Talk:Krispy Kreme

message: ===Japan===
I added the bit about Japan.  If anyone has any issues with the article I referenced, take it up with me or find a good one in English, I couldn't find something that looked reliable and wasn't in Japanese.  But my addition is almost a direct summary.  Well, it pretty much is.
oh, feel free to update the tense of my language after Friday... It'll be open then.
===Krispy Kreme Challenge===
I also can't let this article sit without the addition of this:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~gjmulhol/kkc/index.htm
a 4 mile charity event run where you eat 12 doughnuts in the middle of it.  There plenty of media sources on it, and is plenty Wiki-worthy.  It's fairly new, but has become a solid annual event.  Where should this go in the article?  It seems to not fit with any current headings.theanphibian 04:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: My Edits

message: I also can't let this article sit without the addition of this:
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~gjmulhol/kkc/index.htm
a 4 mile charity event run where you eat 12 doughnuts in the middle of it.  There plenty of media sources on it, and is plenty Wiki-worthy.  It's fairly new, but has become a solid annual event.  Where should this go in the article?  It seems to not fit with any current headings.theanphibian 04:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Krispy Kreme Challenge

message: Where the heck are you guys from? KK is from the south...Winston-Salem to be exact. Yes, the expanded too quickly and screwed up when their "new car smell" went away. Corporate management gave the company a horrible name (Just ask Jim Cramer). To be honest, Dunkin Doughnuts and Krispy Kreme sell two different things; KK specializes in glazed and Dunkin Donuts specializes in cake donuts. If you go to KK and ask for a "Cake Doughnut", they'll give you the same thing that you will find at Dunkin Donuts. KK just decided to make their glazed donut their signature donut instead of the "cake". So if you don't like the "regular" glazed, get a cake. You'll feel better.
AND ALSO, yes they give out TONS of free donuts. I live in Winston-Salem, KK's corporate headquarters city. If you go on a tour, you can eat all the ones that don't turn out right on the conveyor belt. Plus, they do tons of "fund raiser" dozen donut box sales, giving them to Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and Lions Clubs and all other civic organizations to sell. I don't know about everywhere else, but here in NC, it's extremely popular. KK donuts are even sold in grocery stores, gas stations, etc, etc. By the way, in my opinion, KK donuts are best hot off the conveyor. The cold ones aren't that great, because you're right, the frosting falls off when it's stiff and cold. Try it warm next time. Hopefully I've cleared up all the confusion and misunderstanding on this talk page. --TinMan 03:03, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're going to have to prove that it actually happens, first. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.23.196.162 (talk) 17:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Clearing up false rumors

message: Worst CEO: Krispy Kreme's Scott Livengood (marketwatch.com)
:This market link on the CEO is broken just to make note of it. However Krispy Kreme is making a slow come back. I agree Krispy Kreme put too much capital in the company that ultimately hurt them when the recession kicked in. It could be 5 years from now the company could be back to it original stance when they folded so many donut shops across the country during the bad economy. I do not eat donuts by I admire Krispy Kreme's product.--Globalstatus (talk) 17:54, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worst CEO 

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--Joshuarooney2006 14:26, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The person who left a comment above 

message: :Over the past few years Krispy Kreme South Korea have opened seventeen stores, fifteen in Seoul/Gyeonggi-do and two in Busan. These include hot locations and fresh stores.
The article previously had the following:
:[...] have opened eight stores. [...] At least ten more stores are set to open over the next four years to fulfil the original franchise agreement.
Does that mean there's only one more mandatory opening left? --Kjoonlee 14:53, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: South Korea

message: What are hot locations and fresh stores? The only place I've been to had conveyor belts and what not and you could see the donuts being made. --Kjoonlee 14:53, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been to one "fresh store" in Lotte Myeongdong. http://www.krispykreme.co.kr/asp/hotnow/hotnighthour.asp 221.150.54.152 10:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Kjoonlee, that is probably a "Hot" store, if there's a conveyor belt.  If there's a neon sign saying "Hot Doughnuts," that's definitely it.  I guess the fresh stores are stores that don't sell hot doughnuts; I don't think they all do it. 152.23.196.162 17:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Hot locations and fresh stores

