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  1. cb
    Member

    This is such a good story.

    http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/traffic-chaos-at-krispy-kreme-doughnut-shop-launch-1-2790943

    It really is like something out of The Onion; there are some great lines in there.

    "“We got the bus. It’s about 25 to 30 minutes, but we had no idea where the store was so we got lost. It was raining – we had to get a taxi. We then waited about 40 minutes in the queue, but they gave us free doughnuts so it was OK.”"

    "He conceded the outlet’s close proximity would represent a diet danger, saying: “You can’t just have one, you’ve got to have about six"

    As the first commentator says, "WT actual F?"

    I reckon Hermiston Gait fans will be able to explain the photo and if there really is a mass traffic violation going on by KK customers.

    EDIT: Hadn't noticed this post by coxy

    Posted 11 years ago #

  2. Nelly
    Member

    Taffic chasos caused by fat people driving in their cars to either Krispy Kream or KFC !!

    People working in my place said 'but the only way to H Gait is by car'

    I did point out that I cycle past it every day.......

    Is it any wonder scotland is mocked for its health record when some (admittedly usually daft) peoples idea of a meal is a McDonalds / KFC follwed by a pudding of Doughnuts.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  3. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Collegaue said that cars were queued for Krispy Kreme all the way up the Hermiston Gait sliproads from the Bypass, and also back up Cultins Road form the other direction. And walking-in customers queued about 200 deep out the door.

    Another colleague's girlfriend got him a box of 16 donuts for Valentine's day.

    You would think Scottish people - who are no strangers to sweet, baked goods - had never seen a donut.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  4. thebikechain
    Member

    I despair.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  5. SRD
    Moderator

    As a number of people on twitter have said, if it were Tim Horton's they could understand, but krispy kreme?

    (for those who don't know, not only are tim horton's donuts much nicer, he also played hockey for the maple leafs http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/tim-horton)

    Posted 11 years ago #

  6. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I have a rock to crawl back under in a moment, but when did doughnuts become worthy of a tailback of cars stretching hundreds of metres and two-hour queues? Next's sales I can understand, but doughnuts?

    Oh well, there goes the nation's waistline. Better funnel some more money into the NHS.

    OSM shows a KFC there: http://osm.org/go/evfIZoA~B-

    Posted 11 years ago #

  7. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Last time I checked, crispyness wasn't one of the key qualities I was looking for in a dognut. Jam, on the other hand.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  8. Min
    Member

    Why queue when you can just cycle along to Seafield and stick your mouth under the sewage outlet?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  9. Snowy
    Member

    The Hermiston gait traffic camera showed utter carnage yesterday. Still showing queues where there are normally none.
    Very odd behaviour.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  10. steveo
    Member

    I give it till October, once the hype dies away and people realise what a pain it is to get to HG for a bloody doughnut. Ultimately they're relying on passing drivers stopping on their way to B&Q or Tesco as the rest of the shops clinging on do.

    Also may i add to the chorus of WTF!!

    I am curious in a morbid way as to what makes these things so inciting, why is some American doughnut better than a gregs custard filled heart attack in a bag?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  11. SRD
    Moderator

    Krispy kreme only makes raised donuts ie with yeast/fillings.

    Proper donuts (in my family at least) have a batter based on baking powder and are fried. these ones do have a crsipy outside and a 'cake' like inside.

    Tim Horton's sour cream and 'old fashioned' donuts are nearly as good as our traditional recipe with a hint of nutmeg.

    A completely different category of foodstuff from raised donuts, especially when fresh.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  12. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Year 2043:

    "Grandad, how did we run out of oil?"

    "Driving around looking for doughnuts; now throw another book on the fire".

    Posted 11 years ago #

  13. Bhachgen
    Member

    Year 2043:

    "Grandad, how did we run out of oil?"

    "Driving around looking for doughnuts; now throw another book on the fire".

    Perfect summary of this story. While I didn't physically ROF I certainly LMAO'd.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  14. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    "Last time I checked, crispyness wasn't one of the key qualities I was looking for in a dognut. Jam, on the other hand."

    If you're finding jam in your dognuts I don't know whether to be more worried for you or the dog....

    Posted 11 years ago #

  15. DaveC
    Member

    I read the first half of the peice and found these two bits funny:

    "Despite the snowy weather, the launch of the new outlet in Hermiston Gait saw a record-breaking 300 people waiting anxiously for the doors to open at 7am."

