where was the first krispy kreme store located
Harrods department store in London
title: Krispy Kreme text: hot doughnuts to individual customers who came during production time between midnight and 4 a.m. The first store in North Carolina was located in a rented building on South Main Street in Winston-Salem in what is now called historic Old Salem. The Krispy Kreme logo was designed by Benny Dinkins, a local architect. The first Krispy Kreme bakery outside the South opened in Akron, Ohio, in 1939. Expansion occurred in the 1950s, including an early store in Savannah, Georgia. By the 1960s, Krispy Kreme was known throughout the Southeast, and it began to expand into other areas. In 1976, Krispy title: Krispy Kreme text: shop in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1933, eighteen-year-old Vernon Rudolph, along with his brother Lewis Rudolph, began working for his uncle, Ishmael Armstrong, who owned a small general store in Paducah, Kentucky that sold a wide variety of goods, including its very popular doughnuts. While the exact origin of the doughnut recipe remains partially a mystery, it is believed that Ishmael Armstrong was inspired by an Ohio River barge cook named Joseph LeBeouf who was famous for his light and fluffy doughnuts. The store struggled during the Great Depression, so in 1934, Vernon and Ishmael decided to move to the title: Krispy Kreme text: Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. is an American doughnut company and coffeehouse chain founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Krispy Kreme founder Vernon Rudolph bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef and, in 1937, rented a building in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local grocery stores. Steady growth preceded an ambitious expansion as a public company in the period 2000-2016, which ultimately proved unprofitable. In 2016, the company returned to private ownership under JAB Holding Company, a private Luxembourg-based firm. On February 24, 2015, Krispy Kreme opened its 1,000th title: Krispy Kreme operations by country text: company owned and operated by the principals of Max's Restaurant. The original franchise agreement is for 30 stores over the next five years. The flagship store was officially opened on November 30, 2006 at the Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. Three coffeeshops were opened in Moscow in 2013. Krispy Kreme began operations in Singapore on October 12, 2013 with their flagship store located at Tangs Orchard Basement 1. It was brought into Singapore by Southeast Asian retailer and franchise partner Andy Chaw, owner and operator of Star360 Group. The Tangs Orchard store is the first of title: Krispy Kreme text: larger city of Nashville, Tennessee where they hoped business would be better. The uncle and nephew focused solely on selling their doughnuts and opened "The Krispy Kreme Doughnut Company" in a rented store on Gallatin Road. The shop did so well that Vernon's father, Plumie, also left Kentucky and moved to Nashville to help sell doughnuts. In 1937, Vernon Rudolph opened his own store, deciding on Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the location when he learned that his favorite cigarette company, Camel Cigarettes, was headquartered in the small North Carolina city. Rudolph primarily sold to convenience stores; however, he also sold