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Originally Posted by clintjm
However North Carolina USA Based Krispy Kreme is quite successful in Japan as it is in the states. I still remember the lines when they launched. They aren't bad, but I don't have much of a sweet tooth...
Dunkin Donuts should be a fail boat every where ever they go. Their coffee is just not good either. The North East of the States are just plastered with them and their commercials with John Goodman just annoyed me.
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I don't mind Krispy Kreme. At least they're nicer than some, if still as unhealthy. I wonder about those lines though, a little cynical part of me is whispering things like 'novelty' and 'attached to ideas that anything American=cool'. I've never seen a Dunkin' D. donut in person but I have a couple of friends from the N. E States and they were pretty vitriolic about Dunkin' D. as well. I don't think i'll bother trying one.
I also noticed the ramen and things! It surprised me, but it's quite nice because then you can go there with people who don't like donuts, or if you don't want something sweet. It used to be our study place. I also noticed they didn't seem to push to sell giant boxes of donuts like Krispy Kreme do, although that may just be me and the branch I was in.
Let's face it though; if anything is causing obesity in Japan it's less likely to be the snacks and more likely to be the booze. I never saw a giant fat japanese person, but I did see beer guts.