
Krispy Kreme Donuts
9/24/2018 | 28m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Huell visits the 1st Krispy Kreme donut shop in California.
Huell relives his childhood when he steps into the 1st Krispy Kreme donut shop in California. Started in North Carolina in 1937 the secret family recipe still has them melting in your mouth, especially when you get ’em while they are hot.
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Krispy Kreme Donuts
9/24/2018 | 28m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Huell relives his childhood when he steps into the 1st Krispy Kreme donut shop in California. Started in North Carolina in 1937 the secret family recipe still has them melting in your mouth, especially when you get ’em while they are hot.
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>>HUELL: WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, I'M HUELL HOWSER.
IT'S ABOUT 8:17 ON A BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY MORNING.
WE'RE STANDING HERE, WHERE EXACTLY DAVE?
>> LA HABRA MARKETPLACE.
>>HUELL: DOWNTOWN LA HABRA.
- >> CORRECT.
>>HUELL: WE'RE HERE TO VISIT A PHENOMENON THAT I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY IN TENNESSEE.
IT'S JUST NOW HITTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT YET, YOU WILL KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S A WAVE OF THESE THINGS HEADING TOWARDS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ISN'T THERE DAVE?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
OUR FRANCHISE IS BUILDING 42, THAT'S FROM BAKERS FIELD TO SAN DIEGO.
>>HUELL: THIS IS NUMBER ONE.
HERE ITS HERE, KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT.
NOW DAVE, LET'S WALK OVER HERE.
THIS IS KIND OF THE IS AING SIGNATURE SIGN "HOT DOUGHNUTS NOW."
>> YES IT'S WHAT KRISPY KREME IS MOST FAMOUS FOR.
HOT DOUGHNUTS , THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN GET A HOT KRISPY KREME.
>>HUELL: I AM TELLING YOU, I DEBATED DOING THIS PROGRAM OR NOT, BECAUSE DOUGHNUTS HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLL IN MY LIFE.
>> GOOD OR BAD?
>>HUELL: THAT'S UP FOR DEBATE.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT TWO INCHES HERE.
IT ALL STARTED, LITERALLY, WITH KRISPY KREME IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE WHEN I GOT ADDICTED TO HOT GLAZED KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS.
>> THERE ARE WORST THINGS TO BE ADDICTED TOO.
>>HUELL: I CAN SEE ALREADY YOU HAVE A GLAZE HERE.
>> YES, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS FOR HIM, BUT I'M GOING TO O BUY ANOTHER.
>>HUELL: HAVE YOU HAD A HOT GLAZED KRISPY KREME?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>HUELL: WHEN DID YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST ONE?
>> AS SOON AS MY SON LEAD TO READ.
THEY WERE PUTTING UP A KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT UP.
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN IMPERIAL AND HE YELLED "DOUGHNUTS, THAT ".
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME.
>>HUELL: LOUIE NEVER HEARD OF KRISPY KREME BEFORE.
>> LOUIE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
>>HUELL: THIS IS THE FIRST STORE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> I DID NOT REALIZE THAT.
WHEN I SAW THE KRISPY KREME SK SIGN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KRISPY KREME WERE.
BECAUSE OF MILES HE KEEPS BRINGING US BACK.
>>HUELL: DON'T YOU THINK HE SHOULD HAVE THIS DONUT.
>> THAT WOULD THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
HAVE A BITE, MILES.
>> THIS IS WHAT KRISPY KREME IS ALL ABOUT.
ALL OF THE CUSTOMERS LINEUP AT THE GLASS.
>>HUELL: HERE THEY ARE LINED UP HERE.
THE CROWD JUST ADDS AND FLOWS.
WHEN WE CAME IN NOBODY WAS HERE AND NOW THERE'S SIX IN LINE.
>> IT WILL STAY BUSY AT LUNCH, NIGHT TIME AND WEEKENDS.
ALL DAY LONG WE GET A FLOW.
