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Krispy Kreme to give Minnesota student 500 boxes of doughnuts after telling him to stop re-selling
Fox News ^ | 11/5/19 1 hr ago | Alexandra Deabler

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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KEYWORDS: diabeetus; diabetes; donuts; heartdisease; illegalbusiness; krispykreme; obesity; scandals; trademark; twitter
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To: conservative98

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.


21 posted on 11/05/2019 10:36:15 AM PST by lee martell
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To: tcoxaz

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.


22 posted on 11/05/2019 10:38:34 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: tcoxaz

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.


23 posted on 11/05/2019 10:39:44 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: conservative98
"...giving the Minnesota college student 500 boxes of doughnuts..."

Sounds more like a sentence.

24 posted on 11/05/2019 10:40:06 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: conservative98

Nice!

Now make a diabetic friendly Krispy Kreme.

There are 30 million diabetics in the U.S. Huge untapped , sadly donut free market.


25 posted on 11/05/2019 10:40:21 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: conservative98

Sounds like a franchise opportunity


26 posted on 11/05/2019 10:40:49 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: conservative98

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?


28 posted on 11/05/2019 10:42:24 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: ping jockey
Well fed pigs...


29 posted on 11/05/2019 10:45:27 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: conservative98
He's already probably smarter than anything he will learn in college just because of his entrepreneurship selling doughnuts. In college he'll just get a steady diet of insane, dip-shit nonsense.
30 posted on 11/05/2019 10:56:51 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: Magnum44

How many?


31 posted on 11/05/2019 11:02:29 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Magnum44
A realization that KK really has no legal standing to prevent this student from reselling something he legally bought?

They do, but they figured it wouldn't be good PR.

32 posted on 11/05/2019 11:03:32 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: TexasGator

Enough to be surprised by it.


33 posted on 11/05/2019 11:04:48 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Vaquero
Not a good shelf life on donuts

Kryspy Kreme glazed are only REALLY good when they are warm.
Here in Jacksonville, that's around 6:00am and 6:00 pm
34 posted on 11/05/2019 11:11:03 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: dfwgator

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.


35 posted on 11/05/2019 11:11:40 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: conservative98

If he’s reselling Krispy Kreme donuts for $20 a box, he could get close to $100 for a box of Round Rock donuts!


36 posted on 11/05/2019 11:13:03 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1946)
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To: DouglasKC

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.


37 posted on 11/05/2019 11:16:01 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

So now all the FReepers who bashed KK say???


38 posted on 11/05/2019 11:16:08 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: conservative98
his business of buying and reselling boxes of doughnuts.

huy wholesale and sell retail

buy retail and sell ultra-retail

39 posted on 11/05/2019 11:21:23 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: conservative98
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.

Yeah but it had nothing to do with Krispy Kreme. If he was violating laws it wasn't Krispy Kreme made laws.

40 posted on 11/05/2019 11:22:57 AM PST by DouglasKC
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