message: "Big Money began another phase of rapid extrication in the 1990s, opening stores outside the United States where most of their stores were located. Then, in December 2001, Krispy Kreme opened its first store outside the U.S. in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, just outside Toronto."
Which was it, 1990s or 2001, when Krispy Kreme expanded outside of the US?
Eli lilly 01:02, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems that Krispy Kreme is having a rebound success and seems to be turning around on the growth plan. For the last 3 years they have gone down hill but are somehow turing things around on NSNBC 2 weeks ago.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.69.155.2 (talk) 06:09, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with Growth section 

message: I don't think it belongs independently as an article. Suggestions? -Penwhale | Blast the Penwhale 10:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Krispy Kreme UK]] 

message: This section should probably be either moved or removed.  It isn't really a controversy that they use trans fat, and it's a doughnut that has 18% of the recommended daily fat--there are more inherent health problems.  Medium fries at McDonald's, Burger King, and Jack in the Box all have more trans fat; it's something very common with deep frying.  171.71.37.103 17:30, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed: the section either needs to be made part of a broader section about Krispy Kreme's nutritional profile, or it needs to be removed. As it stands, no controversy is documented; the reader is expected to infer a controversy from the mere fact that the doughnuts contain a lot of trans fat. That means the material as currently written does not belong in the "Controversies" section. --Tkynerd 18:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As a quick fix, I moved it out of Controversies and renamed it "Health Concerns," but again, they're doughnuts, not salads. 171.71.37.103 19:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

text: i think the uk passed some laws reguarding trans-fat the usa has yet to adopt. someone from the uk would be better at commenting on this. Law/Disorder 20:50, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trans Fat Controversy

message: I think it's needed to report some shop closures, but I doubt whether some content in Krispy Kreme#Problems is exactly encyclopedic. Is it necessary to report where does KK still have stores in Canada? Is it ever necessary to list all closed locations in New York? --Samuel di Curtisi di Salvadori 05:14, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: i removed some nonsense from that section. looked a bit like a disgruntled x-employee wrote part of the arizona section. Law/Disorder 20:48, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unencyclopedic Content? 

message: The following paragraph seems to contradict itself at least twice, can someone who knows the correct timeline correct it?
Krispy Kreme began another phase of rapid expansion in the 1990s, opening stores outside the United States where most of their stores were located. Then, in December 2001, Krispy Kreme opened its first store outside the U.S. in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, just outside Toronto. Since 2004, Krispy Kreme has rapidly expanded its international operations.
24.97.17.3 (talk) 19:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internally Inconsistent 

message: Contagia a la Isla la fiebre de donas
Abre Krispy Kreme en Caguas provocando filas kilométricas.
Por Marie Custodio Collazo / mcustodio@elnuevodia.com 
El tráfico en Caguas estaba imposible ayer, pero no tenía nada que ver con las carreteras en reparación. La causa eran las cientos de personas que llegaron de toda la Isla para ser las primeras en degustar las famosas donas de la cadena Krispy Kreme.
Según la información provista por la empresa, al momento de encender el letrero fluorescente “Hot Light” a las 6:00 a.m. había aproximadamente 600 personas esperando. El público respondió con vítores y aplausos a la esperada inauguración.
La primera persona en llegar a la fila fue Marta Gavilán a la 1 p.m. del lunes. “Mi hijo de 15 años es superfanático de Krispy Kreme, pero tenía dos exámenes hoy (ayer) y no podía amanecerse allí. Así es que yo quise ir a sentarme a esperar las donas por él”, dijo Gavilán. 
Ella y las 99 personas que le siguieron recibirán una docena de donas gratis semanal por el próximo año.
Durante un recorrido a media mañana, el tiempo promedio que habían esperado las personas en la fila era de dos a tres horas.
Los ejecutivos de Krispy Kreme estaban emocionados por la gran cantidad de público e indicaron que su hora de cierre es la medianoche, pero que se ajustarán a los clientes.
Juan Antonio “Tony” Larrea, presidente de la junta de Caribbean Glaze Corporation, y otros miembros del equipo gerencial se ubicaron dentro del local para gozarse las expresiones de la gente que probaba sus emblemáticas donas glaceadas calientes.
Larrea comentó que una embarazada esperó largas horas por un antojo de las donas antes de seguir su camino al hospital para dar a luz.
Lillian Cosme llegó antes de las 8 de la mañana luego de dejar a sus hijos en la escuela. Nunca había probado las donas de Krispy Kreme, pero le daba curiosidad por la agresiva publicidad de la empresa antes de la apertura.
Pero no todos estaban contentos. Una familia de Guaynabo se fue con las manos vacías porque se cansaron de hacer la fila bajo el candente sol. “Deberían tener empleados vendiendo afuera de la tienda para agilizar el proceso”, dijo uno de los disgustados.
Cumpleaños Feliz
Una de las que se encontraba en la fila de Krispy Kreme era Eva Rodríguez de Humacao. Ayer era su cumpleaños y hasta su esposo Angel faltó al trabajo para acompañarla.
“Mis hijos y yo las probamos un día que las estaban regalando en un semáforo en Hato Rey y nos encantaron”, expresó la mujer que cantó con donas en la boca como parte de un concurso de una emisora radial que animó el evento temprano en la mañana.
http://www.elnuevodia.com/XStatic/endi/template/content.aspx?se=nota&id=401604
^^Could somebody translate this to english???
--BoricuaPR (talk) 01:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puerto Rico 

