Krispy Kreme owners admit to family history of Nazi ties

[IronLionZion]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/25/business/krispy-kreme-nazi-ties/index.html

New York (CNN Business)The family that owns well-known consumer brands like Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Keurig Dr. Pepper and Panera Bread say their Nazi ancestors used slave labor during World War II.

The Reimann family, which owns the controlling stake in JAB Holdings and is reportedly one of the richest families in Germany, will donate €10 million, or $11 million, to a yet-undisclosed charity after a three-year investigation that it commissioned discovered details of their ancestors' behavior.

A family spokesperson said Albert Reimann Sr., who died in 1954, and Albert Reimann Jr., who died in 1984, used Russian civilian prisoners and French prisoners of war as forced labor in their factories during the war, and that they were anti-Semites and avowed supporters of Adolf Hitler.

The investigation also found that Reimann Sr. donated to Hitler's paramilitary SS force as early as 1931.
Investigators also found a letter from Reimann Jr. to a local mayor complaining that the French prisoners of war weren't working hard enough and should be in prison.

more at the link...

JAB Holdings, which is based in Luxembourg, also owns Peet's Coffee, Pret A Manger, Einstein's Bagels and Coty.

[JCMach1]

1. Can I just get some NAZI and Authoritarian free

Products up in here please... Damn

[okaawhatever]

2. Wow, $11 million from a company worth more than 15 billion. How effin generousl. /s nt

[Beakybird]

3. So Nazis went into the bagel business?

[IronLionZion]

7. And some Jewish people drive VW, Audi, Porsche cars.

The CEO of my company is a Jewish immigrant refugee and we have Thyssen Krupp elevators in our HQ building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThyssenKrupp#Third_Reich_(1933%E2%80%931945)

[MurrayDelph]

13. Why am I thinking of Emo Philips?

My sister married a German. He complained he couldn’t get a good bagel back home. I said, “Well, whose fault is that?”

[at140]

4. Krispy Kreme donuts are the best!

But I restrict myself to only 1 dozen per week.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. OK for institutional, but on the small side. In Amherst, MA, go to the Glazed Doughnut Shop.

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I live in NJ, and that's the place to go. 3-4 times the size of a Krispy Kreme, all natural, you can get gluten free versions, and they have special seasonal ones, like Maple and others.

https://www.glazeddoughnutshop.com/gallery

https://www.glazeddoughnutshop.com/menu


Once you have theirs, Krispy Kreme is just meh.

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[at140]

11. I will check it out in my neck of the woods

Which is NE Florida. Thanks for the tip.

[MurrayDelph]

12. Only if you like Glazed donuts

and only when extremely fresh.

I have several smaller (mostly) chains I prefer, in L.A., Reno, Portland OR, and Longview WA. And that covers most of the places I travel regularly.

[at140]

14. I was a regular customer of maple coated donuts at Winco

Because they were always freshly made and I was at Winco frequently.
Krispy Kreme was in far away Portland, OR but like you said best only when fresh.

[JI7]

15. not to me but I'm not into donuts much.

[at140]

16. Good for you, think of something which is..

made from refined flour, zero fiber, lots of sugar and deep fried in saturated fat = DONUTS!
Few things are worse for you than eating donuts. But then so is smoking but addictions are hard to kill.

[JI7]

17. I like a lot of sugary unhealthy things

but donuts were never that great for me.

although I do like churros and I think they are considered donuts.

[IronLionZion]

19. Churros are donuts for cowboys and shepherds in Portugal/Spain

to fry in a skillet out in the field over a campfire. It's similar enough to doughnuts: fried dough with sugar and cinnamon. But it has some rugged cowboy cred if you're into that.

[KatyMan]

5. Like the family didn't know

Already...

[Blue_Tires]

6. Well since Nazism is the hip and stylish thing to be a part of these days...

their stock might actually rise...

[keithbvadu2]

9. Or as Trump would say: Some very fine people.

Or as Trump would say: Some very fine people.

[DFW]

10. "after a three-year investigation that it (the family itself) commissioned"

Better not be too impatient waiting for the Trump family to make any similar kind of move........

[Codeine]

18. Gah. I work for these people now.

They bought the company I work for last year.