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Article #1082Re: The $.75 Krispy Creme Donut
From: John Hines
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:15
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:15
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Hownow <hownow@cogeco.ca> wrote: >In article <vtva9c1g57od9@corp.supernews.com>, Adam H. Kerman ><ahk@chinet.chinet.com> wrote: > >> Brian or Sharon Beuchaw <nospam@nobody.org> wrote: >> >> >At the KK by us, they only make them fresh from 5-10 AM and 5-10 PM, so >> >they aren't fresh ALL THE TIME. >> >> I'm surprised they start only at 5 am. Most of Krispy Kreme's sales are >> wholesale or one-time bulk orders, not over the counter. 60%, I read >> somewhere. >> >> When I first went to the Krispy Kreme in Elk Grove Village, I couldn't believe >> the size of the kitchen. There's plenty of room back there if they wanted to >> open a full-service restaurant. > >That's interesting. >I'm assuming it's a stand-alone store. >Some one else probably knows they real why of it, so I can only assume >it was built big for two good reasons: >(1) A hedging of bets. Should KK flop in the location it's easier to >dispose a food property with a large kitchen. A Harvey' burger outlet >flopped up the street from me and the store has stood empty for three >years (perhaps longer) 'cause it can't do anything but burgers. (3) KK has factory stores, which make donuts for satellite stores, that don't have kitchens. At least that is their plan.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10bf60,9c027191c02030aa X-Google-Attributes: gid10bf60,public X-Google-Thread: 115ce9,38eb8d5b1c1678f X-Google-Attributes: gid115ce9,public X-Google-Thread: fb1d9,9c027191c02030aa X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1d9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-17 07:35:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews2 From: John Hines <jbhines@newsguy.com> Newsgroups: la.eats,tor.eats,chi.eats Subject: Re: The $.75 Krispy Creme Donut Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:15:06 -0600 Organization: www.jhines.org Lines: 30 Message-ID: <sjs0uvkrd39cljn0pqm4m525qpbopgh0o0@4ax.com> References: <20031206233425.09719.00000309@mb-m17.aol.com> <9c665c07631a66550197acc5fa794ade@news.teranews.com> <KG-211FF1.16255512122003@netnews.attbi.com> <brnjju$k6l$1@flood.xnet.com> <vtva9c1g57od9@corp.supernews.com> <171220030847578247%hownow@cogeco.ca> Reply-To: john@jhines.org NNTP-Posting-Host: p-206.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572