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Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t... by jamesmishra on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:36PM (#21466936)
I grew up in Minnesota, and Krispy Kreme was legendary while they had stores here. Schools and workplaces would commonly bring in hot, freshly-baked donuts to motivate students and employees.

And then Krispy Kreme left the state. After that, it became common for university students to do fundraisers where they drive to the nearest out-of-state Krispy Kreme to fulfill orders. Of course, now the donuts are not hot after the 250-mile drive, but the brand is still very powerful.

I just don't understand why Krispy Kreme doesn't open just ONE store in Minneapolis. Maybe we don't have the demand to fulfill one hundred stores, but only having one store would be clearly profitable.

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Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t... by cvhashim on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:49PM (#21467068)
I also recall my parents grabbing these from the local cub foods for us but I guess Cub stopped selling Krispy Kreme at the turn of the decade. Anyway that kid is gonna get easy money if he has a monopoly on the entire state.

Btw just realized I follow you on twitter, always interesting to see your thoughts and tweets.

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Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t... by scrumbledober on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:48PM (#21467059)
they probably don't want to deal with the supply chain logistics of supplying a single store in the state.
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Re:Krispy Kreme strikes deal with kid who drives 250 miles t... by disillusioned on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:36PM (#21467647)
This is the sort of calculus that's prevented White Castle from expanding westward for so long. They just last week opened their first family-owned location west of the Mississippi, in Scottsdale, and they claimed they were only comfortable doing that because the two franchised locations in Vegas had forced their supply chain hand enough that they would be able to piggy back off of that.
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