Krispy Kreme will you give you a free doughnut every day this year -- if you've been vaccinated

[douglas9]

In case you needed another reason to get your COVID-19 vaccination, Krispy Kreme is sweetening the deal — it's giving free doughnuts to anyone with proof of vaccination, all year long.

Starting Monday, any customer with a valid COVID-19 vaccination card will receive a free Original Glazed doughnut at participating locations nationwide. The iconic doughnut shop specifies that any guests who have received at least one of the two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine qualify for the promotion.

All you need to show is your vaccination card to redeem your doughnut — a vaccine sticker is not valid.

And it's not just a one-time offer. Vaccinated individuals can go back every single day and continue getting free doughnuts through all of 2021.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/krispy-kreme-free-doughnut-every-day-2021-covid-19-vaccination-card/

[True Dough]

1. That's awesome

Now I won't get Covid, but I'll develop diabetes.

[Celerity]

5. tell them you are True Dough and they should give you one free just on the name, lolol

[True Dough]

7. Wait till they find out my middle name

is Carbs.

Easter is coming. You think you could resist one (or more) of these, Celerity?

[Celerity]

13. Bunny Bum ftw

[True Dough]

20. Would be even better

with a few little chocolate droppings!

[Celerity]

21. they make a mini donut version too

[JudyM]

11. True, True Dough. Hopefully more socially responsible companies will jump in with healthier offers.

This point in time is a great opportunity for companies to prove up their social responsibility claims. The possibilities are endless!

[True Dough]

12. Yes, you're right

I'll gladly settle for a new Lexus as a reward for getting vaccinated!

[JudyM]

69. Ha, right, if only.

[Backseat Driver]

18. Believe the science - when counting carbs,

The CDC recommends 45% daily intake in carbohydrates...though just not necessarily all in doughnuts, LOL! Trade down next meal!

https://kkd-nutritional-panels.s3.amazonaws.com/2018OriginalGlazedDoughnutRetailPanel.pdf

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-many-carbs-per-day-for-a-diabetic

[wnylib]

48. Beat me to it. That was my first thought, too.

[WarGamer]

72. exactly... this.

[soothsayer]

2. the fake name @krispykreme used for its #COVID19 free donut promotion is "Jane Dough" and that's inc

Link to tweet

?s=21

Max Burns
@themaxburns
I just want to note that the fake name @krispykreme used for its #COVID19 free donut promotion is "Jane Dough" and that's incredible.

Krispy Kreme
@krispykreme
We'd like to show sweet support to those who have received the COVID-19 Vaccine. Starting today, bring your Vaccine Card to a Krispy Kreme shop and get 1 FREE Original Glazed doughnut. No chance to get your Vaccine? This will run thru end of 2021. Info at https://bit.ly/3141hMi

[torius]

3. I think it's "any" day this year

not every day. One doughnut, not 365 ... that would be a health hazard in itself!

[LisaL]

6. It really is every day of this year.

NT

[torius]

53. I stand corrected.

Thanks

[Celerity]

23. And it's not just a one-time offer. Vaccinated individuals can go back every single day and continue

getting free doughnuts through all of 2021.

[Gaugamela]

4. Diabetes and obesity are the highest risk factors for severe COVID symptoms. N/t.

[Scrivener7]

8. True..... but I'm still going to get one.

(PS: I changed my name, y'all! I used to be Squinch.)

[GoCubsGo]

32. Me, too!

I sure don't need to be eating them, but I can't remember the last time I had a doughnut. It's been probably five years. If they're available when I get my second shot in a couple of week, I'm not going to pass it up.

[Ms. Toad]

82. You only need one shot. N/t

[GoCubsGo]

83. I think they're going to send them to the vaccination sites.

At least, that's how I interpreted it. If that's the case, I'll take one. Otherwise, I'm not inclined to stop at the local store for the freebie.

[Ms. Toad]

85. Nope. You go to their stores.

WHERE CAN I REDEEM THIS OFFER?
This offer can be redeemed while in shop or drive-thru. This offer is not available through online ordering nor delivery

https://www.krispykreme.com/promos/vaccineoffer

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. They probably should offer something other than free doughnuts then ...

In fact they should get out of the doughnut business entirely.

[leftieNanner]

24. I am not a Krispy Kreme Fan

I love a good donut, but theirs are too greasy and too sweet.

So I should be safe. Also - I don't think there's a store anywhere near me.

