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| Krispy Kreme Goes Liquid |
| 2004-07-23 |
| Drinking those cool Krispy Kremes Krispy Kreme's new frozen blended drinks come in four flavors and are available in select stores Wednesday. Once the fried dough embodiment of hot and fresh, Krispy Kreme has transformed its original glazed doughnut into a new frozen beverage for summer. The chain introduced a new line of frozen drinks Wednesday, including frozen original kreme -- a drinkable version of the company's signature doughnut -- raspberry, latte and double chocolate. Customers can also add coffee to the kreme and double chocolate. "Just as we did with our new signature coffees, our team took great care in developing four new, great-tasting frozen blended beverages, designed to offer customers an even greater variety of choices and taste experiences," President and CEO Scott Livengood said in a statement. "We feel our expanded beverage offerings will provide tremendous growth opportunity for both the company and the Krispy Kreme brand," he added. The drinks are available in 3 cup sizes -- 12-ounce, 16-ounce and 20-ounce -- and the suggested retail prices vary from $2.79 for the small size drink to $3.99 for the large size. 440 calories, 70g of carbs for the small one. The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based company said it currently does not have plans to introduce low-carb versions of the new drinks. This year Krispy Kreme's stock has fallen more than 45 percent, hurt by the growing popularity of the low-carb diet fad, and Wall Street's concerns about the company's aggressive pace of new store openings. Wednesday's announcement sent Krispy Kreme shares up as much as 3 percent in early trading. Michael Moore and Linda Ronstadt can get their fixes intravenously now. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #9 This year Krispy Kreme’s stock has fallen more than 45 percent, hurt by the growing popularity of the low-carb diet fad, and Wall Street’s concerns about the company’s aggressive pace of new store openings. Don't see any reason why there should be a concern about store openings, at least here in northern CA. All the local stores are nicely spread out. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-23 11:35:59 AM |
| #8 I am a Dunkin Donuts guy. My favorite is dipping coconut covered donuts in vanilla ice cream. Yuummm! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-23 11:06:04 AM |
| #7 440 calories, 70g of carbs for the small one. "Shut up," she explained. Although I can't figure out why you'd want to drink glaze. Isn't it just powdered sugar and milk, with some vanilla extract thrown in? Bleah. When I was a teenager, the local bakery made a chocolate cake donut topped with a beautiful chocolate butter cream frosting. Mmmmm. A cavity in every donut. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-07-23 11:03:02 AM |
| #6 Eat your heart out, Mendacious Mike Moore. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-07-23 10:38:05 AM |
| #5 "Hummm, doughnuts..." [/Homer] |
| Posted by: Anonymous5089 2004-07-23 8:20:58 AM |
| #4 I like doughnuts,especially chocolate,but them glaze dipped chocalate frosted suckers are just too damned sweet. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-07-23 7:50:52 AM |
| #3 Quit whining! Eat What You Want and Die Like a Man (book by Graham) |
| Posted by: Anonymous5886 2004-07-23 4:10:02 AM |
| #2 My arteries are hardening just by reading this. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-23 1:55:46 AM |
| #1 I think KK must be secretly controlled by a cabal of heart-bypass surgeons... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2004-07-23 1:53:04 AM |