The hotly anticipated Krispy Kreme on Center Street in Auburn will likely move one step forward in the next week or so: The doughnuteer has received its demolition permit and applied for a building permit that’s currently under review, according to Deputy Director of Planning and Development Eric Cousens. The $3 million project at 410 […]
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Coffee company spends $1.35 billion on Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
NEW YORK (AP) — Krispy Kreme shareholders got a caffeine boost after coffee giant JAB Beech said Monday it is acquiring the doughnut chain. The Luxembourg-based investment firm, which owns Keurig Green Mountain, Peet’s Coffee & Tea and Caribou Coffee, said it is taking the North Carolina doughnut company private in a deal worth about $1.35 billion. […]
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Lewiston-Auburn woos Krispy Kreme
They’re trying to land the doughnuts. At least three Lewiston-Auburn officials reached out to Krispy Kreme on Tuesday after news that franchisee Cort Mendez is planning three shops in Maine. Mendez was in the state Tuesday scouting locations, according to the Bangor Daily News. He told the paper that Bangor and Portland or South Portland […]
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Krispy Kreme may be planning a shop in your town
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is coming to Maine. Three shops to be exact. Cort Mendez, owner of NH Glazed, Inc., has plans to open the fresh-baked doughnut in unnamed Maine locations in the next few years, according to a Krispy Kreme news statement. “The demand for Krispy Kreme doughnuts and coffee continues to grow throughout New […]
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Krispy Kreme opens first Russia store
MOSCOW — Here on Nikolskaya Street, in the shadow of the Kremlin, Russia’s first book was printed in 1564, its first college was opened in 1685 and its first newspaper was published in 1703. The Krispy Kreme doughnut arrived Thursday. The line for doughnuts began forming at 11 a.m. Wednesday, 22 hours before the historic […]