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point of interest: up until recently Krispy Kreme was known for giving away a free, fresh-off-the-line glazed donut when their red neon sign was lit up. It meant they were making a new batch and you could get a free donut just for walking in. For from being a fireable offence it was a marketing strategy. And it worked.
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I think it's more of a mid-west thing. I know they're not everywhere. We just got one in South Bend a few years ago.
Oddly... O'Niell mentions that there's one in Colorado Springs (or at least, he seems to think he can get the donuts on base) but I didn't think they had them out there.
A quick Wiki search reveals they are hq'd in north carolina but have stores throughout the u.s., in canada and in brittain, and in several eastern countries. also... they're partly owned by a kuwaiti-based company.
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There are at least 15 in my county alone. And I saw 4 within 2 blocks of eachother in NYC.
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Well I live in the Midwest and I've never seen one Off to the store locator...
Edit: All over the US and Canada nothing, they're all over the world. There appear to be a couple within a few hours' distance...and they have them in Colorado too.
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Not many here in Toronto. What I have heard is that Krispy Kreme basically bombed on the Canadian market (due to the average Canadian's desire for more "healthier" fare) and virtually shut down all of their locations.
Only one I know of is left, and that one is the first Krispy Kreme store they opened in Mississauga during their failed venture here. That one reopened recently and is mostly used as a distribution point for Canadian gas stations and Walmarts selling packaged versions of this product.
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Mmmm Krispy-Kremes... they opened in Sydney a few years ago. The only way to get them in Brisbane was from the airport in Sydney. You'd often see heaps of people flying back to Brisbane with big boxes of them. Then in the last two weeks they opened their first store in Brisbane. Lines go down the street all day until midnight!
Supposedly the first person in the door when they first opened got free doughnuts for a year. Supposedly the man who was first in was a father of 7!
Let's just hope he doesn't raise them on doughnuts.
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Krispy Kreme is okay, but I prefer the pastries made in local bakeries. Just like I like small pizzarias compared to Dominos. I don't like the whole assembly line fashion of making food. Although, I have to admit that a K&K glazed dozen sounds good right about now.
My dad and his shift partner get two dozen free donuts each when they go into the Krispy Kreme store in their paramedic uniforms. If they pull up in the Ambulance, They get 'em delivered for free by an employee.
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Most of the time they take them back to the dispatch centre, or to a hospital if they get a call. Sometimes, They take them home. There are actually a lot of places where they can eat for free. My dad has actually gotten out of many speeding tickets just by hanging his uniform in the back of the back window. Granted, he doesn't speed regularly, or eat donuts on a regular basis.
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quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: point of interest: up until recently Krispy Kreme was known for giving away a free, fresh-off-the-line glazed donut when their red neon sign was lit up. It meant they were making a new batch and you could get a free donut just for walking in. For from being a fireable offence it was a marketing strategy. And it worked.
What do you mean "up until recently"? They still do that!
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: I think it's more of a mid-west thing. I know they're not everywhere. We just got one in South Bend a few years ago.
I take offense to that! Krispy Kreme was for the longest time a Southern thing. They only fairly recently started spreading out. When I moved to St. Louis in 1997, my coworkers told me they only got Krispy Kreme a couple of years before, whereas I had practically grown up on the stuff in Georgia. BTW, I proposed to my wife over a box of them.
Unlike regular donuts, these things go down *way* too easily! You can eat a half dozen very quickly before you even realize that you've done it!
Also, many schools, school groups (teams, bands, etc.), churches, and even the soldiers at the arsenal here in Huntsville use Krispy Kremes as a big fund-raising item. I think that's one of the major reasons for their initial spread in popularity in the South.
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Krispy Kreme is fucking AWFUL. Dunkin. FOREVER.
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Go Wal-mart bakery!
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