Krispy Kreme Offers Free Dozens Sunday

You need to download a coupon now in order to cash in on the offer.

  Krispy Kreme is giving away doughnuts by the dozen on Sunday. It's part of a national Hero Appreciation Day promotion. According to the Krispy Kreme website, you can download a coupon before Sunday that will allow you to buy one dozen of glazed doughnuts and get a second dozen free on Sunday. The company's idea is for customers to share the second dozen with the real life heroes in their lives. Krispy Kreme will also be donating dozens of doughnuts to first responders in the days leading up to promotion on Sunday. Download a Krispy Kreme Hero Appreciation Day coupon at www.heroappreciationday.com today. The coupon is redeemable for one dozen Original Glazed doughnuts free with the purchase of one dozen doughnuts of any variety on April …

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32 Hours in Line for 52 Weeks of Doughnuts

A Springfield man sums up his time in line waiting to be the first customer at the new Havertown Krispy Kreme store.

  Timothy Folkomer has a PhD in the sciences but he didn't need a dissertation to sum up his experience waiting in line for 32 hours to be the first customer at the new Krispy Kreme story in Havertown's Manoa Shopping Center. "Doc" has his business card identifies him, tells Patch he met a lot of nice people. In fact by the time the store opened for customers at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday (the store's normal opening time from Wednesday forward will be 6 a.m.), he had more than 150 fellow doughnut fans with him in line. Why Wait 32 Hours? Folkomer was first in line when he arrived on Sunday a little after 10 a.m.. For his patience he gets a coupon book for 52 free dozens of doughnuts. This is not the first time Folkomer has won free doughnuts for a …

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Johnny Ombly

4:33 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tax laws apply whether you receive forms or not. Income is income. You're right about deductions for donations to qualifying organizations, if he's making such donations. Merely giving things to people less fortunate doesn't meet the criterion.   more ›

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Springfield Man First in Line for Doughnuts

This is not the first time he's done this.

  Timothy Folkomer of Springfield is determined to win a dozen free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts every week for the next year. All he has to do to win them is stay first in line at the new Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop at the Manoa Shopping Center on West Chester Pike in Havertown. As a retired geologist and teacher, Dr. Folkomer, PhD  ("Doc" as his business card says), has the time to devote to being the first in line. He says he arrived Sunday morning a little after 10 a.m., right after teaching a Sunday school class at Covenant United Methodist Church. Folkomer is a veteran Krispy Kreme winner.  He tells Patch he won a dozen doughnuts every week for a year by being the first in line at the now-closed Krispy Kreme in Springfield (that building is…

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Countdown to Krispy Kreme is On

Patch takes you into the kitchen for a sneak preview of the popular doughnuts hot off the iine.

  Delaware County's newest and only Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop is set to open Tuesday morning in the Manoa Shopping Center in Haverford. The store's owner, managers and crew spent Saturday morning going through their paces and hosting a special preview for business and government VIPs and the news media. The store is the fourth for the Philadelphia area Krispy Kreme franchisees but the first in Delaware County. The last Krispy Kreme in the county was in Springfield under different ownership but closed several years ago. That building is now the site of Chic-Fil-A on Baltimore Pike. The Manoa Shopping Center store will open to the public on Tuesday morning at 6:30 a.m.. The first customer in line will win free doughnuts each week for a year…

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Krispy Kreme Coming to Havertown, Bringing Jobs with It

The new shop is holding a jobs fair from Feb. 18 through Feb. 28.

The following was submitted by Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme Philadelphia isn’t just bringing America’s Favorite Doughnut to Havertown —it’s also bringing JOBS! Krispy Kreme Philadelphia’s newest store in Delaware County will be holding an Open House Job Fair beginning on February 18, 2013 and will run through February 28, 2013. The job fair will be held on-site at the Llanerch Fire House - 107 West Chester Pike, Havertown Pa 19083 on Monday, Feb 18 from 11 AM – 4 PM, Tuesday Feb 19 from 9:30 AM – 4 PM and Thursday Feb 21 from 9:30 AM – 4 PM, with more dates the week of Feb 25 to be added shortly. Krispy Kreme is looking for team members with winning attitudes and friendly faces to help them make and serve those famous HOT doughnuts in their …

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Sam D

10:18 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Hava: It's not rhetoric - I work in commercial real estate and I know very well what types of businesses are taking what types of space. So I'm curious, since you say retail in Havertown is "nothing worthwhile" - which I don't disagree with - what types of retail do you ideally see going into where the new Rita's will be opening, or on the retail block between Katz's and the Oakmont Pub? And as a…   more ›

Report: Krispy Kreme Coming to Haverford

The decadent doughnuts will be sold in Manoa Shopping Center, according to the Daily Times.

The former Verizon store in Manoa Shopping Center will soon be home to a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop, according to a recent article in the Delaware County Daily Times: Franchisee Brian Zaslow told the paper, “You can’t get a hot doughnut anywhere else. That is really a great selling point." Read the full story on the Daily Times website.

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