Krispy Kreme awards franchise rights for Middle East

[quaoar]

We've got the terrorists on the run now. Krispy Kreme warfare will finish them off. After a steady diet of lemon-filled and chocolate glazed doughnuts they'll all lapse into a sugar-induced stupor.

http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2006/05/08/daily24.html

The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - 3:22 PM EDT Wednesday

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has awarded franchise rights to a Kuwaiti restaurant company, the Americana Group.

Under the agreement, Americana Group is to open 100 Krispy Kreme (NYSE: KKD) locations in Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other locations in the region.

The first location is scheduled to open in Kuwait this fall.

According to its Web site, the Americana Group operates some 650 restaurants in 11 Middle Eastern countries. Its other brands include well-known U.S. brands such as KFC, Hardees and Pizza Hut. The company has more than $1 billion in annual sales.

[William769]

1. I can't make it through the day with out my Krispy Kreme Fix!

[Inland]

4. I've had half of one in about three years.

They taste good, but they are SO fucking bad for you. One glazed is the fat and calories of a decent LUNCH. My diet didn't have room for both alchohol and doughnuts, so.....

The coffee's pretty damn good, though.

[demosincebirth]

6. Soon, they'll be as fat as us.

[smtpgirl]

12. AGREED

[saigon68]

20. I can't eat them for that reason

But Rum and diet coke----that does it for me.

[leesa]

8. I will never understand why people like them. But I grew up on homemade

yeast spice doughnuts so I was spoiled, I guess.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. Filled with white phosphorus . . .

. . . and sprinkled with shrapnel.

Corporate scum.

[cliss]

3. The Kuwaitis are going for this?

Have any of them read Krispy's financial statements lately? They're bad. In fact, I'm amazed they're still around (Krispy, that is).

Kuwait businessmen: in case you hadn't heard, we have a problem with financial statements in this country.

[quaoar]

5. Sounds like KKD

has finally turned it around:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/29/AR2006042900547.html

Plus, the stock is trading at a 52-week high.

[seasat]

7. That's Shrub's plan to defeat the "terrierists"

We feed 'em Krispy Kremes, KFC, and twinkies. They'll all die of heart attacks in 20 years.

[tanyev]

14. We've had a lot more success infesting the world with our bad habits

than we've had in conquering with military might.

[frankenforpres]

9. let them eat cake. n/t

[meow2u3]

18. Let'em eat donuts! n/t

[Captain Hilts]

10. This will win them over to Our Way of Life. A few hot ones will do it. nt

[JCMach1]

11. It's about freakin' time~!

Been missing these!

[Roland99]

13. I'm going to have to put this thread on ignore....

I keep getting an urge to run up and get some donuts!!

[fujiyama]

15. Let's hope

they're smart enough not to use gelatin in their products when selling them over there.

[noonwitch]

16. Are donuts Halal?

I've always thought of Halal food as being pretty healthy, like a lot of kosher food is. I eat at middle eastern restaurants a lot (we have some very good ones in the Detroit area) because I know the food is healthy.

I just don't see Krispy Kremes fitting in with the traditional middle eastern diet.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Like that healthy food Turkish Delight, perhaps?

I don't think there's any link between halal foods and healthiness.

[noonwitch]

21. I've never been able to figure out what exactly Turkish Delight is

One thing I read said it was like jelly beans. CS Lewis isn't specific, so it must be something that every little english child is familiar with.

I figured it was probably hash brownies.

[Inland]

23. What is Turkish Delight? Well, it's disgusting, that's what.

I'm familiar the the transposed greek thing, loukoumia, and it's sort of a jelly, not much firmer than Jello, cubed, covered with sugar or more jelly or something. I think it's the equivalent of fruitcake, that is, something that is hypothetically good when it's made well, but never seems to be made well.

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. Ingredients

rind of 1 medium lemon
rind of 1 medium orange
1/4 cup (2 fl oz) orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 cups caster sugar (superfine)
1/2 cup (4 oz) water
2 tablespoons gelatine
1 cup (8 fl oz) water, extra
2/3 cup cornflour (cornstarch)
3-4 drops orange or rose flower water
red food colouring
1/2 cup icing (confectioners) sugar

http://www.world-recipes.info/turkey-turkish/turkish_delight.html

How authentic that is, I'm not sure, but you get the idea of how healthy it is. Can't stand it, myself, but it's a standadr filling in boxes of chocolates in Britain. As Inland says, it is similar to jello; the rosewater flavouring is what defines it as 'turkish delight'.

[Inland]

25. My comment:

"I think it's the equivalent of fruitcake, that is, something that is hypothetically good when it's made well, but never seems to be made well."

[Javaman]

19. Let the fattening of the middle east begin!!! nt

[TrogL]

22. Wonder what's in the frying oil

The slightest hint of the possiblity of porcine products in the oil and this will be a no-starter at best and yet another antagonist to the situation at worst.