Over 12,000 retail outlets! From website:
"Krispy Kreme was founded by
Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a
New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic
Old Salem in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local
grocery stores.[3][4]Steady growth preceded an ambitious expansion as a
public company in the period 2000 to 2016, which ultimately proved unprofitable. In 2016, the company returned to private ownership under
JAB Holding Company, a private Luxembourg-based firm. In July 2021, Krispy Kreme became publicly traded again on the
Nasdaq.
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