Krispy Kreme gets all healthy on your ass
One could, at first glance, cynically view Krispy Kreme’s leaner, meaner doughnut as an attempt to capitalize on a low-carb fad that died soon after that Atkins guy did. Or you could shrug it off as Krispy Kreme’s not-so-subtle attempt to pull itself out from the financial hole that said fad threw it into. In reality, it’s probably a little of column A and a little of column B, not to mention “the company’s board concluding that two former executives were trying to ’manage earnings’ to meet expectations,” in what was tastefully dubbed an “accounting mess.” There’s got to be an Enron joke here, but I can’t think of it at the moment. Besides, the impending failure of a whole-wheat doughnut is funny enough.
—Posted by David Kiefaber
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February 27, 2007 in Kiefaber | Permalink
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Yeah, those whole wheat donuts must have only what, 45 grams of carbs each? You've got this thing completely sorted big boy...
Posted by: Paul | Feb 27, 2007 12:02:25 PM
Then there's always this little nugget in our local paper:
http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1172485104235590.xml&coll=3
Posted by: Wally | Feb 27, 2007 2:46:10 PM
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