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Krispy Kreme

Leadership

Krispy Kreme shakes up its management team

 By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 03, 2025

The doughnut chain’s chief financial officer and chief growth officer have both left the company. Raphael Duvivier was promoted to CFO while Alison Holder was named chief brand and product officer.

Financing

5 reasons the McDonald's-Krispy Kreme partnership failed

 By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 26, 2025

The Bottom Line: The relationship between the fast-food giant and the doughnut chain ended before it was even half complete. Here are five reasons why the partnership couldn’t work.

Financing

McDonald's and Krispy Kreme are ending their partnership

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 24, 2025

The fast-food giant and the doughnut chain mutually decided to end their agreement to sell doughnuts inside McDonald’s restaurants after sales and profitability proved disappointing. The partnership will end July 2.

Financing

Krispy Kreme reminds us that doughnuts are a tough business

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 16, 2025

The Bottom Line: The chain’s sudden profitability problems and the questions surrounding its McDonald’s partnership show just how difficult it is to operate a doughnut chain at scale.

Financing

Krispy Kreme sells its remaining stake in Insomnia Cookies

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 10, 2025

The doughnut chain, which is in cost-cutting mode after a tough start to 2025, has sold its remaining interest for $75 million and will use the funds to pay down debt.

Financing

Krispy Kreme is sued over its McDonald's partnership delay

By Jonathan Maze on May 19, 2025

The doughnut chain is being accused of making misleading statements on the sale of doughnuts inside McDonald’s restaurants after its delay caused shares to plunge.

Financing

Failure to launch: The McDonald's-Krispy Kreme partnership is a dud so far

By Jonathan Maze on May 09, 2025

The Bottom Line: The chains' partnership has been slow to progress and hasn't generated the sales both companies hoped for. Now it's on hold as Krispy Kreme works to improve its own struggling profitability.

Financing

Krispy Kreme is pausing its McDonald's expansion amid weak sales

By Jonathan Maze on May 08, 2025

Sales of doughnuts at the fast-food chain’s locations have fallen below expectations. Krispy Kreme said it won’t immediately add more restaurants as it works to improve sales and cut costs.

Financing

Krispy Kreme proposes a massive change to its own board

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 23, 2025

The omnichannel doughnut chain, whose stock has lost more than half of its value this year, nominated four directors to its board, including a former Burger King CEO and former Starbucks CFO.

Technology

At Krispy Kreme, a reminder of restaurants' digital risk

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 27, 2025

Tech Check: Fallout from a cyberattack sunk the doughnut chain’s stock to an all-time low. Restaurants pursuing more digital sales should take notice.

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