message: Would it be worthwhile to include the story about our local NBC affiliate that made accidental national news when its lazy graphics department did a story about Krispy Kreme and included this famous graphic?
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&q=krispy+kreme+so+good+you%27ll+suck
It's a funny story and somewhat related to Krispy Kreme.
205.219.133.241 (talk) 13:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  So Good You'll... 

message: Given that the section above it (Problems) refers to some of the international ops, would it not make more sense to swap the order of these two section over so that Intl Ops is first? danno 17:24, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  International Operations 

message: Should there be mention of the Krispie Kreme burger that has been all over the news lately?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/03/broadcasts/main1680067.shtml  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.23.22.216 (talk) 02:05, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burgers 

message: This article states: "Krispy Kreme sells doughnuts, among them glazed doughnuts, served warm. Krispy Kreme doughnuts are sold in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations, Wal-Mart and Target stores in the US; Loblaws supermarkets and Petro-Canada gas stations in Canada; and Tesco supermarkets and Tesco Extra in the UK" While no doubt KK donuts are best fresh and hot off the line, I guarantee you won't find them "served warm" in convenience stores, gas stations, etc. unless you take them out of the box or bag and pop them in a microwave (which isn't quite the same thing as fresh out of the fryer), so this paragraph is somewhat inconsistent with reality. Jmdeur (talk) 19:55, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warm? 

message: please discuss about the success key to Krispey Kreme  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 52.129.8.51 (talk) 14:35, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Krispy Kreme is coming back again, the recession did the company in with closing a lot of stores and too much capital but now the company is seeing positive growth.--Globalstatus (talk) 18:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This talk page is to discuss the article content. The article content must be based on what reliable third party sources have discussed about KK's past business history and potentially about their future prospects, but wikipedia is a stock analytic firm and any future prections should be carefully  discussed before being entered into the article. Active Banana  (bananaphone 18:23, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Is http://www.krispykreme.com/about-us/history a reliable third party source or self promotion? Why is it used as a source for "*bought* a *secret* yeast-raised recipe"?. --80.114.178.7 (talk)   — Preceding undated comment added 20:36, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  success key to Krispy Kreme 

message: where is the best place of info on this info on cookie mix and calendars?  thumb|flyer
-Breawycker (talk) 20:45, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cookies and calendars  

message: To those who monitor this page, the mission statement is a cut&paste job from the corporate website.  These kinds of things do not belong in Wikipedia... in fact, there isn't any good reason to include a re-written or summarized mission statement from any company.  Please delete.
Lapabc (talk) 18:18, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think leaving a mission statement is a good idea for this article. There are positive things to leave their statement on this article but if Krispy Kreme's fails their mission statement, then we have the info here for the users to read vice versa.--82.212.85.183 (talk) 18:45, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
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message: Someone should add the info about when krispy kreme became a franchise. I don't see it anywhere and google can't seem to give me a straight answer. :/ MischiefManaged470 (talk) 18:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not understand the question, Krispy Kreme does franchise most of its locations, like many other businesses. --WashuOtaku (talk) 17:11, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Krispy Kreme Franchise 

message: Krispy Kreme HQ is indeed located in Charlotte, per their own WWW page. https://investors.krispykreme.com/?_ga=2.1231153.1829463105.1681672860-925816044.1681672860 Daddy (talk) 19:41, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Krispy Kreme HQ