Last Area Krispy Kreme Closes Its Doors

Buffalo News:

The Krispy Kreme “Hot Doughnuts Now” sign has been permanently extinguished in Western New York.

Cheektowaga-based Dynamic Doughnuts pulled the plug on its Walden Avenue Krispy Kreme retail outlet at the close of business Saturday, ending the Buffalo area’s nearly eight-year love affair with the sweet treats.

The closing of the store at 2021 Walden Ave., which housed the company’s wholesale bakery operation, means Krispy Kreme doughnuts will no longer be available anywhere in Western and Central New York. Dynamic closed its only other Krispy Kreme shop on Niagara Falls Boulevard in the Town of Tonawanda in August 2006.

Some two dozen Krispy Kreme employees are affected by the shutdown. Representatives of Dynamic did not return phone calls Monday regarding the weekend closure decision.

Earlier this year Cosentino Cos., Dynamic’s parent firm, put the prime Walden Avenue location on the market with a $2.9 million price tag seeking a sale/lease back deal.

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