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I remember being in Buffalo, NY to visit a friend about 10 years ago and a Krispy Kreme had opened up on Niagara Falls Boulevard a few blocks down from where he lived. We drove by and saw several hundred people queued up under and a tent outside. We just laughed and walked right up to the counter of the Tim Horton's across the street and ordered our coffee and doughnuts without a wait!
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Yeah, I remember seeing it on the news here in Buffalo, but I never got it. Same lines for those Beanie Babies at McDonald's too. Both Buffalol locations closed, and so did the mini-shops that were carrying them. I didn't love their donuts, but they were a great company to the local charities - they used to donated hundreds of cases to our annual events. I've actually never eaten a KK warm, but I once ate a complete dozen while doing a 14 hour long television shoot. Kept my blood sugar high, but level!
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Originally Posted by jessc
Tim Horton's is quite possibly the best doughnut chain I've ever been to. Krispy Kreme, while not the worst, definitely ranks somewhere in that vicinity. So, great doughnuts and no wait? Win-win! I just wish they'd open locations in California! Though it's probably better for my health that they don't.
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Good stuff, although we're not fans of the coffee in our house. TimBits, yum. Now I'm hungry. They do a good soup in a bread bowl for lunch, too.
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I'm still amazed at how quickly and dramatically Krispy Kreme crashed and burned in Massachusetts when I lived there.
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I'm not surprised KK crashed and burned in Massachusetts - land of the Dunkin' Donuts. I've never seen so many donut shops in my life as in Boston. There was a DD just about every block. I wonder if Starbucks suffered the same fate?
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Back on topic: Borders can crash and burn for all I care. I'm a bitter ex-Waldenbook manager - they bled that brand dry to feed the Borders cash cow, which they squandered. I laugh when I see their pathetic stock price hovering above penny stocks - the stock options they gave Waldenbooks managers instead of bonuses were worthless before they even sent us the paperwork three months late.