Krispy Kreme
Learning a bit about Krispy Kreme's history...
We may not know it but Krispy Kreme's been around for more than 70 years!!
1937.
Krsipy Kreme opened their doors on July 13, 1937.
Vernon Rudolph bought a secret yeast-raised doughnut recipe from a New Orleans French chef, rented a building in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and began selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts on July 13, 1937 to local grocery stores.
The delicious scent of cooking doughnuts drifted into the streets, and passers-by stopped to ask if they could buy hot doughnuts.
So, he cut the hole in an outside wall and started selling hot Original Glazed doughnuts directly to customers on the sidewalk.
40s & 50s.
Krispy Kreme improves the doughnut making process through innovations.
By now there was a small chain of stores, mostly family-owned.
They all used the Krispy-Kreme recipe, but each store made its doughnuts from scratch.
For Rudolph and Krispy Kreme, the results were always good but not consistent enough.
So Krispy Kreme built a mix plant and developed a distribution system that delivered the perfect dry doughnut mix to each Krispy Kreme store.
Then Rudolph and his equipment engineers invented and built Krispy Kreme's own doughnut-making equipment.
From the 1950s on, they focused on improving and automating the doughnut-making process.
60s & 70s.
Krispy Kreme stores are familiar gathering places for friends.
During the 1960s, Krispy Kreme enjoyed steady growth throughout the Southeast and began expanding outside its traditional roots.
The design of Krispy Kreme stores became consistent including the hallmark green tile roofs and heritage road signs.
Veron Rudolph, Krispy Kreme's founder, died in 1973, and growth slowed as the company was reorganized for sale to Beatrice Foods company in 1976.
80s and 90s.
The hot doughnut experience everyone was talking about Krispy Kreme!
In 1982, a small group of early franchisees bought Krispy Kreme back from Beatrice Foods.
A renewed focus on the hot doughnut experience became a priority for the company.
Krispy Kreme began to expand outside the Southeast and opened its first store in New York City in 1996.
Soon afterward, in 1999, the first store in California opened and national expansion was well underway.
When Krispy Kreme turned 60 years old in 1997, it was officially recognized as a 29th century American icon with the donation of company artifacts to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
Today.
Krispy Kreme's Expansion, Innovation, and "extending the Krispy Kreme experience".
In April 2000, Krispy Kreme held an initial public offering of common stock.
It opened the first international store in Canada just outside of Toronto in December 2001.
The first stores outside North America opened in Sydney Australia and in London, England in 2003.
Since then, Krispy Kreme stores have opened in Asia, Mexico, the Middle East, Puerto Rico, Turkey,
and of course, in our very own Philippines.
and of course, in our very own Philippines.
Krispy Kreme's expansion is continuing and in addition, they are working on new tasty products.
I am a die-hard Krispy Kreme fan
~ especially love their Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnuts! ☺
I am very excited about Krispy Kreme's future projects/products
~ let's stay tuned for more innovative things to come!
my all-time fave:
Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnut
This hot doughnut tastes incredible yet it's so 'simple'!
my all-time fave:
Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnut
This hot doughnut tastes incredible yet it's so 'simple'!
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