Krispy Kreme Submitted by: Group 2 September 20‚ 2010 FACTS OF THE CASE * Krispy Kreme – founded by Vernon Rudolph in Winston-Salem‚ North Carolina in 1937. He started his business venture by selling donuts to other stores. In the 1990s‚ the company grew rapidly to a national phenomenon with 366 stores in 44 states and eventually bought Montana Mills Bread. The business encountered problems and incurred big financial losses in 2004 which made them sell Montana Mills Bread in 2004 also at
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investors of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. DATE: Tuesday‚ January 19 2010 SUBJECT: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. Analysis 1) Identification of issues: * Is Krispy Kreme’s a healthy company? * What had happened to the company? * Why were so many investors fleeing the popular doughnut maker? * Were the revelations about the company’s franchise accounting practices sufficient to drive that much value out of the stock? * Were there deeper issues that deserved scrutiny? 2) Recommendations
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Since products are common topics of conversations‚ consumers frequently learn about new products from family members‚ friends and acquaintances. Indeed‚ research has shown that consumers often actively seek information from other individuals‚ as a favored information source‚ for both new products as well as new services.Therefore‚ for many consumers‚ information received directly from others‚ commonly referred to as word-of-mouth communication (WOM) is an important additional source of product information
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts: Financial Analysis and Forecasting 1. What can the historical income statements (case Exhibit 1) and balance sheets (case Exhibit 2) tell you about the financial health and current condition of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc.? The historical financial statements can tell us a lot about the financial health and condition about Krispy Kreme or any other company. By utilizing some key financial ratios we can determine how the company compares year over year as well as against
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS‚ INC. Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives This case considers the sudden and very large drop in the market value of equity for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc.‚ associated with a series of announcements made in 2004. Those announcements caused investors to revise their expectations about the future growth of Krispy Kreme‚ which had been one of the most rapidly growing American corporations in the new millennium. The task for the student is to evaluate the implications
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A. International Business Cases: Purpose‚ use‚ and Guide to analyzing them There are essentially two different approaches to education. If one polarizes the issue‚ one approach presupposes that education should consist of accumulating important pieces of knowledge in classified and systematized form. It teaches accepted truths. The other approach presupposes that education consists of acquiring the ability to act in the presence of new experience. The case itself consists of a problem or situation
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INTRODUCTION The Krispy Kreme‚ Inc. case investigates the contributing factors that caused this particular darling of Wall Street’s stock to suddenly plummet more than 80% in 2004. In the year 2000‚ Krispy Kreme went to public and boasts iconic status by became the hottest brand in America. Less than a year after its initial public offering‚ the company’s shares were selling for 62 times earnings. However‚ in 2004 the market was shocked by the company’s stocks that plummeted more than
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Krispy Kreme Case Analysis Running head: KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS‚ INC.: A CASE ANALYSIS Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc.: A Case Analysis Presented to By October 09‚ 2009 Table of Contents II. Table of Contents 2 III. Executive Summary 3 IV. Situational Analysis 5 A. Environment 5 B. Industry Analysis 5 C. The Organization 7 D. The Marketing Strategy 9 V. Problems Found in Situational Analysis 10 A. Statement of primary problem. 10 B. Statement of secondary problem 12 C. Statement
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will discuss the environment of Krispy Kreme and my analysis as to what led to the company’s position in 2004. Second‚ I will discuss the financial health and current condition based upon the historical income statements and balance sheets. Third‚ I will discuss the financial ratios in relation to the financial statements. Fourth‚ I will discuss if Krispy Kreme was financially healthy at the end of 2004. Fifth‚ I will discuss my assessment of Krispy Kreme’s health and why I think the stock price
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To: Investors of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts From: Financial consultant Date: January 2005 Subject: Warning signals from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Historical income statements show that the revenues and net income increased continuously from 2000 to 2004. The first warning signal observed was net loss in May 2004. By comparing income statement in May 2003 with income statement in May 2004‚ the revenue increased 24 percent‚ but net income appeared negative. Krispy Kreme spent $40 million in
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