Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme will give you free doughnuts all year if you get vaccinated

The chain is also giving its employees paid time off to get the vaccine and is giving everybody a free coffee and a doughnut on Mondays this spring.

Food

Restaurants squeeze in extra menu surprises as 2020 draws to a close

Taste Tracker: Black Bear’s festive holiday desserts, TGI Fridays Cluck-It Bucket, a hangover cure from Krystal and more new items debut in the last weeks of the year.

Food

New menu launches run the gamut

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 28, 2020

From date night dinners to family meals and sweets, restaurants innovate to lure customers.

Food

Krispy Kreme unveils a stuffed doughnut

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 17, 2019

The new item is filled with either Classic Kreme or Chocolate Kreme.

Operations

Krispy Kreme is opening a massive Times Square location

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 10, 2019

The chain plans to open its new flagship in 2020, which it expects will be the world's busiest.

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Krispy Kreme

May 03, 2019

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Leadership

Panera’s parent voluntarily owns up to its Nazi past

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 25, 2019

The family controlling JAB Holding Co. acknowledges that an earlier version of the company used slave labor during World War II and that two predecessors were guilty of unprosecuted war crimes.

Food