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Doughnut shops in Massachusetts, Tennessee, make playoff bet

In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo, a customer picks doughnuts at a bakery in Bnei Brak, Israel. Israelis are finding new advice hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, their health minister has gone on the warpath against the beloved Hanukkah tradition of gorging on sugar-laden, deep-fried, jam-filled doughnuts. Yaakov Litzman _ the bearded, black-coated chief of a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party _ considers himself a guardian of Jewish traditions. But he also wears another hat, as a health conscious official on a crusade to stamp out junk food and child obesity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo, a customer picks doughnuts at a bakery in Bnei Brak, Israel. Israelis are finding new advice hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, their health minister has gone on the warpath against the beloved Hanukkah tradition of gorging on sugar-laden, deep-fried, jam-filled doughnuts. Yaakov Litzman _ the bearded, black-coated chief of a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party _ considers himself a guardian of Jewish traditions. But he also wears another hat, as a health conscious official on a crusade to stamp out junk food and child obesity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo, a customer picks doughnuts at a bakery in Bnei Brak, Israel. Israelis are finding new advice hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, their health minister has gone on the warpath against the beloved Hanukkah tradition of gorging on sugar-laden, deep-fried, jam-filled doughnuts. Yaakov Litzman _ the bearded, black-coated chief of a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party _ considers himself a guardian of Jewish traditions. But he also wears another hat, as a health conscious official on a crusade to stamp out junk food and child obesity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

By Associated Press 1 min read

BOSTON (AP) – Gourmet doughnut shops in Massachusetts and Tennessee have placed a sweet wager on this weekend’s playoff game between the New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans.

If the Patriots win, Five Daughters Bakery in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville, will send a dozen doughnuts to Kane’s Donuts in Saugus, Massachusetts, north of Boston.

Should the Titans win, Kane’s will send a dozen treats south, but as Kane’s co-owner Maria Delios said in a video on the shop’s Facebook page, “We all know that’s not happening.”

The losing shop’s workers also have to wear the winning team’s jerseys at work.

Kane’s made similar bets with doughnut shops in Houston, Pittsburgh and Atlanta last year – and won them all as the Patriots won the Super Bowl.