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Krispy Kreme, Inc. (previously Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.) is an American multinational doughnut company and coffeehouse chain. Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local grocery stores.
His first customers were local grocery stores, but people began to stop by the store asking if they could buy hot doughnuts. [1] In the 1940s, he sold franchises and in 1947, he founded the Krispy Kreme Corporation, becoming Chairman and President. [1]
In 1976, Krispy Kreme merged with Beatrice Foods of Chicago. [1] [2] By the early 1980s, sales at Krispy Kreme were in decline. In 1983, Lewis Rudolph, together with other franchisees, organized a buyout of the doughnut company. [1] [2] Lewis Rudolph sold his Krispy Kreme shops to the company in 1983 and retired from the doughnut business in ...
The world's largest box of donuts is a Krispy Kreme box weighing in at 297 pounds, 10 ounces. The Kuwait Food Co. Americana built the massive box (an exact replica of the ones used in stores) in ...
Popular doughnut shop in Dallas, Texas J.CO Donuts: 2005 Cafe retailer in Indonesia specializing in doughnuts, coffee and frozen yogurt. It was founded in 2005 and its headquarters is in Jakarta, Indonesia. Krispy Kreme: 1937 American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was founded on July 13 ...
Krispy Kreme pledged to give vaccinated customers one free doughnut each and every day for most of 2021. As of the beginning of June, 2021, the company had given out 1.5 million freebies . Wedding ...
Country of origin Name Number of locations Revenue 1 China Mixue Ice Cream & Tea: 45,000 (2024) [1]: 168 RMB13.6 billion (2021) [1]: 247 : 2 United States McDonald's ...
Nutrition: (Per 1 Doughnut): Calories: 240 Fat: 12 g (Saturated Fat: 4.5 g) Sodium: 390 mg Carbs: 36 g (Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 18 g) Protein: 3 g. Named after its birth city of Duck, N.C., in the ...