Krispy Kreme UK is the

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subsidiary of

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Krispy Kreme, Inc. (previously Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.) is an American multinational doughnut company and List of coffeehouse chains, coffeehouse chain. Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised r ...

, an American company. The UK headquarters are in Camberley, Surrey.

Conception

In October 2003,

opened their first store location in the

. The store situated in the world-famous Harrods department store in

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became one of 35 stores in the UK, but it closed in June 2011. A

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store opened on 5 July 2010 and was the furthest away from the Greater London area until September 2012, which saw the opening of the Gateshead store situated in the MetroCentre. 3 Stores have been opened in

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and were the furthest away from the Greater London area until the

and Gateshead locations opened. (Krispy Kreme no longer has franchise opportunities or development rights available in the United Kingdom, according to its website). Other stores outside Greater London include

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(inside

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(2 locations),

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, Milton Keynes, Brighton,

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, Hull in St Stephen's Shopping Centre,

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and Luton Airport. Krispy Kreme's 2003 UK arrival coincides with the 2002 departure of its major competitor Dunkin' Donuts from the UK, which met with much less success than Krispy Kreme and operated only 10 stores, which included one in

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, (near

), one in

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and four in London. At the end of March 2011, business.scotsman.com reported that Krispy Kreme plan to expand into Scotland in 2011 opening outlets in

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and

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. Krispy Kreme later stated that while Edinburgh and Glasgow were plausible locations for future outlets, no plans had been announced. In October 2011, it was announced by Edinburgh Planning that an application for planning permission at Hermiston Gait had been approved along with KFC. Krispy Kreme subsequently opened their first store in Scotland on 13 February 2013. It progressed further and opened another store in Glasgow at Braehead on 2 December at 7am. In Wales at least two stores located in the Cardiff Saint Davids Centre, Newport Friars Walk Shopping Centre that opened in 2015 and Store in Swansea Quadrant Centre that opened on 7 September 2017 and in Bridgend designer outlet along with local Tesco stores featuring Krispy Kreme kiosks immediately upon entering the stores.

Products

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts offer 16 varieties of doughnuts in the UK plus the occasional feature doughnut.

References

External links

Krispy Kreme UKs official website
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Conception

Products

See also

References

External links