When Krispy Kreme shuttered their stores in Houston a decade ago, dedicated doughnut-lovers were despondent.
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But thanks to an invigorated market, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based company is back in H-town, with free hot doughnuts aplenty.
So excited were residents in Pasadena Monday night that many slept curbside before the new store opened — the fourth to open in the Houston area since 2015 — hoping to win a year’s worth of free doughnuts and, of course, a T-shirt.
In an interview with ABC13, a man waiting on line for hours explained his motivation, saying “If you’ve had Krispy Kreme, you know why. They’re better than Shipley’s!”
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Other people in the crowd had been in line since 8:30 p.m. the night before, all for the love of the doughnuts.