On December 6, sweet tooths, not yet full of food, had their eyes glued to a strange event which gathered a large crowd under the Canopée des Halles, in the heart of Paris.
Krispy Kreme opened its first French point of sale that day, before planning 500 in the next five years, in the streets, shopping centers and airports.
It is the thirty-ninth country in the world where this famous American brand, born in Nashville in 1934, sets down its glucose suitcases.
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This first store, cleverly located, has all the makings of yet another Yankee junk food chain setting up in our country.
Its store filled with shelves of red, green and white merchandising gives it the look of a baseball team's fan zone and the ordering terminals are not at all inviting.
However, the Original Glazed, the original donut with its frozen sugar glaze, passes the tasting stage with a certain ease, light, not excessively fatty.
There is even a certain…
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