Did you know…
Krispy Kreme doughnuts have their origins in the “Crescent City.” Though the franchise was founded in North Carolina, Vernon Rudolph bought the original doughnut recipe for Krispy Kreme from a New Orleans French chef.
KRISPY KREME OPENED ITS DOORS ON JULY 13, 1937
Vernon Rudolph bought a secret yeast-raised doughnut recipe from a New Orleans French chef, rented a building in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling its Krispy Kreme doughnuts on July 13, 1937, to local grocery stores. The delicious scents of cooking doughnuts drifted into the streets, and passersby stopped to ask if they could buy hot doughnuts. So he cut a hole in an outside wall and started selling Original Glazed doughnuts directly to customers on the sidewalk.