On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:50:05 GMT, 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?
>
>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.

Sheryl,
I have found that no matter who makes the doughnuts, it really helps
them to pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds or so.
Regards,
Bill