>>HUELL: YOU LIKE THE CHOCOLATE, AND >> THE LEMON.
>>HUELL: THE FILLED ONES.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: HAVE YOU HAD ONE BEFORE?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: YEARS AGO?
>> THIS IS OUR FAVORITE PLACE.
>>HUELL: THIS IS A WHOLE NEW THING.
>> THIS WAS ELVIS'S FAVORITE PLACE.
>> HE LIKED THE JELLY DOUGHNUTS.
>>HUELL: I NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US WORLD FAMOUS, ELVIS'S FAVORITE DONUTS.
>>HUELL: LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO HE ELVIS, IS HE BALLOONED UP.
>> BUT HE HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
>>HUELL: GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE A DOZEN HERE.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: UP WON'T EAT THOSE ALL YOURSELF.
>> NO TAKING THEM TO WORK.
>>HUELL: DO YOU DO THIS EVERY DAY?
>> ALMOST WHEN I'M WORKING.
>>HUELL: A DOZEN DONUTS?
>> A DOZEN OR TWO.
>>HUELL: OH, BOY.
>> WE PREFER TWO.
>> I'M HERE ALL OF THE TIME.
>>HUELL: YOU LIKE THOSE DONUTS DON'T YOU?
>> MY CO WORKERS DO.
ARE YOU ON THE -- >>HUELL: YES, HUELL HOWSER.
>> I ALWAYS WATCH THAT SHOW ON CHANNEL 3.
>>HUELL: NICE TOE SEE YOU.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
GOOD MORNING, HOW MANY DOUGHNUTS DO YOU HAVE HERE?
>> A COUPLE DOZEN.
>>HUELL: WHERE DO THEY GO?
>> I TAKE THEM TO CLIENTS.
>>HUELL: HOW DID YOU FIND ABOUT KRISPY KREME?
>> LIVE IN THE AREA AND PASSING BY, I CAME IN AND THEY WERE GIVING SOME AWAY.
THEY WERE GOOD DOUGHNUTS.
I HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COAST AND SOUTH THAT KNOW ABOUT THEM.
THEY TOLD ME ABOUT IT, IT'S GOOD.
GOOD FOR MY BUSINESS.
>>HUELL: I GREW UP EATING THESE THINGS.
>> MIRP PARENTS DID TOO.
>>HUELL: THEY KNEW ABOUT KRISPY KREME?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: YOU MUST HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
YOU HAVE SMILING PEOPLE.
>> YES IT'S EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY.
HERE IS A FREE SAMPLE.
THEY LOVE US.
>>HUELL: ONCE THEY GET THE FIRST BITE.
>> THEY'RE HOOKED.
THEY'RE HOOKED.
HI A MAN SAY WE CAME YESTERDAY AND GOT DOUGHNUTS AND WE'RE BACK TODAY.
I SAID YES WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
>>HUELL: YOU'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.
>> YES EVERY WEEK A COUPLE OF TIMES.
>>HUELL: THIS IS VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH THE CEMIST REE KEMREE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
>> THE MIXTURE OF PEOPLE.
ALL DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS AND FINANCIAL GROUPS AND THE KIDS LOVE US.
AS YOU TALKED WITH THE EMPLOYEE SHE SMILES, HER JOB IS FUN.
EVERYTHING IS FUN, WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.
>>HUELL: YES.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE LOTS TO DO.
YOU MAKE THE DONUTS HERE.
SO, PEOPLE CAN COME IN, YOU HAVE IT FIXED UP SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK THROUGH THE GLASS HERE AND WATCH THEM BEING MADE.
I DON'T REMEMBER THAT FROM THE PAST.
>> THE NEW PROTOTYPES HAVE THE SEATING, THEY HAVE REVERSED -- MOST OF THE FAST FOODS YOU SEE YOU GO TO THE CASH REGISTER AND LINEUP AND PLACE AN ORDER.
HERE YOU HAVE TO COME IN THE DOOR AND WATCH THE DOUGHNUTS.
THAT'S THE CONCEPT.
