Posted on 11/22/2004 8:43:00 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Bummer. Their factory here in Sarasota/Bradenton is nice because they have a little store where you can buy doughnuts at really cheap prices. I hope they don't go out of business ;\
A lesson Krispy Kreme should have learned from Italian Oven and Boston Market.
Not to mention $8 a dozen for cold take out at the grocery store.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Krispy Kreme is a gift from God and a taste of heaven...they cannot go under!
Bingo. The fad is over.
Did michael moron go on a diet???????
KK's problems are simple, it over-expanded too quickly and relied upon its "FAD" status to continue. Now don't get me wrong, I grew up in NC and KK has been part of my life experience since I was a child, and I missed them when I moved North.
However when I was a child the doughnuts were far larger than the little overpriced ones they sell today. Now there is still nothing quite like that fresh and hot KK doughnut.. but they are smaller than competetors and overpriced.
Once a KK doughnut has cooled its not much different than any other doughnut out there, other than the fact its smaller and costs more.
KK needs to slow its expansion, get back to basics and its core... and be a doughnut company again, instead of a company that is selling franchises primarily. They do that they will be ok.
Maybe they should, like, sell doughnuts instead of sweetened air.
kk bump
long live DUNKIN D's!
I wonder if in the 2006 / 2008 campaigns the Democrats will repeatedly try to link Republican candidates to "Krispy Kreme" like they did Enron. LOL.
No, you were smaller so they looked bigger.
Look at the numbers. They aren't even close to going under.
"Excluding the one-time charges related to discontinued operations, the company earned $2.4 million, or 4 cents per share, in the latest quarter."
So, they actually made $2.4 mil, then you add in the other one-time expenses ($3 mil in SEC fees and a $2 mil set-aside), and they were over $7 mil in the black. Don't worry, we'll still be able to get our sugar and grease fix.
No my friend, the KK doughnuts of the 70s were not the silver dollar pancake doughnuts they sell today... trust me.
Must be a blue state problem.
Come on down to the red states -- Krispy Kreme is always packed and cars swerve into their parking lots whenever the "HOT DOUGHNUTS NOW" sign lights up!
These aren't donuts. The only REAL donuts in this universe can be purchased at Aurora Donuts.
Fad's not over for me...I don't care if they pull every low carb item from the shelves...restricting carbs has had such a positive impact on my life that I'll never go back to the way I ate before.
Do wish KK would come out with a low carb donut, though!
When KK opened a store here in south Denver the lines were two hours long. Today, no lines. The hype is over. The "Air Donut" is done. Better donuts to be had at Lamars.
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