Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Krispy Kreme - a review.

As a favour to a friend, I ventured into a Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop and purchased two dozen of the now infamous pastries. My question is, what is the big deal?

At first, it's exciting that you are able to watch the doughnuts being made. I was a bit more excited in that there was, what looked like an extremely delicious treat waiting for us as we eventually passed the glass window where the production was happening. Better yet, when we got there, it was a free one.

The logo and products had a nostalgic feel and the inside of the entire location was spotless and extremely well set up.

However, the charm ended there. After watching the production of doughnuts for five minutes, it quickly lost it's charm when the wait to get to the counter was actually closer to fifteen. The sample, despite being free, was overly greasy and way too sweet. And, even though the price for the two dozen I purchased for my friend was under $15 CDN, the rest of the merchandise was not quite so reasonable.

I began to wonder if this company was actually assisting in the future takeover of Canada. As I looked around the shop while standing in the queue, not one table had just a few doughnuts shared by families. In fact, even a family of four have at least two dozen open for everyone to eat. I figure that once the entire population gets hooked on the huge amounts of fat and sugar (I have been told that the distinct flavour and consistency comes from the high butter and sugar contents) we will have to open centres to treat people for addiction to these substances. Those who don't get treatment, will just make it easier for this country to get invaded. It is really a sad state of affairs.

I found this article about the possible competition between the "Canadian" doughnut chain .Tim Hortons and the new kid on the block. The truth is, Tim Hortons was bought out by the American company that owns the Wendy's restaurant chain. Conspiracy? Since the US company has bought out Tim Hortons, they are rethermalizes their doughnuts and they are no longer as fresh as they used to. Maybe Krispy Kreme had a hand in it!

As you can tell, I will never venture into a Krispy Kreme again. Not only will I avoid the sugar but this is another case where I will not follow the masses. It's just not worth the health risks

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