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Krispy Kreme
American global doughnut company and coffee house chain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Krispy Kreme, Inc. (previously Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.) is an American multinational doughnut company and coffeehouse chain.
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Restaurant |
Founded | July 13, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-07-13) |
Founder | Vernon Rudolph |
Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
Number of locations | 1,400[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Owner | JAB Holding Company (2016–2021) |
Number of employees | 21,000 (April 1, 2021) |
Website | krispykreme |
Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local grocery stores.[3][4] Steady growth preceded an ambitious expansion as a public company in the period 2000 to 2016, which ultimately proved unprofitable. In 2016, the company returned to private ownership under JAB Holding Company, a private Luxembourg-based firm. In July 2021, Krispy Kreme became publicly traded again on the Nasdaq.[1]
Their name is a sensational spelling of the words "crispy cream".