Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Krispy Kreme has reached an agreement with a Minnesota college student who drove to Iowa every weekend to buy hundreds of doughnuts to resell them in the Twin Cities area.
The company said in a statement Monday that Jayson Gonzalez of Champlin can now work with Krispy Kreme as an independent operator. The deal also includes a 500-dozen doughnut donation when he starts up again.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the 21-year-old Gonzalez also announced the deal on his Facebook page, adding that he's "pumped" to continue his business.
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Last week, Krispy Kreme told Gonzalez to stop the resell venture because it created a liability for the company.
The confectionary giant said in its statement Monday that the "temporary stoppage" was to ensure product quality and regulatory compliance.
Breaking down Lincoln's doughnut shops
Breaking down Lincoln's doughnut shops
LaMar's
LaMar’s Donuts, 4822 Pioneers Blvd. Open Monday through Saturday, 5 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, 6 a.m.-4 p.m. The original glazed doughnut is the customer favorite at LaMar’s, followed by the old-fashioned sour cream cake doughnut, says Regional Nebraska Manager Jodi Vinzant. Everything at LaMar’s is made from scratch, she said, with no preservatives or stabilizers. There are some 45 varieties of cake and raised doughnuts available for customers to choose from daily, including such flavors as cherry, red velvet or apple spice cake doughnuts, or cinnamon sugar or chocolate glazed in raised.Â
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Randy’s Donuts
Randy’s Donut Shop, 201 Capitol Beach Blvd. #5. Open Monday through Saturday, 5:30-10 a.m.; closed Sundays. Another family-owned local establishment, Randy’s lauds freshness, hand-made quality and cost as indicators of its success. Options include the ever-popular original glazed raised doughnut as well as other raised options and multiple cake doughnut choices.
Randy's Donuts Facebook page
Krispy Kreme Donuts
Krispy Kreme Donuts, 6410 O St. Open Monday through Sunday, 6 a.m.-8 p.m., with the drive-through open until 10 p.m. A good variety of cake and raised doughnuts are available at Krispy Kreme, supplemented with KK coffee and coffee drinks -- lattes, iced and flavored. Some 20-plus doughnut options include chocolate iced glazed, chocolate cream filled, and strawberry or maple iced. But the favorite, according to Manager John Hoskinson, is the Hot Original Glazed. The outdoor “Krispy Kreme hot light†is legendary, which when lit signifies that the glazed doughnuts are hot and fresh, Hoskinson said.Â
Matt Olberding
Hurt's Donut Co.
Hurt’s Donut Co., 129 N. 10th St., #100. Open Monday through Sunday, 24 hours. You want variety! You want options! You want color in your doughnut! At Hurt’s, you get all of that as some 70 flavors of cake and raised doughnuts are offered fresh daily. A plain cake or glazed doughnut would be hard to find amid the gourmet-decorated counter display. Assistant Manager Megan Gocke said that Hurt’s offers more doughnut varieties than anyone in town. Among the choices are S'mores, Maple Bacon, Cotton Candy, Nutella and cereal-topped varieties like Froot Loops.Â
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Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin Donuts, 8355 College Park Drive, 5815 S. 85th St., 2520 Old Cheney Road, UNL Adele Hall Learning Commons and East Campus Dinsdale Learning Commons. Open Monday through Sunday, 4:30 a.m.-7 p.m., with the Learning Commons locations closing at 5 p.m. Dunkin Donuts coffee is as critical as its doughnuts. Shift leader Armanda Woodman commented that the company’s doughnuts pair well with its coffee. “It’s easy to sit down with both, coffee and a fresh doughnut,†Woodman said. Some 28 cake and raised doughnut options are available daily, ranging from glazed to vanilla or strawberry frosted, powder sugared or cinnamon. Favorites are the chocolate frosted raised doughnut, followed by the double chocolate raised.Â
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Hy-Vee bakery
Hy-Vee bakery locations: 1601 N. 84th St., 5010 O St., 5020 N. 27th St., 6001 Village Drive, 7151 Stacy Lane, Monday through Sunday, 24 hours. Assistant Manager of Perishables Marc Zakrzewski explained that a couple of years ago, Hy-Vee moved from using frozen dough for its doughnuts to preparing the dough fresh daily in the store. The change has been remarkable in the product quality, he said.
There are 30-40 raised and cake doughnut options offered daily. “If you can’t find something you like, you are not trying enough,†he said.
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Russ's Market Bakery
Russ’s Market Bakery. Locations: 130 N. 66th St., 1709 Washington St., 6300 Havelock Ave., 1550 S. Coddington St. and 4400 S. 33rd St. Open Monday through Sunday, 6 a.m.-midnight. Marty Jarvis, marketing director for B&R Stores, said that the Russ’s Market bakeries prepare a mixture of some 40 kinds of raised and cake doughnuts fresh each morning. The raised doughnuts range from glazed (the customer favorite) to a variety of icings and toppings. Cake doughnuts include vanilla, chocolate and assorted flavors and different sugar coatings. They also produce seasonal flavored cake doughnuts like strawberry in the summer or pumpkin in the fall.Â
Russ's Market Facebook page
Super Saver Bakery
Super Saver Bakery, 233 N. 48th St., 2525 Pine Lake Road, 840 Fallbrook Blvd., 2662 Cornhusker Highway and 5440 S. 56th St. Open Monday through Sunday, 24 hours. Assistant Bakery Manager Jake Roberts commented that the staff of the North 48th Street location has more than 100 years of combined bakery experience, emphasizing quality over quantity.
“There is no pre-frozen dough used and no rushing of the process,†he said.
A wide variety of cake and raised doughnuts, at 88 cents each, are prepared daily, with the customer favorite being the raised glazed, followed by the chocolate glazed. Roberts said each Super Saver bakery may offer slightly different doughnut options.
Super Saver Facebook page
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