There is no shortage of curious but interesting content on the internet. We often get some really unexpected happenings from around the world on our social media feeds. The Guinness Book of World Records, for example, is where you can find some of the weirdest but fascinating records people are making around the globe. Sometimes these records also include food and thus greatly delight the foodies among us. Recently, another food-related record has caught our attention. A US-based grocer has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest donut mosaic. Watch:
It wasn’t easy, but teamwork made the dream come true and Bashas’ is now official. @GWR The title holder for the biggest donut mosaic (logo)! We have the best members of the team and we are very proud of what they have done over the past 90 years! # Bashas90th# CelebrateBashas90thpic.twitter.com/kgWcORWur7– Bashas’ Supermarket (@BashasMarkets) July 13, 2022
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Bashas’ Supermarket is a store based in Arizona, USA. The record-breaking feat was part of their 90th anniversary celebration at Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona. It took them over 14,400 donuts and over 80 hours to make it a reality. Assembling the donuts alone took about four hours. “What a wonderful way to kick off our 90th anniversary! Bashas is now the official Guinness World Record holder and couldn’t be more apt to be the fragrant donuts themselves. our delicious made the scam,” they wrote in their tweet.
The delicious donuts are lined up in a ’90’ shape using the supermarket brand’s signature colors. According to the report, the logo measures 902 square feet, breaking the previous record made in Ukraine in 2012. Furthermore, they don’t let the donuts go to waste and share them with food banks. and social workers to distribute to the hungry and homeless.
Ours @GWR Official effort completed and we are officially HOLDERS! But we can’t let all these delicious donuts go to waste! Thanks to @StMarysFoodBank@SVdP@wastenotaz to make good use of them. # Bashas90th# CelebrateBashas90thpic.twitter.com/9jMWBkBsBj– Bashas Supermarket ‘(@BashasMarkets) July 12, 2022
This is not the only food-related Guinness world record to be broken in the past. The official GWR handle has shared a video of contestants competing to break the record for the fastest 10 Bhut Jolokia peppers, aka the hottest in the world. Watch:
Who can handle the heat? ???? ️ pic.twitter.com/tWlljzka3P– Guinness World Records (@GWR) July 16, 2022
In the end, the record was set at 30.70 seconds. What do you think of these interesting food-related world records? Tell us in the comments below.
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