Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. ... The companys business owns and franchises Krispy Kreme doughnut stores, where it makes and sells over 20 varieties of doughnuts, including its signature Hot Original Glazed and nine other varieties. ... His purchase included the company’s assets, goodwill, the Krispy Kreme’s name, and rights to a secret yeast-raised doughnut recipe that LeBeau had created several years earlier in New Orleans. ... After some disappointing efforts to find another location, he settled on opening the first Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... On July 13, 1937, the first Krispy Kreme doughnuts were made at Rudolph’s new Winston-Salem shop and delivered to grocery retailers.