With its sensational donuts‚ Krispy Kreme created a cult like following among their consumers and professional investors alike. Krispy Kreme’s simple business model was easy for most people to understand; they sold donuts‚ and the more they could sell the better the company did financially‚ or so they thought. From its IPO in April 2000‚ at the peak of the internet boom‚ Krispy Kreme was led by CEO Scott Livengood who expanded the company rapidly taking it from a small town donut shop to an international
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An Analysis of Krispy Kreme Executive Summary Krispy Kreme has been very successful at implementing Information Technologies into its daily operations. Under the exceptional guidance of Frank Hood‚ they had been able to expand across the United States and into Canada and Australia. The company plans to continue expansion in the upcoming years and eventually challenge Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts as the industry leader. The major problem in Krispy Kreme’s current strategy
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION A doughnut or donut is a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries‚ supermarkets‚ food stalls‚ and franchised specialty outlets. Doughnuts have a disputed history. One theory suggests they were invented in North America by Dutch settlers‚ who were responsible for popularizing other American
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Dunkin’ Donuts‚ Krispy Kreme‚ Tim Hortons‚ Winchell’s Donut House and LaMar’s Donuts. As shown on the pie chart‚ there is a significant difference in the market share of these competing sellers‚ with Dunkin’ Donuts dominating with a 2002 worldwide sales of $2.7 billion‚ followed by Krispy Kreme and Tim Hortons‚ each with over $620 million in total sales. (2002 Sales for Winchell’s Donut House and LaMar’s not provided.) KRISPY KREME’S BROAD DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
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report by touching on the history of Krispy Kreme. Vernon Rudolph started Krispy Kreme in 1933 when he bought a doughnut shop from Joe LeBeau. He later established the first Krispy Kreme in Salem‚ North Carolina. After Scott Livengood became CEO‚ the company repositioned itself and focused on being a specialty retailer‚ rather than a wholesale bakery. They soon began expanding rapidly throughout the United States. This particular case took place in 2004 Krispy Kreme was beginning to run into some serious
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Krispy Kreme Turnaround Strategy Strategy Coursework John Ellis Group Arif Harbott Claudio Paleari Pia Gowland Ronald Garricks Tim Joslyn EMBA EMBA Sep10 Strategy 1 - John Ellis Group v016.pdf September 2010 Date: 12th January 2011 Word Count (excluding tables and Appendices): 2992 Page 1 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3 2 Current strategy ...........
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EXTERNAL FACTOR EVALUATION (EFE) MATRIX OPPORTUNITY THREATS POLITICAL Global inequalities Meeting the need of the present without comprising future has to be taken into account by food industry without undermining bottom line balance sheets Food cost climbing and global warming ECONOMY Rising cost of petroleum Input cost for bakers included commodities have declined. Bakeries may be passing along the cost of suppliers purchased on contracts signed before commodity price began to fall. Industry
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Krispy Kreme 1 Krispy Kreme Financial Health Stella Deaton 03/03/2013 ACC/226 BELINDA FLORES Krispy Kreme 2 We are going to look at the financial health of Krispy Kreme‚ a company that is known for its donuts and coffee. The financial health of a company is very important to an investor to make sure that they are going to make a good investment. Being able to analyze the financial statements is a very important
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FROM: JMSB Students TO: Shareholders and potential 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
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Case Project #1: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc. What can the historical income statements (case Exhibit 1) and balance sheets (case Exhibit 2) tell you about the financial health and condition of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc.? The income statement and balance sheet provides an overview of the company’s expenditures‚ future debt constraints‚ and how the company has done in previous years allowing investors and other relevant parties to make future predictions for investment purposes. Details
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