let me check with my friend, curious George. He bought 100 dozen once.

We Canadians know that Tim Horton's donuts are clearly superior to the sugar bombs otherwise known as Krispy Kreme! :o :D What can I say? We have good taste! ;)

Who cares whether Krispy Kreme donuts are any good, or if Americans were previously and Australians are currently suckers fooled by a silly fad? The man seems to have a reasonable, if optimistic, business case and is seriously pondering funding a mileage run by selling donuts on the black market!! Nobody said it would be easy, but hey, let's applaud his ambition, and maybe it will work out.

If you had the opportunity to fly around for free, funded by fulfilling the desires of desperate, tubby office workers who think that spending AU$4 will bring a ray of hope to their sad and lonely existence, wouldn't you do it?

I remember flying DJ last year SYD-MEL And passengers were bringing on those KK trays filled with donuts as their carryon.

goodo

This thread seems destined for the next issue of TalkMail. :D

Hmm, even a night of drinking couldn't convice my mates that it might work.

They are willing to help with driving if we can get enough pre-orders to cover the costs of a roadtrip to Sydney. (although they would be 12+ Hours old by the time we reach brisbane again, so yeah maybe 2 dollars a donut would work).

And yeah we all know that KK is just a fad, but we have no alternative, the donuts you can get here are more like mini sponge cakes, not a yummy fluffy donut :)

I would have opened a KK years ago, but one company bought all the rights for australia. :(

This is a bit OT, but isnt there some regulation about re-selling them? :confused:

Meetings in dark alleys, smoke filled back rooms and lookout men.....for donuts!!

Seriously though. A hard bag with a few dissacant <sp?> bags might be the way to go. The change in temp and humidity from take off to crusing and the reverse might destroy the tasty treats. the dissacant might help to keep them dry (ish) longer


Good luck..and keep your eyes open for a sting!! :p

If you actually try to start a grey-market Krispy Kreme outlet, I would expect the authorities to get involved, if only for health code enforcement. There are probably also trademark restrictions too. KK would argue that reselling old airshipped dounuts devalues its brand, etc.

You can probably get away doing a few in a one-off sale.

The idea of fast food arbitrage has had some semi-serious analysis. You could make USD$5.74 each by buying Big Macs in China and selling them in Norway. You'd have to figure the cost of a lot of heat lamps to cover the flight, though.

KK donuts are awful unless they are hot. I need to open a Tim Hortons in Sydney.
Do you guys have a hockey player I can name the donut shop after? :D
My guess is like London bagels will be big in Australia soon. Bagel shop anyone?

Flying KK to NZ
 

Well the 1 hour flight to BNE is nothing.
On the first few flights to NZ I noticed people were taking boxes on the 3 hour flight across the Tasman. I was curious and asked the MAF (bio-security guys) if they are legal. Yes was the answer as the cream in them are fake but steer away from the custard ones....
Any way, when I am goign back a forward I have requests for them....no mark-up but a little currency hedging....
Secret for the better tasting KK is to heat them up in a microwave for 8-10 seconds.... :D

Hasn't yet been mentioned. But. . . .
If you microwave KK for 10 seconds they "refresh" to that new KK texture, smell, and taste.

I dunno. The glaze seems to run after a day. It wouldn't seem like microwaving would restore the original glaze texture, just the pastry texture.

Either way, I've eaten my last KK. They give me the wind.