Editing Krispy Kreme (section)

===Return to private ownership===
[[File:Krispy Kreme Flagship - Times Square (51493531342).jpg|thumb|Krispy Kreme shop open in Times Square, 2021]]
In May 2016, [[JAB Holding Company]], a German investment firm, announced that it made an offer to purchase the company for $1.35 billion over the following two months that would make the company privately owned.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-krispykreme-m-a-jab-idUSKCN0Y01EM JAB to take Krispy Kreme private for $1.35 billion] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603112057/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-krispykreme-m-a-jab-idUSKCN0Y01EM |date=June 3, 2016 }} Reuters, Retrieved May 10, 2016.</ref> The transaction closed on July 27, 2016. In December 2017, Krispy Kreme moved its corporate headquarters to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]; while Winston-Salem retained the majority of operational departments and the Krispy Kreme Support Center.<ref name="South End">{{cite web |url=https://www.journalnow.com/business/krispy-kreme-has-chosen-corporate-site-in-charlotte-s-south/article_ce008996-e4cc-502b-869e-6a5ef807e01e.html |title=Krispy Kreme has chosen corporate site in Charlotte's South End |newspaper=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |last=Craver |first=Richard |date=March 27, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127015908/https://journalnow.com/business/krispy-kreme-has-chosen-corporate-site-in-charlotte-s-south/article_ce008996-e4cc-502b-869e-6a5ef807e01e.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Also in 2010, Krispy Kreme Express, a delivery service for businesses, began testing at the Battleground Avenue location in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/business/2010/nov/22/krispy-kreme-tests-doughnut-delivery-service-ar-557872/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126212117/http://www2.journalnow.com/business/2010/nov/22/krispy-kreme-tests-doughnut-delivery-service-ar-557872/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26 |title=Krispy Kreme tests doughnut-delivery service |last=Craver |first=Richard |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=2010-11-22 |access-date=2010-11-23 }}</ref> In the early 2010s, the company began developing shops with tunnel ovens, which allow for an all-day "Hot Now" hot doughnut experience. On February 24, 2015, Krispy Kreme opened its 1,000th shop, in Kansas City, Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stewart|first1=Matt|title=Krispy Kreme opens 1000th store in KCK|url=http://fox4kc.com/2015/02/24/krispy-kreme-opens-1000th-store-in-kck/|website=fox4kc.com|date=February 24, 2015|access-date=22 September 2015|archive-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919105306/http://fox4kc.com/2015/02/24/krispy-kreme-opens-1000th-store-in-kck/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Krispy Kreme acquired bakery chain [[Insomnia Cookies]] at a $175mm enterprise value, which continues to operate independently.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nunes |first=Keith |title=JAB Holdings to Acquire Insomnia Cookies |url=https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12187-jab-holding-to-acquire-insomnia-cookies |access-date=2021-07-23 |publisher=Food Business News |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505204910/https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12187-jab-holding-to-acquire-insomnia-cookies |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Krispy Kreme Sells Majority Ownership Stake of Insomnia Cookies |url=https://investors.krispykreme.com/news/news-releases/news-details/2024/Krispy-Kreme-Sells-Majority-Ownership-Stake-of-Insomnia-Cookies/default.aspx |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=investors.krispykreme.com |language=en-US}}</ref> On August 25, 2020, the first Krispy Kreme vending machine was launched in North Carolina, featuring 3-packs of doughnuts available 24 hours a day.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Michael|last=Bartiromo|date=2020-08-21|title=Krispy Kreme location in North Carolina to feature 24-hour doughnut vending machine|language=en-US|work=Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/krispy-kreme-north-carolina-doughnut-vending-machine|access-date=2020-09-01|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901155651/https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/krispy-kreme-north-carolina-doughnut-vending-machine|url-status=live}}</ref>