YOU SEE THE MAKING, THROUGH THE FRYER, GLAZIER, AND THE BEST PART THE HOT DOUGHNUTS TO YOUR MOUTH.
>>HUELL: I'M LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER, I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT OF BEEN ME FOR A MINUTE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE ME EATING A DOUGHNUT IN THE OLD DAYS.
>> COULD OF BEEN THESE ARE ACTUAL PICTURES OF KRISPY KREME FROM THE SOUTH EAST.
>>HUELL: THESE ARE YOUR -- YOUR HAPPY WORKERS.
NOW, WHAT'S THE HISTORY OF KRISPY KREME EXACTLY?
>> KRISPY KREME IS 62 YEARS OLD, STARTED IN 1937 IN WHICHEN WHICHEN TOEN-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.
IT'S STILL HEAD QUARTERED THERE.
ALL OF THE SECRETS ARE CONTROLLED THERE AND THEY SHIP THEM TO US AND WE USE THEM.
STILL HAVE THE SMILING FACES AND KIDS THAT LOVE THE PRODUCTS.
IT'S 62 YEARS LATER AND THE DONUTS ARE STILL THE SAME.
>>HUELL: THIS LOOKS LIKE THE KRISPY KREME STORE IN NASHVILLE ON GALITON ROAD WHERE WE USE TO STOP, THERE'S THE 60'S CARS OUT HERE.
THEY ALL HAD THE SAME LOOK TO THEM.
>> YES.
THIS IS -- THEY HAVE CHANGED THE KRISPY KREME A LITTLE BIT.
THE ROOF LINES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
FOR THE MOST PART THEY KEEP THE GABLE ROOFS, ROOF TILES, WE DON'T USE THE RED BRICK ANYMORE OUT HERE.
>>HUELL: YOU ARE PLAYING OFF THE OF THE NOSTALGIA HERE.
>> AS YOU SAY THAT'S WHAT YOU REMEMBER FROM DAYS PAST AND THEY'RE GOOD WARM MEMORIES.
>>HUELL: WE CAPITALIZE ON THAT.
WARM MEMORIES BECAUSE IT'S THE HEAT OF THE DOUGHNUT, THE WARMTH OF THE DOUGHNUT THAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL.
COME ON BACK HERE, LOUIE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK, THERE THEY ARE ROLLING OFF THE LINE HERE.
THESE ARE THE MOST FAMOUS HERE.
JUST THE REGULAR GLAZED DOUGHNUTS.
>> IN THE SOUTH THESE ARE JUST KRISPY KREME.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN EVEN WHEN YOU YOU WERE IN TENNESSEE YOU WOULD ASK FOR A DOZEN KRISPY KREME AND YOU WOULD GET 12 GLAZED.
>>HUELL: THERE WERE CHOCOLATE GLAZED TOO.
>> YES SAME DONUT DIPPED IN THE CHOCOLATE IN THE BACK.
THIS IS THE PREDOMINANT SELLER, 70% OF SALES ARE GLAZED RINGS.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS THE NUMBER OF DOUGHNUTS YOU MAKE.
YOUR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL SAID YOU MAKE ENOUGH DOUGHNUTS EVERY DAY TO -- WHAT WAS THE FIGURE?
>> THIS MACHINE IS CALLED A JUMBO 270, WE CAN MAKE 250 DOZEN DOUGHNUTS AN HOUR.
NOW WE'RE MAKING FOUR A CROSS, WE CAN MAKE SIX ACROSS, WE USE UP THE TRAYS TO MAKE THE CHOCOLATE ICED.
THEN WE SWITCH AND MAKE THE SHELLS FOR JELLY AND KREME FILLED.
WE HAVE MADE PROBABLE A MILLION AND A HALF DONUTS TO DATE SINCE WE OPENED JANUARY 26TH.
>>HUELL: HERE AT THIS ONE STORE?
>> CORRECT.
>>HUELL: LOOK AT THE KIDS LOOKING IN.
THEY LOVE THAT.
