teaching note | 14 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Overview With 181 Krispy Kreme stores in 28 states, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in 2001 was rapidly building something of a cult following for its light, warm, melt-in-your-mouth doughnuts. Sales were on an impressive climb, exceeding 3.5 million doughnuts a day. The company’s business model called for 20 percent annual revenue growth, mid-single digit comparable store sales growth, and 25 percent annual growth in earnings per share. Krispy Kreme had created a
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the news over the past few years due to accounting ethical breaches that have affected their customers, employees, and the general public. I searched the Internet to locate a story in the news that depicts an accounting ethical breach. I selected Krispy Kreme. I enjoy their hot donuts and was curious to learn more about how they played with the numbers. For some reason I always want to dig into the trickery behind the manipulation of financial statements. When we get right down to it playing games
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| 14 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Overview With 181 Krispy Kreme stores in 28 states, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in 2001 was rapidly building something of a cult following for its light, warm, melt-in-your-mouth doughnuts. Sales were on an impressive climb, exceeding 3.5 million doughnuts a day. The company’s business model called for 20 percent annual revenue growth, mid-single digit comparable store sales growth, and 25 percent annual growth in earnings per share. Krispy Kreme had created
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KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC (KKD) DEF 14A Definitive proxy statements Filed on 05/11/2012 Filed Period 06/12/2012 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant [X] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary
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comenzó a preparar donuts. El primer local llamado Krispy Kreme se abrió en 1933 en Nashville (Tennessee) con el apoyo de Vernon, pero pronto éste vendería su participación. Con el dinero ganado, Vernon abrió en 1937 una tienda de donut en Winston-Salem(Carolina del Norte), que se convirtió en el primer local reconocido de la marca. En ese tiempo, Rudolph vendía directamente los donut a las tiendas, y más tarde comenzó a hacerlo individualmente. Krispy Kreme inició su expansión a otros estados en 1946,
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts ACCT 6334. Taiwan – Auditing Fall 2013 Class Research Project STUDENT: Chien-Yun Tseng UTD ID# 2021195349 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION................................................................ 3 CHAPTER1. THE CLIENT ACCEPTANCE /CONTINUATION PROCESS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CLIENT ... 4 CHAPTER2. OBTAINING AN
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Attempt Only Four NO. 1 MARKETING SPOTLIGHT- NIKE Nike hit the ground running in 1962. Originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports, the company focused on providing high-quality running shoes designed especially for athletes by athletes. Founder Philip Knight believer that high-tech shoes for runners could be manufactured at competitive prices if imported from abroad. The company’s commitment to designing innovative footwear for serious athletes helped it build a cult following among American consumers
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I Historia * Krispy Kreme nace en el 1933, cuando un inversionista llamado Vernon Rudolph compra una tienda de donas en Paducah, Kentucky, perteneciente a un chef francés llamado Joe LeBeauque. Este ya había creado una receta para unas donas esponjadas a base de levadura, únicas en Estados Unidos y base de las famosas donas hechas famosas por Krispy Kreme. * En el 1935 El negocio de las donas Krispy Kreme pronto salió del establecimiento y se muda a Nashville, Tennessee para venderse
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CASE 8: KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS Krispy Kreme is a doughnut manufacturer and retailer that were founded in July of 1937. Within its seventy year life time KK went from a small rented out building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to a global recognizable firm. Through that time KK has become a franchising company that has made changes within its life time. Most of the changes came in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A few years after those changes were made KK management realized that they had made
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Starbucks Corporation Company Profile 12/15/2011 Company Overview: Starbucks Corporation is a premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee. The company operates in the US, Asia Pacific, the Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA) region, and Latin America. Starbucks is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and employs 137,000 people. The company recorded revenues of $10,707.4 million during the financial year ended September 2010* (FY2010), an increase of 9.5% over FY2009. The operating profit
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