Editing Krispy Kreme (section)

=== Growth ===
[[File:Krispy Kreme corporate headquarters.png|thumb|Krispy Kreme's former corporate headquarters in Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
[[File:Krispy Kreme Corporate Offices.JPG|thumb|upright|Reception desk at Krispy Kreme corporate offices]]
Expansion occurred in the 1950s, including an early store in [[Savannah, Georgia]]. By the 1960s, Krispy Kreme was known throughout the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]], and it began to expand into other areas. In 1976, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation became a wholly owned [[subsidiary]] of [[Beatrice Foods]] of [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The headquarters for Krispy Kreme remained in Winston-Salem. A group of [[Franchising|franchisees]] purchased the corporation back from [[Beatrice Foods]] in 1982.
[[File:A_modern_Krispy_Kreme_shop_in_the_Winston-Salem_area.jpg|thumb|A modern Krispy Kreme shop in [[Clemmons, North Carolina]]]]
Krispy Kreme began another phase of rapid expansion in the 1990s, opening stores outside the southeastern United States where most of their stores were located. In December 2001, Krispy Kreme opened its first store outside the US in [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref>{{cite news |date=2009-04-13 |title=Krispy Kreme Canada Trial Tests Private-Equity Disclosure Rules |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a8mOHRchXI6s |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016222441/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a8mOHRchXI6s |url-status=live }}</ref> The minimum investment amount to open a Krispy Kreme franchise ranges from approximately $450,000 to above $4M.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krispy Kreme |url=https://www.vettedbiz.com/listing/krispy-kreme/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Vetted Biz |date=November 14, 2021 |language=en-US |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901163630/https://www.vettedbiz.com/listing/krispy-kreme/ |url-status=live }}</ref>