It’s Krispy Kreme’s Birthday!! ➡️ @krispykreme was founded on this day in history (July 13th) in 1937 right here in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Happy 86th birthday! 🎉 ➡️ The company’s first doughnut factory was in present-day @oldsaleminc. Here, the founder hand-baked delicious doughnuts to sell at local grocery stores and markets. He soon began to sell his hot and fresh doughnuts directly to the customers out of a walk-up window. ➡️ Krispy Kreme began to expand in the 1940s, passing along t

Have you ever completed the Krispy Kreme Challenge? Every winter, brave runners gather at the Memorial Belltower at NC State University for a 2.5-mile race to downtown Raleigh’s Krispy Kreme, where they attempt to eat 12 original glazed doughnuts — and then run back in under an hour. This year, we caught up with some of the racers to learn how they tackle this “unique challenge of athletic and gastrointestinal skill.” | Our State Magazine