>> THE FUN PART FOR THE KIDS IS THEY WATCH THE DOUGHNUTS.
IF ONE DOESN'T FLIP THEY POINT AND KNOCK ON THE GLASS.
WE COULDEN GRAD UE LATE THEM AND THANK THEM AND BRING THEM A HOT DOUGHNUT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS.
THE ADULTS PUT THE NOSE PRINTS ON THE WINDOW TOO.
>>HUELL: LOUIE, WE'RE GOING TO WALK OVER HERE TO GET CLOSE TO BE ACTION HERE.
WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT THIS, DAVE S WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT QUALITY PRODUCTS MOST OF THE TIME YOU THINK OF THINGS NOT MASSED PRODUCED LIKE THIS.
YOU THINK OF SMALL SHOPS THAT MAKE PRODUCTS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MASSED PRODUCE PRODUCT THAT HAS RETAINED IT'S HOME MADE QUALITIES.
I FEEL LIKE I NEED GO TO WORK FOR YOUR PR DEVELOPMENT.
>> YOU ARE.
IT'S MASS PRODUCED YOU ARE RIGHT, EACH DONUT IS HANDMADE.
THE MACHINE EXTRUDES THEM.
WE MIX THEM BY HAND.
THERE'S NO MIXES OR CHILLED OR FROZEN DONUTS.
THERE'S NO WALK IN FREEZERS, ALL WE HAVE IS REFRIGERATION FOR THE MILK.
MASS PRODUCED BIG STAINLESS STEEL MACHINE BUT LITERALLY IT'S HAND MADE AND HOME MADE IN THE STORE.
>>HUELL: I SWORE I WOULDN'T EAT ONE UNTIL THE END OF THE SHOW, BUT I HAVE TO GRAB ONE OFF OF HERE.
I WISH YOU COULD SMELL THIS TOO.
THEY'RE HOT, LOOK HOW THEY -- LOOK HOW THEY JUST.
YOU CAN PRESS THEM TOGETHER.
I I REMEMBERED THAT.
- >> DON'T MAKE THE DONUTS YOU UGLY, HUELL.
>>HUELL: BUT THEY GLOB UP.
- >> THEY'RE LIGHT THOUGH.
>>HUELL: IT'S LIKE EATING -- >> WHZ THE LAST TIME HAD YOU ONE?
>>HUELL: PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO.
>> REALLY.
CAN YOU REMEMBER?
>>HUELL: YES IT'S RUSHING BACK TO ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE I ATE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE ARE A STAPLE.
>> SURE.
THE OTHER THINGS IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH AND HERE WE HAVE FUND RAISING PROGRAMS THAT WE DO FOR THE SCHOOLS.
WE USE DOUGHNUTS FOR THE FUND RAISING AND DONATE DOUGHNUTS TO THE CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, LITTLE LEAGUE, SOCCER TEAMS.
TO HELP PROMOTE THE PROD TUKT AND MAKE US PART OF THE FAMILY COMMUNITY.
>>HUELL: I HAVE TO HAVE A GLASS OF MILK RIGHT NOW.
>> NO PROBLEM.
WHITE OR CHOCOLATE?
>>HUELL: THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT COMES AT YOU WHEN YOU EAT THIS.
YOU ARE ORDERING HOW MANY?
>> THREE DOZEN GLAZEED AND TWO DOZEN CHOCOLATE.
I'M TAKING THEM TO MY SON'S SCHOOL FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND EVERYONE WANTS KRISPY KREME.
>>HUELL: FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO NOBODY HEARD ABOUT KRISPY KREME HERE.
>> I HEARD ABOUT IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN NEW YORK.
IT WAS THE RAGE IN NEW YORK, MAN MANHATTAN.
SO I'M GLAD IT'S HERE, TWO MINUTES FROM WHERE I LIVE.
>> WE DID IT JUST FOR YOU.
>>HUELL: THIS IS THE FIRST STORE, HOW MANY MORE HERE, DAVE?