    "Edinburgh Napier University students Melinda Garrott and Elise Setter, both 18, took public transport to reach the popular food outlet after being handed sample doughnuts on Princes Street earlier that day."

    So how early were they handing out doughnuts!!??

    Posted 11 years ago #

  16. deckard112
    Member

    Must admit to being partial to a freshly cooked donut as a treat, but as for this?

    Seriously...seriously!....No, Seriously???!!?!?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  17. thebikechain
    Member

    DaveC - it's clearly made up nonsense. Shameful.

    what records were broken exactly?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  18. kaputnik
    Moderator

    I assume the Krispy Kreme donuts are made in a factory somewhere far away and shipped in by lorry. Possibly no co-incidence that it's at the end of the motorway.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  19. ARobComp
    Member

    They have a doghnut making factory there that you can "look at"

    This one will be the factory that ships to outlets that are to open all over Scotland seemingly....

    Perhaps a bike powered delivery service for offices in Edinburgh would be a good investment right now....

    Posted 11 years ago #

  20. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Still showing queues where there are normally none.
    Very odd behaviour.

    And still they queue!


    The dash for doughnuts

    Posted 11 years ago #

  21. wingpig
    Member

    A colleague popped past it on her way in this morning.

    The sugar-paste coating shatters upon biting, even in an overheated office, where doughnut-coatings usually melt and stick to the fingers. Fortunately only a couple of flakes dropped into my keyboard. The inside tastes exactly the same as the same sort of doughnut from Greggs, which have previously occasionally appeared in the office. Not a patch on a proper doughy jam-filed non-overly-sugared properdoughnut.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  22. Firedog
    Member

    At the risk of going off tangent, surely donuts aren't traditional in Scotland - but doughrings are.

    At least that's what I used to call them. But like fairy cakes, perhaps a term of the past.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  23. cc
    Member

    Perhaps a bike powered delivery service for offices in Edinburgh would be a good investment right now....

    As would investments in companies selling prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, drugs and all the other paraphernalia required by a population succumbing happily to a raging epidemic of diabetes.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  24. gembo
    Member

    @firedog

    When donuts first came to hyndland circa 1990? A dunkin donuts outlet I believe, variety of fillings, huge queues massive prices I did try to speak up for the dough ring.

    Big campaign going on weeks with boxes of free donuts being given away in town centre, everyone at my work had a box.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  25. cb
    Member

    Facts about the first customer:

    Name: Benjamin
    Travelled from: London
    Queued for: 23 hours
    Rewarded with: Free doughnuts for a year
    Trivia: Was the first customer, two years ago at Wales' first KK store.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  26. AKen
    Member

    I've tried these, and I can't see the difference with the freshly-baked doughnuts they sell in Lidl at about a fifth of the price.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  27. MeepMeep
    Member

    The good ol' Daily Wail has even deigned to ignore US 'celebrity' gossip news to throw up a picture slideshow page about it:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279029/Edinburgh-traffic-chaos-Krispy-Kreme-doughnuts-opens-Hermiston-Gait.html

    "Not everyone was impressed, however, with one Twitter user posting: 'Edinburgh will be obese within a year'."

    Here's some news: Edinburgh (for the most part) is already obese. And/or not prepared to change.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  28. gembo
    Member

    @cb

    Did Benjamin have a year without free Krispy Kreme donuts?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  29. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    In other news, Ormiston Grows has an open day tomorrow. Ormiston Grows is a community business developed and run by the village for the village. It aims to generate income by:

    • running a community shop and café on the Main Street
    • growing organic vegetables and fruits for sale in the shop on a plot of land in the village
    • developing a range of environmental projects based on ideas from people in the village
    • running classes and social events

    All profits generated by the business will be ploughed back into Ormiston for the benefit of its residents.

    This is, I think, the antithesis of Krispy Kreme and is a great cycling destination.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  30. crowriver
    Member

    @Tom, yeah but are they giving away free sugar and processed white flour snacks on Princes Street all week for several weeks?"

    No? Hey, where's the marketing, man?

    * Our neighbour knocked on the door either last week or the week before, with a box of doughnuts for the kids. She said someone was giving them away outside her office (near St James centre). I hadn't made the KK connection. I tasted one. It was alright, but not worth going to Hermiston Gate when there's a cheap'n'nasty Greggs round the corner...

    Posted 11 years ago #

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