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Non-Tech : Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bear Down who wrote (155)	4/15/2000 3:08:00 PM
From: Boquacious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1001

Who is this idiot from Harvard---another reason to short TSC--financial planner--what a joke. Among tech stocks, Dee Lee, a planner in Harvard, Mass., suggests staying away from dot-coms. She prefers those companies that build out the Internet infrastructure like EMC and Sun (SUNW:Nasdaq - news - boards). "Look at the companies that provide the end stuff that gets the consumer to the dot-com," she says. But Lee's enthusiasm for tech stocks is underwhelming, at best. "Buy Krispy Kreme (KREM:Nasdaq - news - boards), the doughnut maker that went public last week," she recommends. "At least there's a product."

To: Bear Down who wrote (155)	4/16/2000 3:07:00 AM
From: Geof Hollingsworth	Respond to of 1001

Your argument might be persuasive if you stuck to the stock and its valuation. When you start bashing the product, you sound weak and desperate. I don't own the stock (and don't plan to), but I would open a franchise in a heartbeat if the local constabulary would let me. They are a license to print money. And as far as healthy eating is concerned, who of us doesn't want to eat healthy? But here in the heartland of Tofu, the biggest food sensation of the last year is the arrival of In n Out Burger franchises, which are mobbed within a week of their opening. Krispy Kreme isn't even in Northern Cal. yet, but based on the success down south I think they will be a hit (Union City is first, I think). They have the opportunity to become viewed as "cool", like $60/foot office space in drafty converted warehouses that couldn't rent for $15/foot two years ago. You may be right about the stock, but you are dead wrong about the product, it's appeal, and the potential for growth.