On Sat 12 Jul 2008 08:05:57a, Janet Wilder told us...

> Gloria P wrote:
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>>
>> One of the first Krispy Kreme (doughnut) shops opened a few miles away
>> from our house about two years ago. Imagine my surprise to see, driving
>> by about a year later that it was boarded over and had a "For sale or
>> lease" sign on the building. And I never even got the chance to sample
>> their wares! When it opened the lines of cars for the drive-up went
>> around the block and the parking lot was jammed for a while.
>>
>> Evidently the mystique didn't last long or it was the wrong
>> location/demographic (in an area with loads of apartments and condos.)
>>
>> Walmarts and Targets are still springing up all around, often just two
>> or three miles from an existing store which closes when the new one
>> opens, leaving an empty storefront. Ugh.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> Most people didn't understand the "real" Krispy Kreme mystique. The
> donuts are , IMO, only good when they are hot off the conveyor belt.
> Once they cool off and are shelved, they are just another donut, and
> nothing to write home about.
>
> If you have never had a hot, glazed Krispy Kreme, you haven't
> participated in the mystique.
>

You couldn't be more correct, and they really are delicious hot off the
conveyor. The only type I really liked was the traditional glazed.

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Wayne Boatwright
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