On Sat 12 Jul 2008 10:18:40a, Mike told us...

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> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
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>> One of the first Krispy Kreme (doughnut) shops opened a few miles away
>> from our house about two years ago. Imagine my surprise to see, driving
>> by about a year later that it was boarded over and had a "For sale or
>> lease" sign on the building. And I never even got the chance to sample
>> their wares! When it opened the lines of cars for the drive-up went
>> around the block and the parking lot was jammed for a while.
>>
>> Evidently the mystique didn't last long or it was the wrong
>> location/demographic (in an area with loads of apartments and condos.)
>>
>> Walmarts and Targets are still springing up all around, often just two
>> or three miles from an existing store which closes when the new one
>> opens, leaving an empty storefront. Ugh.
>>
>> gloria p
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>
> We had a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop near us that was built like the
Hearst
> Castle and is now closed.
> The only one that I know still open is directly across form a police
> station.

That figures. They probably spend more time at KK than at the station.


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Wayne Boatwright
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