>> 42.
>>HUELL: 42 MORE KRISPY KREME STORES.
>> GOOD FOR CALIFORNIANS.
>>HUELL: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POLITICALLY CORRECT TO EAT ALL OF THIS SUGAR.
SHOULDN'T WE EAT BEAN SPROUTS THIS MORNING?
>> NOT IN THE MORNING.
A LITTLE SERIAL, DOEN DOENZ, EEG IN IS MODERATION OBVIOUSLY.
OUR KRISPY KREME IS THE SAME CALORIE COUNT AS BAGEL AND CREAM CHEESE.
THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT.
>>HUELL: HOWDY.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU?
>>HUELL: GREAT.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PRESIDENT OF THIS?
>> I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO BRING KRISPY KREME TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>>HUELL: DID YOU KNOW ABOUT KRISPY KREME AHEAD OF TIME OR SEE THIS AS A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY?
>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DOUGHNUT LONG BEFORE IT WAS A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
>>HUELL: WHEN?
>> WELL THIS -- IT DOESN'T GO BACK TOO FAR B THREE YEARS AGO.
>>HUELL: I'M AN OLD TIMER COMPARED TO YOU.
>> FIRST KRISPY KREME IN 20 YEARS.
>> YOU ARE KIDDING?
>>HUELL: YES.
THE TASTE BUDS WERE DORMANT WAITING TO BE REA QUAKE END.
>> WE'VE BEEN MAKING THEM THE SAME WAY FOR 62 YEARS.
>>HUELL: NOTHING HAS CHANGED?
>> NO.
THERE ARE TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS THAT KRISPY KREME HAS ADDED TO PRODUCTION METHOD BUT RECIPE IS THE SAME.
>>HUELL: THERE IT IS.
- >> SOON TO BE DOUGHNUTS.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S -- >> HE WILL ROLL IT UNTIL IT'S IN ONE MASS AND DUMPS INTO THE BIN BY ITSELF.
YOU WILL SEE IT IN A MINUTE.
HE WILL TIME IT TO ALMOST ROLL ITSELF OUT.
>>HUELL: THERE IT GOES.
>> THEN WE USE THE HOIST TO PUT IT IN THE EXTRUDER.
THAT WAY THE WORK HE WERE ES DON'T LIFT THE WORK AND IT'S EASIER FOR THEM AND IT'S SAN IT SANITARY AND CONSISTENT FROM BATCH TO BATCH.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE THIS DOWN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU SHOULD SEE THIS ON A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
>>HUELL: A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS TO GET DOUGHNUTS?
>> WE DO AS MUCH AS NIGHT WITH BUSINESS AS IN THE DAYTIME.
>>HUELL: PEOPLE NEED THE DOUGHNUT FIX.
>> A LOT OF STUDENTS AND AFTER THEATER CUSTOMERS.
IT'S A NICE PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO COME IN WITH THE KIDS.
>> YES.
WE ENTERTAIN THE KIDS WITH THE DOUGHNUTS.
WE DO BIRTHDAY PARTIES, GIRL SCOUT AND BOY SCOUT TROOPS.
WE HAVE A WALL OF PICTURES ON THE WAY OUT.
>>HUELL: THERE THEY ARE.
UP DON'T WASTE A MINUTE.
LOOK OVER HERE, LOUIE.
>> HE IS MIXING THE NEXT BATCH.
EVERYTHING IS SCALED OUT AND READY TO GO.
THAT'S THE WATER AND YEAST BREW.
THEN THE DRY INGREDIENTS.
>>HUELL: IS THAT A SECRET FAMILY RECIPE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IN THESE BAGS HERE.
IT'S THE SAME RECIPE FOR 62 YEARS, OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T THERE THEN.
THEN THE OLD DOUGH IS UP TO TEN POUNDS.
PUT IT UP AND HITS THE GREEN BUTTON AND MIXES FOR 12 MINUTES.
>>HUELL: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DOUGHNUTS.
WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?
