Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. - KKD- Profile

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Incorporated. The Group's principal activity is to produce and market doughnuts and related items. The operations are carried out through three segments namely, Company Stores operations, Franchise operations and KK Supply Chain. These stores consist of both retail outlets and highly automated producers of over twenty varieties of doughnuts. The KK Supply Chain segment sells doughnut-making equipment, mix, other ingredients and supplies and also operates in four business units. As of 28-Jan-2007, there were 395 KK stores operated system wide in the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Kuwait of which 113 were owned by the Company and 282 were owned by franchisees. Out of the 395 total stores, there were 296 factory stores and 99 satellites; 239 stores were located in the United States and 156 were located in other countries. Company Store Operations accounted for 57% of 2007 gross revenues; KK Supply Chain, 39% and Franchise Operations, 4%