Krispy Kreme

Retail Asia22/08/2023

Doughnut chain Krispy Kreme is facing a potential fallout after its advertisement campaign for the Australia and New Zealand market was caught containing an offensive racial slur. The campaign features four short videos showing that Krispy Kreme doughnuts can be used to celebrate sports events, birthday parties, movie nights, and special milestones. In one of […]

Retail Asia08/03/2023

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Airline travel might be a little unpredictable right now, but there’s one thing you can always count on: Krispy Kreme to serve up delicious doughnuts. Even if you’re not flying this month, you can still enjoy one of your favorite airplane treats at your local doughnut shop. We’re not talking about stale pretzels or a bag […]

Retail Asia12/05/2021

Australian biscuit maker Arnott’s has teamed up with Krispy Kreme doughnuts to create a new range of doughnut-inspired Teevee snack biscuits called “dough-scuits”. The mini doughnut-shaped snacks come in five different flavors inspired by the doughnut brand – Original Glazed, Caramel Delight, Choc Iced, Strawberry Sprinkle, and Kookies & Kreme. The biscuit line is the […]

Retail Asia30/09/2019

International retailer Krispy Kreme will open a pop-up store at Westfield Riccarton in Christchurch. The pop-up store, which will be open for two weeks starting September 28, will signal the start of Krispy Kreme’s nationwide roll out through an ongoing partnership with selected BP Connect sites, starting with 12 Christchurch locations from October 5. Antonio […]

Retail Asia07/08/2018

Krispy Kreme Myanmar will open its first store next month. The US doughnut brand has appointed a local franchisee partner which it says has plans to open 10 stores “in the near future”. Krispy Kreme Myanmar will be one of only a small number of early entrants into the country among global fast-food brands. “With […]

Retail Asia04/06/2018

Pret A Manger’s global business, including Hong Kong and Singapore, has been sold to global investment firm JAB. Flush with cash from the sale of Jimmy Choo and a controlling interest in Bally, JAB is refocusing its core business investments on consumer goods and cafes. The company, majority owned by Germany’s secretive Reimann family – […]

Retail Asia21/11/2016

US private-equity company General Atlantic has made its first investment in Indonesia by buying into lifestyle retailer Mitra Adiperkasa (Map). It has subscribed for Rp1.08 trillion (US$80.5 million) in bonds issued by Map which are convertible into shares in its F&B subsidiary Map Boga Adiperkasa (MBA), which runs Cold Stone Creamery, Godiva, Krispy Kreme, Pizza […]

Retail Asia04/10/2016

US Chinese fast-food chain Panda Express, a staple of mall food courts in California, is about to launch in Japan. It will be in the hands of I&P Runway Japan, a joint entity set up last year between Panda Express owner Panda Restaurant Group and Chikara no Moto, the restaurant management group behind the tonkotsu […]

Retail Asia02/08/2016

Corporate retailer JAB Holdings has successfully concluded its purchase of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, a deal first mooted in May. As a result, share-trading on the NYSE has ceased as the ‘sweet treat’ maker becomes part of a global retail portfolio of retailers as diverse as Coty and Jimmy Choo. Privately-owned JAB Holdings’ portfolio includes controlling […]

Retail Asia03/09/2015

Krispy Kreme announced this week that it is set to open 10 shops in Myanmar over the next five years. Dan Beem, Krispy Kreme’s Senior Vice President and President – International, said with a growing economy and a population eager to welcome global brands, the time is right for the company to bring its sweet […]

Retail Asia01/06/2015

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Mitra Adiperkasa, or MAP, a life-style retailer that holds the licenses for Starbucks, Burger King and Zara in Indonesia, forecasts slower gross sales progress this yr, citing climbing prices and the nation’s financial slowdown. Fetty Kwartati, company secretary at MAP, stated that the corporate focused gross sales to develop between 13 % and 15 % […]

Retail Asia29/04/2015

Krispy Kreme has signed a development agreement with a master franchisor in Cambodia. The Express Food Group (EFG) will open 10 Krispy Kreme Cambodia shops over the next five years. “This agreement will further strengthen Krispy Kreme’s brand position throughout Asia and will enable us to bring our mission of touching and enhancing lives through the […]

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Krispy Kreme caught posting embarrassing racial slur

Krispy Kreme creates Lotus Biscoff biscuit-inspired doughnuts

Arnott’s teams with Krispy Kreme to create doughnut-inspired biscuits

Krispy Kreme opening pop-up store in Christchurch, NZ

Krispy Kreme Myanmar makes debut next month

Pret A Manger sold to Krispy Kreme owner for £1.5bn

US investor buys into Mitra Adiperkasa

Panda Express heading for Japan

Krispy Kreme snapped up by retail giant

Krispy Kreme to open 10 shops in Myanmar

MAP Expects Slower Gross sales, to Spin Off Attire Division

Krispy Kreme Cambodia deal