>> THESE LITTLE GIRLS WANTED DOUGHNUTS FOR BREAKFAST.
I WANTED TO GO TO THE DRIVE-IN BUT NO THEY WANTED TO COME INSIDE TO SEE THE DOUGHNUTS.
>>HUELL: WOW.
>> THIS SAY TREAT.
>>HUELL: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DOUGHNUTS?
>> THEY'RE GOOD.
>>HUELL: THEY'RE GOOD.
>> YOUR MOUTH IS FULL TOO.
>>HUELL: DOES GRANDMA LIKE THE DOUGHNUTS TOO?
>> DEFINITELY.
>>HUELL: COME ON IN.
COME IN AND GET THE DOUGHNUTS.
WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE?
>> I LOVE YOUR SHOW.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S THE STORY?
>> HERE MAKING OUR KRISPY KREME RUN.
>>HUELL: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WE CAME A LONG WAY.
>>HUELL: HOW FAR?
>> LIKE FROM THE SILVERLAKE HE ECHO PARK AREA.
>>HUELL: WE HEAR THAT PEOPLE MAKE PILGRIMAGES.
>> WE TRY TO HOLD BACK.
>>HUELL: HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT KRISPY KREME?
>> ON THE WEB SITE, WE WERE IN NEW YORK ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AND HAVE BEEN AT IT SINCE.
>>HUELL: HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ONE OPENING NEAR SILVERLAKE.
>> THERE'S ONE IN VAN NUYS OPENING SOON.
>>HUELL: YOU FOLLOW THIS THING.
>> YOU HAVE TO TOO.
>>HUELL: ARE YOUR HANDS SHAKING?
>> ALMOST.
>>HUELL: THEY CAME FROM SILVERLAKE.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S YOUR JOB HERE?
TOIFRJTS CLEAN UP.
>>HUELL: HUH-UH.
>> HUH-UH.
>>HUELL: WHAT ABOUT THIS PLACE?
>> IT'S GREAT, THE PEOPLE ARE GREAT.
>>HUELL: WHEN THEY COME IN?
>> ALL DIFFERENT KINDS COME IN.
I WORK THE GRAVE YARD AND WE GET ALL DIFFERENT AGES.
THEY COME AND STUDY HERE.
>>HUELL: STUDY HERE?
>> IN GROUPS.
>>HUELL: A LOT LIKE TO LOOK AT -- >> THEY COME FOR THAT TOO.
>>HUELL: GOOD MORNING.
WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?
>> GAD MORNING.
WE'RE HAVING A END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION.
MY DAUGHTER LOVES THE DOUGHNUTS.
SHE ASKED TO COME HERE FOR A SPECIAL TIME TOGETHER THIS MORNING.
>>HUELL: WHAT ARE YOU EATING THIS MORNING?
>> CHOCOLATE GLAZED DOUGHNUTS?
>>HUELL: CHOCOLATE GLAZED.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE KRISPY KREME?
>> THEY TASTE VERY GOOD.
>>HUELL: WE'RE DOING A LITTLE COMMERCIAL HERE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT BECAUSE WE GET ALL OF THESE TESTIMONIALS.
NICE PLACE THOUGH, ISN'T IT?
>> YES THE ATMOSPHERE IS NICE AND THE DOUGHNUTS COULDN'T BE FRESHER.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE A HOT ONE?
>> YES IT'S REALLY GOOD.
>> IT'S NICE WE BOUGHT A DOZEN LAST WEEK AND TAKE THEM HOME AND THEY STAY FRESH TILL THE NEXT DAY IF THEY LAST.
>>HUELL: YOU HAVE A NICE DAY >> THANK YOU.
>>HUELL: HERE'S A LADY NOT HESITATING.
GIVE US YOUR ORDER.
>> A HALF A DOZEN OF GLAZE AND A CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH THE FROSTING IF AND THE PLANE FOR THOSE ON A DIET.
>>HUELL: THESE ARE JUST FOR YOU, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CO WORKERS.
