You may also have never heard about these scandalous moments in Krispy Kreme history.
Here are eight secrets the fabled donut franchise doesn’t want you to know.
It was sued for using sub-par ingredients.
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In 2019, a judge denied the company’s request to dismiss the suit.
Does not contain real Blueberries."
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A British store created a racist promotion.
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We are truly sorry for any offense this completely unintentional oversight may have caused.
Krispy Kreme UK allegedly told the person that it was a piece of foil from the packaging.
The company was fined about $234,000 USD.
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The original secret ingredient might have been….
Mashed potatoes!
His son also suspects that this was changed so that make donuts quicker and more efficiently.
At any rate, the current recipe for the original glazed donut does not contain any potatoes.
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Unbridled expansion hurt Krispy Kreme.
Before the ’90s, Krispy Kreme wasn’t well-known outside of the South.
In 1996, the first store opened in New York City.
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In the early 2000s, the company went public and opened its first international store in Canada.
Some financial analysts believe that thisunbridled expansion hurt the company.
Anywhere that consumers could be found, you could find a Krispy Kreme."
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The article argues that the expansion destroyed the Krispy Kreme “mystique.”
They called it, “a case study of how not to grow a franchise.”
This led tounstable stock pricesthat triggered an SEC investigation.
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The company was poorly managed and nearly went out of business..
Throughout this trying time of expansion, thecompany had three different CFOsin just over four years.
A man was once arrested for driving under the influence of Krispy Kreme.
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This article has been updated to include additional entries, fact-checking, and copyedits.
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