Krispy Kreme doughnuts won’t disappear from local grocery shelves

Local News
By Mark Fisher
Jan 21, 2016
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Krispy Kreme doughnuts are not disappearing completely from the Dayton area.

The scheduled Jan. 31 closure of the Krispy Kreme retail shop in Kettering — the company's only Dayton-area shop — will have no adverse impact on the availability of Krispy Kreme-branded doughnuts that are available on the shelves of several area grocery stores, Carl Carlson, the general manager of the retail store at 2001 E. Dorothy Lane, said this morning, Jan. 21.

Carlson confirmed Wednesday that Krispy Kreme will permanently close the Kettering doughnut shop — where he has served as general manager since 2005 — effective Jan. 31. The store opened in 1999.

But the Kettering retail store does not bake or distribute the grocery-store Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Carlson said. A wholesale distribution center in Monroe in Butler County supplies local grocers, and will continue to do so, Carlson said.

“They absolutely will still be available,” the store manager said of the Krispy Kreme grocery-store doughnuts.

The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based chain made the “difficult decision” to shut down the Kettering store but is offering its 20 employees additional pay and the possibility of transferring to another Krispy Kreme location, Carlson said Wednesday.

The company operates a retail doughnut shop in Anderson Twp. in the Cincinnati area and three locations in the Columbus area.

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About the Author

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.