>> I'M TAKING THEM SOME TOO.
THEY WON'T LET ME BACK IN THE MEETING WITHOUT THEM.
>>HUELL: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THESE?
>> I WORK FOR THE CITY.
>>HUELL: CITY OF?
>> LA HABRA.
WE HELPED THEM RECRUIT THE EMPLOYEES AND GOT THEM STARTED.
>>HUELL: HOW DOES FEEL TO BE THE NUMBER ONE, THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE NEW CHAIN THAT WILL BE ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HERE.
>> BRING DOUGHNUTS TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
EVERYONE WANTS TO TASTE THEM.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
>>HUELL: CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING THIS IN YOUR TOWN.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE?
>> A HALF A DOZEN.
>>HUELL: LOOK.
>> GREAT FOR WHEN YOU MISS BREAKFAST AND HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR IT.
>>HUELL: I CAN FEEL THE HEAT THROUGH THE BOTTOM.
>> YA, IT'S GREAT.
YOU PUT YOUR HAND OVER IT AND IT'S WARM.
THIS WILL HIT THE SPOT.
>>HUELL: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PLACE?
>> HOW CAN YOU NOT, PEOPLE COME HERE FROM ALL OVER.
BEVERLY HILLS.
BUT I'M A FORTUNATE.
>>HUELL: HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY COME FROM ALL OVER?
>> YOU HEAR PEOPLE IN HERE TALKING ABOUT COMING FROM THOUSAND OAKS AND EVERYWHERE.
>> FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS WE HAD A PERSON THAT JUST ANSWERED THE PHONE AND GAVE DIRECTIONS FROM WEST LA.
WE PUT THE MAPS ON THE WALLS.
PEOPLE COME FROM SANTA MONICA.
WE HAVE PROBABLY FIVE TO TEN MESSENGERS THAT TAKE DOUGHNUTS TO THE STUDIOS AND SHOWS.
>>HUELL: NOW WHAT'S THE TIME TABLE FOR OTHERS OPENING UP AROUND?
>> WE HAVE THREE MORE THIS YEAR.
BLOCK IN ORANGE, ONTARIO MILLS AND VAN NUYS.
SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER.
THEN SIX TO EIGHT A YEAR GOING FORWARD.
>>HUELL: REALLY.
>> NEXT YEAR PROBABLY IN SAN DIEGO AND FOUR OR FIVE IN LA AND TWO IN SAN DIEGO.
THAT WILL GET US TO THE 42 IN FIVE TO SIX YEARS.
>>HUELL: THIS IS INTERESTING FOR US.
WE'RE DOING THE PROGRAM AT THE FIRST STORE.
IF WE REAIRED THIS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW -- >> WE'RE ESTABLISHING CALIFORNIA GOLD HERE.
>>HUELL: IF WE SHOW THIS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IT WOULDN'T BE A NEW DEAL FOR PEOPLE.
>> EVERYONE WOULD HAVE ONE IN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>>HUELL: IT WOULD BE LIKE WINCHELL DOUGHNUTS.
IT'S A NAME IN EVERYONE'S MIND.
KRISPY KREME WILL BE IN EVERYONE'S BRAIN IN JUST A FEW YEARS.
>>HUELL: WE STILL HAVE, I DON'T THINK WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GUESTS -- YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED A BUNCH THAT HAVEN'T HAD A KRISPY KREME.
AS WE BUILD TWO, TREE, FOUR, FIVE THE WORD WILL GET OUT AND WE WILL BE THE DOUGHNUT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>>HUELL: GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>>HUELL: YOU ARE LOADED DOWN?
>> YES.
THIS WAS MY BIRTH SDPAI MOTHER'S DAY GIFT.
>>HUELL: YOU GOT A KRISPY KREME GIFT CERTIFICATE?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: HAD YOU HAD ONE YET?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
HOT GLAZED.
>> RIGHT.
>>HUELL: I DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU ARE EYEING MY HOT GLAZED.
