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Default Tim Horton's Doughnuts

These are best.



"Ron G" > wrote in message >...



> For me, it seems like it is all Krispy Kreme hype.
>
> Neither me, nor my wife, care for them.
>
> Some people though, really seem to love them.
>
> Our local Jewel store dropped their bakery donut line, to sell Krispy Kreme.
>
> I wish they hadn't.
>
> Best---
> Ron
>
>
>
> 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.
> >

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