"Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message
...
> My local Shaw's market recently began selling Krispy Kreme donuts.
> This is kinda funny to me, because the other major market in our area,
Stop
> and Shop, has a Dunkin Donuts kiosk in most stores. Coffee, donuts,
muffins,
> the whole nine yards.
>
> Anyway, stopped at Shaws on the way home from work. The first thing I put
in
> the cart was a pair of very small donuts. One chocolate frosted with Cream
> filling, the other similar, but with custard filling. They were 75 cents
> each!!!!! And let me tell you. SMALL!!!! I mean, maybe 3 inches in
diameter
> and only about an inch tall. And nothing special. I had the cream filled
> donut just now. Nothing special. Light, yeah, good chocolate frosting,
but
> no better than the donuts they used to sell there, that they made there
(or
> were made elsewhere by Shaw's and brought in, who knows.) and half the
size
> for 50% more! I did like the cream filling, that was tasty, and different
> than most donut fillings I've had, but there wasn't enough of it for my
> taste. Overall, for the money and all the hype, I wasn't impressed.
>
> Is it just me, or is Krispy Kreme a lot of marketing hype and not much
else?
>
> I miss the donuts I used to be able to get at Stop and Shop. They were
big,
> with LOTS of filling. I always brought my dad some. He'd go there himself
> for their donuts. And with a Dunkin' and another local donut shop across
the
> street, he preferred the donuts at Stop and Shop because they were bigger,
> cheaper and were all about the fillling. Dad loved jelly or apple filled
> donuts. Oh well.
>

I'm with you on this one. Like nearly all doughnuts, KK's aren't bad when
eaten shortly after being fried. Once cool, they are just hyper-sweet,
grease-saturated pieces of dough with filling a'la DuPont. They are too
expensive in my opinion, but people are willing to pay the price asked. I
think KK sells status for the drive though customer who is picking up
doughnuts for work and they sell an experience for people who eat inside and
watch the doughnuts being made on the fancy equipment.