Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships
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Krispy Kreme identifies flour, shortening, and sugar as principal ingredients and reports producing proprietary mix and concentrate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for international shipment and local blending 1.
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The company reported using approximately 20 principal vendors, but its public filing does not identify vendor names, source countries, Israeli agricultural exporters, or an Israeli importer-of-record entity 1.
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Krispy Kreme’s disclosure describes worldwide mix and concentrate supply and franchisee operations, but it does not substantiate Israeli supplier relationships, seasonal Israeli procurement, or indirect Israeli-origin sourcing 1.
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No public evidence identified.
Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance
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Krispy Kreme’s corporate disclosure describes global product-mix production and franchise instructions, but does not identify Israeli-origin or settlement-origin products, an Israeli labelling policy, country-of-origin disputes, or Israeli regulatory enforcement matters 1.
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No public evidence identified of product-origin documentation linking Krispy Kreme ingredients, mix, concentrate, or finished products to Israel or the occupied territories 1.
Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure
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Krispy Kreme reported company-owned international operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, and Japan; Israel was not identified among those jurisdictions 2, 1.
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The company’s Market Development segment covers global franchise operations, so the listed company-owned jurisdictions do not conclusively exclude every potential franchise market 2.
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Krispy Kreme’s filings identify no Israeli franchisee, investment, facility, research-and-development site, or Israeli securities or bond holding 2, 1.
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At 29 December 2024, Krispy Kreme reported approximately $98.9 million in ingredient and other forward-purchase commitments without disclosing counterparty or country-level detail, and no Israeli counterparty was identified 1.
Operational Presence & Market Activity
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As of 28 December 2025, Krispy Kreme reported 2,125 branded shops in 42 countries, comprising 303 company-owned U.S. shops, 579 company-owned International shops, and 1,243 Market Development franchise shops 2.
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Krispy Kreme’s company-owned International segment covers the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, and Japan, and its 2025 location directory did not verify a location in Israel or the occupied territories 2, 3.
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Americana Restaurants reported 388 Krispy Kreme restaurants and $87 million in Krispy Kreme brand revenue during 2024, describing itself as the largest and only Krispy Kreme franchise partner in MENA and Kazakhstan and recording the brand’s entry into Morocco that year 4.
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Americana describes operations across 12 countries in MENA and Kazakhstan, but Israel is not identified in its disclosed operating-country footprint; this is evidence about Americana’s stated footprint rather than conclusive proof concerning every Krispy Kreme franchise arrangement 4.
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No public evidence identified of a Krispy Kreme office, warehouse, retail location, workforce, tax registration, or market-revenue disclosure in Israel, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights within the reviewed materials 1, 2, 3.
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The task-supplied pre-scan reported no Krispy Kreme reference in the reviewed 2023–2025 settlement-related materials, including the September 2025 OHCHR update; this is document-scoped and does not establish database-wide or worldwide absence 5.
Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties
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Krispy Kreme, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and its common stock trades on Nasdaq under the symbol DNUT 2.
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The company reports that “Krispy Kreme,” unless context indicates otherwise, comprises Krispy Kreme, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries 2.
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Its principal business began in 1937, and the current reporting entity is a U.S.-incorporated public company rather than an Israel-founded entity 2.
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The authoritative FY2025 subsidiary schedule did not identify an Israeli-incorporated consolidated subsidiary in the retrieved corporate-record results 6.
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Krispy Kreme’s filings do not identify Israeli incorporation, headquarters, tax residence, state ownership, government appointment, golden-share structure, or critical-infrastructure status 1, 2, 6.
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The 2026 proxy describes Keurig Dr Pepper as an affiliated company of JAB in a related-party trademark-licensing disclosure, which evidences a disclosed JAB-group affiliation but does not itself establish an Israeli nexus 7.
Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution
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Krispy Kreme reports three operating segments - U.S., International, and Market Development - with global franchise operations included in Market Development 2.
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The reviewed filings do not disclose Israel-specific revenue, profit, tax payments, dividends, royalties, franchise fees, repatriated earnings, or other economic contribution 1, 2.
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No public evidence identified of Israeli state financing, Israeli research-and-development expenditure, settlement-linked economic activity, or profit repatriation from Israel or the occupied territories in the reviewed materials 1, 2.
Footnotes
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001857154/000119312525100557/d825354dars.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715426000015/dnut-20251228.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13
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https://www.americanarestaurants.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Integrated-AR_Americana_Restaurants_2024_ENG-V2.pdf ↩ ↩2
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https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/un-human-rights-office-updates-database-businesses-involved-israeli ↩
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715426000015/exh211-listofsubsidiariesf.htm ↩ ↩2
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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000119312526182138/d90101ddef14a.htm ↩