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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Nov 4, 2019, 11:18 AM Nov 2019

Krispy Kreme orders student to halt doughnut resale service

Krispy Kreme orders student to halt doughnut resale service

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nov 4th 2019 8:34AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- An enterprising Minnesota college student who drove to Iowa every weekend to buy hundreds of Krispy Kreme doughnuts that he then sold to his own customers in the Twin Cities area has been warned by the confectionary giant to stop.

There have been no Krispy Kreme stores in Minnesota for 11 years.

Jayson Gonzalez, 21, of Champlin, Minnesota, would drive 270 miles (430 kilometers) to a Krispy Kreme store in Clive, Iowa, pack his car with up to 100 boxes, each carrying 12 doughnuts, then drive back up north to deliver them to customers in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

He charged $17 to $20 per box. He said some of his customers spent nearly $100 each time. Gonzalez said he did not receive a discount from the store in Iowa where he bought the doughnuts.

But less than a week after the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported on his money-making scheme, Gonzalez received a phone call from Krispy Kreme's Nebraska office telling him to stop. The senior studying accounting at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul said he was told his sales created a liability for the North Carolina-based company.

In a statement Sunday night, Krispy Kreme said it's looking into the matter.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com
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Krispy Kreme orders student to halt doughnut resale service (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 OP
Sound slike KK needs to put a store in Champlin MN Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #1
Perhaps I'm wrong but by what right does KK have to order this student from reselling his ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #2

SWBTATTReg

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2. Perhaps I'm wrong but by what right does KK have to order this student from reselling his ...
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:22 PM
Nov 2019

donuts if he doesn't want them? Once an item leaves the store premises, one can do whatever they want, eh? Am I missing something here? For example, I buy 100 pencils at Ben Franklin's and then resell them at school for a buck apiece (this is an example)...this is simply a private transaction between a buyer and seller.

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