It has been a while since we've had a Krispy Kreme donut, so we stopped into the store on Battleground Avenue. While Greensboro isn't where the recipe was perfect or where the donuts were first sold, Greensboro is the first city to get a "retail only" store on High Point Road in 1989. This 2016 article from WFMY News reminds us that in that first Greensboro location, donuts were delivered to your car. If we did the math correctly, Krispy Kreme turns 86 this year. However, the now-iconic HOT light was not introduced until 1990. Now, there is an app to see if the hot sign is on. Fresh donuts are like sushi and coffee- every minute matters!
Originally, Vernon Rudolph brought the yeast donughts to Old Salem, North Carolina. Currently, there are 358 Krispy Kreme locations in the United States, with 36 in California and 28 in North Carolina (see here). While the company has had some ups and downs with expansion efforts, they seem to be going strong. Let's hope they are around for a very long time. It is so fun to go into the store and watch the donuts being made. You can almost see the whole process. You can't however, get that original recipe. It is one of those closely guarded secrets!
Happy Saturday!
They have some here, but it's never really made inroads compared to Tim Hortons.
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, April 08, 2023 at 08:58 PM