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Waite Park gets new glazed look
By Beth Kern
Published:
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Media Credit: Ryan Henry
Andy, left, and Eric Swanson, 2, enjoy their doughnuts Tuesday morning at the grand opening of Krispy Kreme in Waite Park. This store is one of six in Minnesota and the only store outside the Twin Cities Metro Area.
Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. in Waite Park, Krispy Kreme opened its sixth Minnesota store on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Division.
The Waite Park location features the trademark neon "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign in the window. When lit, the sign announces that a fresh batch of Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnuts can be purchased hot off the line.
Besides the classic glazed doughnuts, the Waite Park Krispy Kreme features 14 different varieties of cake, filled and powdered doughnuts (up to 210 an hour) and coffee, milk, soft drinks and juice to wash them down.
Krispy Kreme was founded in 1937 in Winston-Salem, N. C., by Vernon C. Rudolph.
Since then, it has grown into a chain of stores throughout 41 states in the U.S. with locations in Canada and Australia. Krispy Kreme is also expanding into Mexico and the United Kingdom.
Each year Krispy Kreme makes more than enough doughnuts to circle the earth twice.
Krispy Kreme doughnuts and coffee were served at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House in 1996 and '97, and since then the company has participated in the White House Easter Egg Rolls every year.
The history of doughnuts starts with Dutch "fried cakes" that had nuts embedded in the center and were brought to the New World by Dutch immigrants.
Later in America, the words "dough" and "nut" were combined to create "doughnut." The hole in the center of the doughnut dates back to 1847 and is accredited to a young boy who suggested to his mother that she poke holes in the middle of her "fried cakes" to ensure the cake was done in the middle.
Krispy Kreme company artifacts were inducted into the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in 1997, recognizing its place in American society.
Krispy Kreme first came to Minnesota in April, 2002, with a store in Maple Grove. They then expanded to Coon Rapids, St. Paul, Eden Prairie and the Mall of America.
In October of this year a new store opens in Apple Valley, Minn. Krispy Kreme stores are owned and run by Glazed Investments, the sole franchisee for Krispy Kreme locations. Glazed Investments is run locally by Scott Hubert, a member of SCSU's class of 1981 and a Minnesota native.
The Waite Park Krispy Kreme store occupies 5,000 square feet and currently employs 80 workers with six managers. Hubert says there may be jobs opportunities in the future at the Waite Park store. The Krispy Kreme will also have a 24/7 drive through window.
And who won free doughnuts for a year? A St. John's student, Jason, who reportedly paid $100 to a gentleman to be the first in line.
"They're just wonderful," a Waite Park citizen said. "I just had to come."
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