Krispy Kremes

[Dee Sa]

personally the sight of about 15 of them all in a box at Tescos make me want to heave, they look so sickly and awful and in Las Vegas in the Luxor hotel food court they were actually queuing to buy them for breakfast.
Now they have their first drive in near Edinburgh which has caused traffic jams around the block.
Love them or hate them folks ?

[tonyav]

Both sloopy, some very good Northern Soul nights were to be had there.

[Dee Sa]

sloopy they are gooey sickly cakes from the US & people here buy them by the box load too, "trailer trash cakes" probably describes them well.

[humbersloop]

so mr sloop tells me from his yoof, soul boy

these days..... :)

[tonyav]

Maybe I know him hippy chick ! lol.

[sunny-dave]

Should only be available on prescription, after signing a form saying "I have no taste buds, no respect for my digestive tract and a desire to be a fat useless blob"

[sunny-dave]

That's the donuts - not tony ...

[pastafreak]

Take your pick...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Krispy_Kreme_Doughnuts.JPG

[tonyav]

LOL @ dave.
Have you had the bike out today ?.

[humbersloop]

it's all getting a bit scary tone

so dave, you've also had a full english at browns in cleethorpes then??

[sunny-dave]

Nah - wheeled it out of the garage and gave it a quick once over - count wheels, check oil etc.

Good to go when the roads have dried up a bit - still bloody horrible out here in the sticks.

[tonyav]

It's been quite good here today dave ( the weather ) and our roads seem to have dried out.

[sunny-dave]

I've never graced the hallowed pavement of Cleethorpes, Sloopy - it's right up there with its friend Scun on my list of "Things to do in Lincolnshire when I'm dead" ...

[Clanad]

Until about 3 or 4 years ago here in the U.S., everytime a new Krispy Kreme store opened the line waiting service was out the door and 'round the block... truly amazing. They were really good, especially if you waited with your nose pressed up against the glass, the other side of which was the long frying channel into which the golden morsels were squeezed out of a machine... then about half-way down n automatic "flipper" turned them and then they exited under a veritable shower of sugar glaze. Great if you could get them while they were still warm with a cup of Krispy Kreme's own coffe blend...
But (and there's always a but) the company took a real hit when the United States Securities and Exchange Commission came knocking in July 2004, making an informal inquiry into Krispy Kreme's buybacks of several franchises. It was a down hill skid and the company is near bankruptcy. Main problem is that it had always been a smallish southern U.S. company that tried to grow into a national company and just couldn't hack it... Pity... pretty good doughnuts.

If you come to the U.S., try Dunkin' Doughnuts... almost as good and one of the offerings has a little "pinched" piece on it so you don't get your fingers in the cup of really good Joe one can buy there as well...

[pastafreak]

Krispy Kremes are the 'new boy' on the block....Dunkin Donuts are what many of us grew up with. Still going strong,I gather.

[humbersloop]

^they look pretty pasta, I still think I'll stick to the occasional hobnob

is clanad talking about coffee when he said "joe?"

moped boy, I'll have you know tarkovsky originally intended to film stalker in scunny, then flinched at its bleakness

[joggerjayne]

Krispy kremes?

Love 'em.