HERE'S A LADY JUST SMILING.
>> I CAME FROM MISSION VIEJO.
>>HUELL: YOU ARE KIDDING.
>> WILL THESE STAY HOT ALL OF THE WAY BACK?
>> PART OF THEM.
>> HERE'S ONE FOR THE ROAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>>HUELL: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> 12 DOZEN DONUTS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
>>HUELL: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THEM?
>> TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY.
>>HUELL: HOW MANY OF THE TWELVE DOZEN WILL MAKE IT BACK TO SCHOOL?
>> ELEVEN AND A HALF WE WILL FINISH IN THE CAR.
>>HUELL: HAVE HAD YOU A KRISPY KREME GLAZE?
>> YES.
>>HUELL: ARE PEOPLE AT SCHOOL TALKING ABOUT THEM?
>> IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN.
IT'S KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS.
>>HUELL: IS THIS YOUR SON HERE?
>> NO.
ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
WHERE IS CANYON?
>> IN ANAHEIM.
->>HUELL: YOU CAME FROM ANAHEIM TO GET KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS?
>> YES, SIR.
>> THAT'S HOW GOOD THEY ARE.
>>HUELL: WHY ARE YOU QUIET?
>> THEY'RE OUR TALKERS, PR DIRECTORS.
>>HUELL: YOU JUST EAT THE DOUGHNUTS.
>> YES.
>>HUELL: JUST STAND RIGHT HERE, DAVE, COME ON OVER HERE.
LET'S STAND HERE, I GUESS THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO END THE PROGRAM HERE.
THESE GUYS ARE GETING IT 12 DOZEN DOUGHNUTS.
HERE ITS, THIS LITTLE DOUGHNUT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MY FINGERS HAVE CREASED INTO THE DOUGHNUT BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT.
IT'S VERY -- IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST THE BEST.
IT'S A SOUTHERN TRADITION, IT'S AN EASTERN TRADITION, A HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE ON THE EAST COAST AND SOUTH.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF?
>> 42.
>>HUELL: 42 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT YET YOU WILL SOONER OR LATER.
EVERYONE WILL GET ONE OF THESE DOUGHNUTS.
IT'S A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
A GOOD CHANGE, A GOOD CHANGE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AS WE SAID EARLIER, PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
EVERY CUSTOMER'S FACE.
THEY LOVE TO COME IN AND THEY TAKE PICTURES OF THE PHENOMENON.
>>HUELL: TAKING PICTURES OF A DOUGHNUT.
WOW.
>> THE KIDS, THAT'S THE BEST PART.
THE STUDENTS HAVE EMBRACED US, SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE EMBRACED US S SUITS HAVE EMBRACED US, BUSINESS WOMEN AND LITTLE KIDS.
>>HUELL: WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE THAT I CANERS GOOD DONUTS.
IN AN AGE WITH SO MUCH NEGATIVE STUFF ON THE NEWS EVERY NIGHT AND THE BAD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, ISN'T IT NICE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS COME ALONG AND BROUGHT SMILES TO PEOPLE'S FACES.
>> IT IS.
EVERYONE COMES IN, THE CIDS SAFE AND LOVING IT.
THEY RUN AROUND AND WE FEED THEM.
THEY'RE ARE COLORING BOOKS AND CRAYONS.
>>HUELL: I HAVE BEEN ON THE WAGON FOR ALL-THESE YEARS AND I HAVE FALLEN OFF.
KRISPY KREME FOUND ME IN CALIFORNIA.
>> WE'RE HAPPY TO FIND YOU AND KEEP YOU OFF THE WAGON.
>>HUELL: LOUIE AND I WILL HAVE A DOZEN TO GO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>HUELL: MAYBE TWO DOZEN.
>> MAYBE TWO.
>>HUELL: NOW, HERE ARE THE FELL AS FROM CANYON HIGH SCHOOL, FELL AS WHAT HAVE YOU JUST POLISHED ON HERE?
>> THE FOUR POLISHED OFF TWO
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