Krispy Kreme District Manager Permjit Mahar (right) and event designer in front of sign at Mimico store. Staff photo.
The world’s largest doughnut shop Krispy Kreme is draped with balloons and has been open in Mimico for several days and already business is brisk.
The location at 2458 Lake Shore Blvd. W., is the 17th in the GTA in a global company with 14,000 stores in 39 countries around the world.
The company is more than three times larger than Tim Hortons, with 4,000 locations in Canada.
District Manager Permjit Mahar said the Mimico location opened on August 27 and will be open seven days a week.
The facility employs about 90 employees, most who live in the Mimico area.
Eager staff of the newest Krispy Kreme store in Mimico are ready to serve customers.
The store is an actual factory that prepares and bakes about 480,000 tasty Krispy Kreme doughnuts every day that are sold retail or shipped to other stores in its chain.
“We have had a good turnout and support from the community,” Mahar said. “We have people coming from all over Toronto and Mississauga.”
He said the company looked at a number of locations before choosing Mimico.
“We looked at a lot of locations until we found this one,” Mahar said. “It was a perfect area for the accessibility of people.”
There has been great support from area businesses and residents in general.
Some 48,000 tasty Krispy Kreme doughnuts are baked at the Mimico facility every day.
He said his company is active in the community and work with local group in raising funds for charity.
Founder Vernon Rudolph opened his first Krispy Kreme shop in the 1930s and from there built a corporation which he led until his death in the early 1970s. His dream was continued by others after his death.
The company can be reached by visiting www.krispykreme.ca