A second national doughnut chain is apparently planning to come to Lincoln.
The franchisee that has the rights to Krispy Kreme in Nebraska is working on a deal to put a store in Lincoln.
Bill Dworak of Rion LLC said the company is negotiating on a site in Lincoln for a future Krispy Kreme. Dworak declined to give any other details, including where the store would be located. But documents filed last week with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Department lay out a plan in which the Pizza Hut at 6414 O St. would be sold and torn down for a new restaurant operation.
The company that would lease the site for the new restaurant is Rion LLC.
Rion runs the three Krispy Kreme restaurants in the Omaha metro area. The most recently opened was in Council Bluffs in January 2014.
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Krispy Kreme, based in Winston Salem, North Carolina, is the second-largest doughnut chain in the U.S. behind Dunkin' Donuts.
Dunkin' opened its first Lincoln location in September near 27th and Old Cheney Road and has a second location under construction at 84th and Old Cheney that's scheduled to open in early summer.