Donuts - In Cargo Hold
 

Hello.

Anyone know if it would be possible to safely transport donuts in checked luggage? or are the bag's tossed around too much ?

Thanks

David

If you don't mind squished doughnuts.

:(

Hmm, ok i need to think of another way to transport donuts over the 1000km.

Just how many doughnuts are you planning to transport? Woudn't carry on work for a dozen or two?

As many as i could fit in 2 checked bags + carry on.

I'm thinking roadtrip, but even with 2 people its still a 11 hour drive :( which will not result in great donuts.

(aim is to buy donuts at 1.50 each, and sell for 4 dollars each)

So 30 dollars profit per box.

Cheapest flight is 110 dollars, cheapest mileage earning flight is 180.

So if its air travel i need at least 4 boxes to cover airfare + then transport from home airport to distribution point.

Donut shop is in destination terminal so no costs on that side.

$4 doughnuts? Seriously?

After reading this thread you might have a different take:
AA mechanic claims a 762 contained 900-1000 mice, mostly dead ones

Krispy Kreme is insanely popular here, BUT only sydney + now melbourne (just opened in last 2 days) have stores.

In melbourne there exists a 5 hour wait atm for donuts, black market they are selling for 5+ dollars each.

Brisbane is Krispy Kreme less, there might be money to be made here :-p

Maybe he thinks it is 10 years ago and Chrispee Crhym will sell on freeway exitramps?

If you like Matzodonuts :D

LOL.... a black market for donuts! :D

Maybe your venture would be worth investing in a hardened case?

(PS - I knew this had to have had something to do with Krispy Kreme...)

$4 AUD, remember our min wage here is around 20 dollars.

so thats 5 donuts per hours work.

In Chicago they were 89 cents each from memory.

And whats min wage in america? 6/7 dolalrs?

so about 7 donuts per hour.

I think the demand exists, allready got got plenty of interest at 2.50 a donut ($30 a box) so maybe i can go for volume > Price.


This all seems alittle far fetched, but it's looking allright to me, but that might be because of the stress of the past week of exams and that i would love the chance to take a few trips to sydney :)

Are you sure customs is going to let you in with cases of doughnuts?

Domestic flight, not even everyone goes though a metal detector.

I wouldn't expect them to hold up well.

As an aside, I don't get the craze over Krispy Kreme.

They wouldn't get crushed in a standard hard-shell suitcase. You ought to be able to get a couple of used ones fairly cheap at a second-hand store. They might get bounced around a bit, so use bubble wrap or something similar (crushed newspapers might do the job) to cushion them. I think they'd arrive in salable condition.

That said, I seem to remember some good donuts last winter (June, to avoid confusion) in one of the food areas below street level off the Queen Street Mall. I'm surprised there's a market for KK in Brisbane, but if you say so...