Krispy Kreme Case Study FINA 470-01 Strategic Financial Management Company Overview: Krispy Kreme is a retailer and wholesaler of “high quality doughnuts and packaged sweets” (2010 10-K report) as well as various beverages. Krispy Kreme consists of stores and franchises that include domestic and international franchises, company stores and the KK Supply Chain. Krispy Kreme is also the sole provider to all their stores and franchises of the ingredients and equipment needed for store operations
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doughnuts, Krispy Kremes signature item is a glazed doughnutthat is traditionally served warm.Products are sold in Krispy Kreme stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, gas stations, Wal-Mart and Target stores in the United States. Internationally, Loblaws supermarkets and Petro-Canada gas stations in Canada along with BP Service Stations and BP Travel Centres inAustralia carry Krispy Kreme. In the United Kingdom Tesco supermarkets, Tesco Extra andmost service stations carry Krispy Kreme products
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts “It ain’t just the doughnuts that are glazed!” Matt Gnau Leslie Lee Yves de Parseval Bharat Poddar Accounting 712, Section 3 April 15, 2003 1. Business Strategy Krispy Kreme is a branded premium quality doughnut retailer. It has three sources of revenue. • On- and off-premise sales from 99 company owned and operated doughnut stores. Off-premise sales constitute doughnut sales to supermarkets, gas stations, etc. • Royalties from franchisees (3%
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC (KKD) DEF 14A Definitive proxy statements Filed on 05/11/2012 Filed Period 06/12/2012 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant [X] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary
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Krispy Kreme Case Analysis Anthony Jachera, Salma Saeed, Chris Westendorf October 20th, 2014 Executive Summary This case analysis considers the sudden and very large drop in the market value of equity for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD) and pinpoints the causes behind the downfall of one of the hottest brands in America. Beginning with their highly successful IPO in April of 2000, KKD quickly rose to become one of the most successful companies in the United States. Customers and Wall Street simply
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts ACCT 6334. Taiwan – Auditing Fall 2013 Class Research Project STUDENT: Chien-Yun Tseng UTD ID# 2021195349 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION................................................................ 3 CHAPTER1. THE CLIENT ACCEPTANCE /CONTINUATION PROCESS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CLIENT ... 4 CHAPTER2. OBTAINING AN
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Ador, Camille Marie B. MG11A KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS 2008 Abstract Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) was founded by Vernon Caver Rudolph. Rudolph purchased a secret recipe for yeast-raised doughnuts in Paducah, Kentucky from Joseph LeBeouf of Lake Charles, Louisiana and began making, selling, and delivering them through bicycle. The first store with the brand name “Krispy Kreme” was opened in Charlotte Pike, Nashville Tennessee in 1933. Rudolph’s business partner then was Mike Harding
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industry analysis was completed on the well-known company, Kellogg (NYSE:K). The Kellogg Company is one of the world’s largest producers of cereals, snacks and frozen foods. The company product portfolio includes favorites such as Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Eggo waffles and Nutri-Grain cereal bars. Kellogg was founded in 1906 with headquarters located in Battle Creek, Michigan. The company has manufacturing facilities in over thirty-five countries and markets products in more than 180 countries globally
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269-471-3632 : stem@swau.edu : 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Monday through Friday) : July 14, 2008 – July 31, 2008 : CSH 208 Required: David, Fred R. (2009) Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases (12th edition) Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Course Description: Strategic Management requires that students integrate relevant knowledge gleaned from previous core business-course experience. Extensive case work and library research are demanded. Students work with a real organization to develop
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or falling. The most popular scale for attitude survey is the Lickert method (Hogan, 2007 p. 574). The Lickert method is the scale found on the customer survey cards at local fast food restaurants such as Hardees and at some specialty stores like Krispy Kreme. To get a general view of subjects’ attitude toward the over- all object the method uses a “large number of item stems expressing some aspect” (Hogan, 2007, p. 574) of the whole object. The scale is a five point system using completely agree
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