In article >,
Sheryl Rosen > wrote:

> 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?
>
We used to live in the land of Krispy Kreme (NC). I used to pass a KK
store on my way to work for years--until the Health Dept shut it down
for a massive cockroach infestation. Neither SO nor I could understand
the hype. I only eat one or two doughnuts a year of any variety, so it
was never big on my radar screen.

When we moved to Seattle (before the KK store on Aurora and N 125th
opened), one grocery store was hawking that they'd have Krispy Kreme
doughnuts on Saturday. We asked the cashier, "Will they be hot?" She
replied, "No." We retorted, "Then why bother?"

Cindy

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