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Subject: [CANSLIM] KKD - Amazing
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 00:00:21 -0600
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_10E9_01C2CA4E.140A3BB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tom, I saw it with my own eyes.... a sugar oasis! I love to people watch and had a great time watching hordes of folks = stand in line and circle in cars a garish white building with several = orange neon lights signaling the serving of hot doughnuts 'NOW". Had to = share in your experience so we went inside to get a 'hot one'. The end = of the line formed outside but within 5 minutes I was handed a hot = doughnut in a paper wrapper. As we approached the counter I kept hearing = 'magic moment' yelled out followed by cheering, whistling and clapping = of hands. Soon it was my 'turn'... the counterman asked if this was my = first visit... when I said yes, he yelled magic moment and the 10 or so = employees started their cheering, etc. The place reminded me of a bad = bar... packed with folks and very loud music (70's) and folks having to = shout to be heard... the only difference was the lighting... KKD's was = almost too bright and the white furnishings and walls seem to exaggerate = their over-bright white look... the crowd there at 11.00 pm told me = that the folks love it so I'm no judge of decor... Eating a hot doughnut was different but it will never replace an Oreo = with a cold glass of milk! My question is what made this 66 year old company come back to life? Couldn't help looking around while we were outside.... on one corner was = a new Central Market, another had a big Blockbusters and another Condoms = to Go.... couldn't find a Starbuck's... Gene - ------=_NextPart_000_10E9_01C2CA4E.140A3BB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4916.2300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Tom, I saw it with my own eyes.... a sugar=20 oasis!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I love to people watch and had a great time = watching=20 hordes of folks stand in line and circle in cars a garish white building = with=20 several orange neon lights signaling the serving of hot doughnuts 'NOW". = Had to=20 share in your experience so we went inside to get a 'hot one'. The end = of=20 the line formed outside but within 5 minutes I was handed a hot = doughnut in=20 a paper wrapper. As we approached the counter I kept hearing 'magic = moment'=20 yelled out followed by cheering, whistling and clapping of = hands. Soon=20 it was my 'turn'... the counterman asked if this was my first visit... = when I=20 said yes, he yelled magic moment and the 10 or so employees started = their=20 cheering, etc. The place reminded me of a bad bar... packed with folks = and very=20 loud music (70's) and folks having to shout to be heard... the only = difference=20 was the lighting... KKD's was almost too bright and the white = furnishings and=20 walls seem to exaggerate their over-bright white look... the crowd = there=20 at 11.00 pm told me that the folks love it so I'm no judge of=20 decor...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Eating a hot doughnut was different but it will = never=20 replace an Oreo with a cold glass of milk!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>My question is what made this 66 year old = company come=20 back to life?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Couldn't help looking around while we were = outside.... on=20 one corner was a new Central Market, another had a big Blockbusters = and=20 another Condoms to Go.... couldn't find = a Starbuck's...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Gene</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_10E9_01C2CA4E.140A3BB0-- - - - -To subscribe/unsubscribe, email "majordomo@xmission.com" - -In the email body, write "subscribe canslim" or - -"unsubscribe canslim". Do not use quotes in your email.
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