Atkins killed my Krispy Kreme

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KokomoGST

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I like KK and DD... KK has better glazed stuff (sooo sweet... yes, too sweet but OMG I love it so) and DD rulz with their filled donuts... MMMmmmm donuts...

Screw Atkins, I love my carbs dammit.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Excelsior
No sh!t, I mentioned it because it wasn't the south. :p


Link for you. Maybe this is more outdated than I thought.

Another one.
My hometown is 8th fittest :p

Anyway, it's the June 7th issue. They have a very informative map of county-by-county BMI statistics. And the point is, it's you Southerners and other folks east of the Mississippi that are all so fat. Not the US as a whole.

Well..the main reason I don't like that map is that the % difference isn't that large from level to level.


Oh well, my city is 22nd fittest! :p
 

datrada

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who cares about doughnuts?!? what is it with americans and brand mania? its like the japs go mad for things for a while then go to the next thing. americans go for food brands then drop them. sunny delight had this a few years ago, but the product was nothing, just some cheap orange-like chemicals.

it mystifies me.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: datrada
who cares about doughnuts?!? what is it with americans and brand mania? its like the japs go mad for things for a while then go to the next thing. americans go for food brands then drop them. sunny delight had this a few years ago, but the product was nothing, just some cheap orange-like chemicals.

it mystifies me.

Sunny Delight sucks anyway.
 

Saulbadguy

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Krispy Kreme sucks compared to Lamars (overland park, KC metro area)

Actually, it sucks compared to any old fashioned donut place.
 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Krispy Kreme sucks compared to Lamars (overland park, KC metro area)

Actually, it sucks compared to any old fashioned donut place.

yes i beleive that is in the bible
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: z0mb13
KK stock is tanking badly..

they grew too fast...

when I was still in the bay area, KK is considered VERY special, since you have to drive down to silicon valley to get some. Now they are EVERYWHERE...

that coupled with the low carb diet fad = tanking KKs stock

yea, i remember going to kk for the novelty. i haven't been back for over a year. not that i'm on atkins, it just doesn't seem that great anymore. overpriced warm tiny donuts. bah.
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Excelsior
No sh!t, I mentioned it because it wasn't the south. :p


Link for you. Maybe this is more outdated than I thought.

Another one.
My hometown is 8th fittest :p

Anyway, it's the June 7th issue. They have a very informative map of county-by-county BMI statistics. And the point is, it's you Southerners and other folks east of the Mississippi that are all so fat. Not the US as a whole.

6th fittest! :p

Of course, we were second last year, I wonder what happened.
 

Saulbadguy

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Oh yeah. At KC Royals games, if they hit 12 hits, you get a dozen free donuts with your ticket stub.
 

Ilmater

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Originally posted by: jpeyton
KK was never meant to be as popular as Starbucks, even though their greedy owners wanted to expand it just as fast.

You can attribute some of it to Atkins though.

I'm glad they have to shut those fatty-factories down. KK epitomizes how fat we are as a nation.
And you epitomize how ignorant many Americans are. THEY FVCKING TASTE GOOD!!!! The point is to enjoy yourself. Yeah, obviously you should eat them in moderation, but I'll be damned if I'm going to stop eating KKs for the rest of my life.

I hope you choke on a celery stick.
 

andylawcc

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Originally posted by: Anubis
my issue with KK is that their stuff is TOO sweet, everything is covered in suger, you want a choc cover one, they have thoes, but its choc covered AND DIPPED IN FUSKING GLAZE!!!! thats the problim

yeah, I totally agree, but no other donut shop can replicated the "goo-ie-ness" / softness in each KK donuts. :(
 

randomlinh

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KK only has it's glazed donuts... anything else... is waaaay to sweet since they are all glazed based pretty much.


on that note, screw atkins and gimme my loaf of bread and a bucket of fries :p
 

Match

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Originally posted by: oreagan
I return to my college town (Charlottesville) and the best doughnut place in the entire world, Krispy Kreme, is gone! How DARE Atkins challenge my eat-them-as-they're-made-gooey-deliciousness?!?

Seriously, is KK really doing that poorly these days that they have to shut down? They're tons better than any alternatives and I've never been by one that wasn't making a sale at that moment.

Which Charlottesville are you referring to? We still have a KK in Charlottesville, VA.
 

Chu

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Originally posted by: oreagan
I return to my college town (Charlottesville) and the best doughnut place in the entire world, Krispy Kreme, is gone! How DARE Atkins challenge my eat-them-as-they're-made-gooey-deliciousness?!?

Seriously, is KK really doing that poorly these days that they have to shut down? They're tons better than any alternatives and I've never been by one that wasn't making a sale at that moment.

I hope the KK in my neightborhood never shuts down. Nothing is better then fresh unglazed donuts