer in January, nearly a year and a half after Sereyvith “David” Mon and Kosal Chum purchased the business from Sabra Billings.
“It’s pretty good. Everyone talks about us on Facebook,” Mon said. “[Ayer] is a nice town.”
Mon and Chum have picked up a new business partner, Visal Yim, since August 2024. The three split the responsibilities at the Ayer store at 60 West Main St., which is about an hour away from Greenfield. Mon said expansion was always part of the plan, and they are looking for even more locations.
“It’s been pretty successful. We continue to have more loyal customers. It keeps building and building,” he said on March 5. “We found a location in Ayer. So, there wasn’t any specific town [in mind].”
Under the new ownership, Adams now offers smoothies and more doughnut varieties, including old-fashioned buttermilk crullers.
Mon, who spent his formative years in Lynn, said he and Chum wanted to own a small business and found Adams Donuts listed online after searching states in the western part of the country, as Chum was living in Nevada.
According to the shop’s website, Charles and Myra Adams started the business in the 1940s when they began making doughnuts in their Conway Street garage. They opened Adams Donuts in the current location in 1956. Their son, Earl, and other Adams family members continued to operate the shop until 1989, when it was sold outside of the family for the first time.
After a few changes in ownership, the shop closed in March 2020 due to state restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. In the fall of 2020, Billings and her sister bought Adams. They maintained the famous Adams Classics and added a new line of premium doughnuts branded as Adams Fancies, which the new owners have continued. Billings previously explained that her sister amicably parted ways with the business after less than a year; she eventually sold it to Mon and Chum, citing a struggle with work-life balance.