Sheryl Rosen > wrote:

> 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?

Krispy Kreme's popularity can't possibly be marketing because they do
almost no advertising. Were the donuts you bought freshly made? If they
were made somewhere other than the store where you bought them and sold
more than about 20 minutes after they were cooked, they are not a good
sample of real Krispy Kreme donuts. Real Krispy Kreme donuts can only be
obtained from a Krispy Kreme bakery and they have to be fresh. The shelf
life of a Krispy Kreme donut is very short.