Vernon Rudolph

Vernon Rudolph

Vernon Carver Rudolph (June 30 1915, Marshall County, Kentucky - August 16 1973) was the founder of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.

In 1933,Rudolph's uncle bought a shop and recipe for yeast raised donuts from a federal employee from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Early in the summer of 1937, Rudolph moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, rented a building across from Salem College and Academy, and on July 13 1937, using that original recipe, the first Krispy Kreme doughnuts were made. Rudolph's first customers were local grocery stores, but people began to stop by the store asking if they could buy hot doughnuts.

Rudolph opened the shop for retail business by cutting a hole in the shop's wall and selling them out this new window. This extemporaneous carpentry was the origin of Krispy Kreme's modern-day window service.

External links

* [http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d7594.htm Krispy Creme history with Rudolph bio]


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