Rice Krispies

Financial Performance As of April 10, 2009, there were approximately 14,700 shareholders of record of common stock. Company did not pay dividends in fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2008. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts retained any earnings to finance business and did not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the terms of secured credit facilities prohibit the payment of dividends on common stock. No purchases were made by or on behalf of the Company of its equity securities in…

The doughnut evidently first appeared in the 1800s in Manhattan, they were known as oily cakes. The Dutch were the ones who introduced them to America. In 1847 it was claimed that a 16-year-old sailor, Captain Hanson Gregory, invented the hole in the doughnut when he needed to have both hand on the wheel in a storm he stuck the doughnut through a spoke of his ships wheel. Though others claim that the hole was made in the middle because the sides would be fried but the inside would be raw. Later…

menu, which contained vast amounts of edible options. I chose to start with the basics and selected three appetizers, steamed beef dumplings, shrimp rolls, and crab ragoons. In addition, I decided to order sweet and sour chicken with steamed white rice as an entrée. The waiter took my order and proceeded towards the kitchen. Within 10 short minutes she returned with the hot steaming appetizers in hand. The appetizers were served on three separate plates accompanied by their own specific dipping…

The topic of Week nine is the foodways of Japanese-Americans, and how they differ from Japanese traditions. To learn more about this, we were assigned four readings. The first one, “Japan: Japanese Food”, by Ayako Yoshimura explains the diffusion of Japanese foodways into America. She starts by describing how Japanese people entered the United States, which occurred when the Edo seclusion policy was nullified, allowing people to migrate in order to find work. A large percentage flocked to…

discrepancies in future rice yield due to climate warming; the highest decrease in rice yield will probably occur in most areas of low latitude (Krishnan et al. 2011), whereas increase in rice yield may occur in some area of high latitudes (Rosenzweig et al. 2014). Nevertheless, spatial and temporal changes in rice yield are quantified by the modeling studies with fixed cropping patterns over the continuum of future climate change.…

Music and dance in Madagascar is more impromptu and it is not uncommon to see someone express themselves emotionally through song and dance, or for a group of villagers to get together and play. As this is more of a jam scenario there is more concern among the musicians about keeping rhythm than exploring linear chord progressions or melodic patterns (Koskoff). Finally, modern Malagasy music does incorporate the traditional instruments and techniques listed above. But a band composed of modern…

Basmati rice is long grained aromatic rice which is traditionally grown and cultivated in India and Pakistan. The aroma of basmati rice is typical and is due to the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1 pyrroline. Basmati rice contains about 0.99 ppm of this aromatic chemical compound naturally which is about 12 times more than the content of this compound in other non - basmati varieties of rice. There are several varieties of basmati rice that are produced in India as well as Pakistan. Cooking basmati…

are busy. There are many cereals that have good nutrients and proteins that give you a “boost” throughout the day. In addition to that, a healthy grain cereal can help cure digestive problems. Not all cereals are nutritious but many are. Brands like “Rice Chex” cereal is gluten free, sugar free and low calorie! That is always a good choice for a healthy…

In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, the author, used five unusually words that consist of, brisk, congenial, conjured, rapacious, and compulsion. Brisk has an origin of French and English. The meaning of brisk is the same as, active, fast, and/or energetic. In the story Roald had said “He walked briskly down the street,” so he was saying that Billy was walking quickly or fast down the street. The next word that he used was congenial, which means, pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or…

Krispy Kreme has attracted a wide array of customers through a variety of styles since 1937. Their doughnuts are sold at numerous locations including convenience stores, supermarkets, and at Krispy Kreme locations. If their doughnuts were better for your health, Krispy Kreme’s customer population would rise even more. Unfortunately, Krispy Kreme is fattening, buttery, and nonorganic. Another downfall of Krispy Kreme is they are not constantly making fresh…