Posted on 11/05/2019 10:18:16 AM PST by conservative98
Looks like Jayson Gonzalez is getting a sweet deal after all.
Krispy Kreme is reportedly giving the Minnesota college student 500 boxes of doughnuts after initially asking the 21-year-old to shut down his business of buying and reselling boxes of doughnuts.
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Krispy Kreme did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment, but in a statement to Business Insider, the brand said that once it learned Gonzalez was putting the money he made from the doughnut sales toward his goal of graduating from college debt-free, the company wanted to help.
"Our main concern is that the doughnuts Jayson sells maintain our high product quality standards, given the distance and manner in which he is transporting and distributing them. So, we are happy to work with Jayson as an independent operator to ensure consistent delivery of our high-quality doughnuts to our fans in Minnesota," the chain said.
"We wish Jayson great success and we're thrilled to help him achieve it by donating 500 dozen doughnuts when he restarts his business."
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Some may wonder if this whole thing was nothing more than an elaborate ruse to get Krispy Kreme trending. Just look at how many people are now thinking about KRISPY KREME DONUTS!!
Both sides have won with this outcome. Very clever indeed.
It’s a good question. I think sports teams covered themselves legally by including a stipulation in their “Terms & Conditions” at the initial point of purchase. It might even be in the fine print on the back of each ticket.
Thats a good question. I guess each state can have its own laws, but my best understanding is that it is not necessarily illegal to scalp tickets, just that you may not be able to do it within a certain distance of the event, to avoid undercutting the event ticket office. Also, some concern about the selling of counterfeit tickets, I guess. But beyond that, I dont think reselling a ticket is illegal, though if you buy a ticket that is ‘non-transferable’ then selling it to someone else may be another legal issue.
Sounds more like a sentence.
Nice!
Now make a diabetic friendly Krispy Kreme.
There are 30 million diabetics in the U.S. Huge untapped , sadly donut free market.
Sounds like a franchise opportunity
I couldn’t see where Krispy Kreme had a leg to stand on. If I go to the store and buy a bunch of Hershey bars and resell them can Hershey come knocking on my door griping about it?
How many?
They do, but they figured it wouldn't be good PR.
Enough to be surprised by it.
Many strange things happen in court cases, not all of which are consistent with law. But I’d like to know what law the student would be in violation of that KK would have grounds to do anything legally.
Of course I guess anyone can sue anyone for anything in our society. Question is will it go anywhere.
As others said yesterday, its not a copyright infringement or similar as he wasn’t using the KK name on his own product. I haven’t purchased donuts myself in decades, but I don’t recall any food purchase, super market or restaurant, where I had to sign or it was stated that the food sold could only be consumed by the original purchaser.
I understand KK wanting to protect its brand, but it has to do that within what KK controls, its franchises and its employees. Beyond that they have no control, and likewise, no liability.
If he’s reselling Krispy Kreme donuts for $20 a box, he could get close to $100 for a box of Round Rock donuts!
Candy bars have a longer shelf life you did not once or once in awhile nobody would care. But this guy is doing it on a regular basis like a business. So technically speaking what he is doing is illegal because there are all kinds of laws on distributing baked goods. Someone could shut him down if they really wanted to. And if someone got sick from a moldy donut, he could be held liable.
So now all the FReepers who bashed KK say???
huy wholesale and sell retail
buy retail and sell ultra-retail
Yeah but it had nothing to do with Krispy Kreme. If he was violating laws it wasn't Krispy Kreme made laws.
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