Best donut ever? Sugar Raised Donut from Johnnie's in Lafayette, California.

Go ahead - tell me I'm wrong!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

29. I can't say I've tried Johnnie's ...

Had a lot of doughnuts from the little shop in Alamo Plaza (where Alamo Safeway is) cause my dad was donut lover and lived right by there for about 12 years. I forget what it's called offhand. Not a big chain though I know that.

Ever go to Bagel King in Walnut Creek back in the day?

[William Seger]

36. Okay -- you're wrong!

Krispy Kreme glazed is the King of Donuts! If you'd rather have cake, then buy a cake in the first place!

(Probably a childhood thing; Krispy Kreme was the only shop in my town, and the only thing that made Sunday School bearable was knowing that was the next stop.)

[USALiberal]

43. you are wrong! nt

[wnylib]

50. None in my area, either. We have

Tim Horton here. But a 7/11 near me has Krispy Kreme donuts so I have tasted one. I agree that they are too sweet and greasy. Don't care much for donuts anyway. But I do love old fashioned, crusty cream puffs filled with Bavarian cream (NOT the white stuff), with fudge frosting on top. Only one place in my area makes them so I do not go there too often because I can't pass them up. They are just like the homemade ones that my mother used to make.

[leftieNanner]

52. That sounds delicious!

My Dad and I used to go out to lunch in North Beach in San Francisco and we would always walk over to a special bakery that made Italian Cream Puffs - as with your treat, not filled with the white stuff, but Italian cream (custard with a subtle rum flavor). They were covered in powdered sugar and we would take them back to the car and eat them there! Such lovely memories! Miss my Dad every day.

[wnylib]

56. The ones my mother made had

a custard (Bavarian cream) filling, but without the rum. Ethnically, it was German style. My great aunt, who was born in Germany and came to the US with her parents as a young child, lived with us when I was a child. She taught my mother how to make them. The local baker who makes them is Ametican born, of Italian and German heritage.

They are scrumptious!

[tavernier]

62. Cannot ear Bavarian cream in a donut.

Always reminds me of pus.

But the white cream ... yes!!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

37. but theyre vaccinated

[JI7]

58. That's why people shouldn't go every single day but that's up to them

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[USALiberal]

59. What????? nt

[Yonnie3]

9. That daily doughnut would do wonders for my A1C n/t

[LisaL]

15. This is designed to really test how effective the vaccine is.

[Under The Radar]

19. I've been a diabetic for 20 years ...

I want endless Krispy kreame in hospice and my ashes placed in a Krispy Kreame box

[Yonnie3]

70. This is a new thing for me, monitoring sugar

your comment make me reflect on our sick pup who isn't eating much. A couple of years ago I'd be coming back in the wee hours from a gig and he would dance and zoomie to see if I had a Wawa donut. I need to buy him some doughnuts, for he is indeed in hospice.

[Under The Radar]

75. My sympathies for your dog

Giving him his old treat will certainly give him temporary pleasure, and I wish I could see it.
I have been pricking my finger so long I don’t even feel it. All my foods have to be prepared special, no carbs, no preservatives, and yet every 3 months my insulin still increases. The red “hot doughnuts” sign in the window of a Krispy Kreame was always a favorite Saturday morning treat for me and my boys when they were little. It isn’t just the fabulous taste of the doughnuts but the nostalgia of the whole experience. ... that plus blackberry cobbler with homemade ice cream at a family picnic.

[Yonnie3]

76. Yeah, nostalgia

Krispy Kreme brings back memories to me of riding through Richmond, Virginia on our way to camp out on the Blue Ridge. 6:30 am and the aroma from the cooking donuts was incredible. My dad would buy multiple boxes of them. Winter tent camping and high caloric food go together. Musta been in the late 50s.

The little man was spoiled rotten before. We can't spoil him more, but we're trying. He was grousing on the couch and I picked him up and nestled him in the crook of my arm (he is tiny) and we went out and smelled the night air. It immediately chilled him out. I'll bet if I brought in a fresh doughnut that nose would go in the air. Smell is the one sense that is not failing him.

[bluestarone]

14. Hats off to them. Plus others that will come out and JOIN them!!

[BannonsLiver]

17. Yeah

Rather than being Judgy McJudgersons sometimes you have to meet people where they are. Some of the responses here are comically out of touch and sanctimonious.

[ShazzieB]

25. Sanctimonious is right!

I think this is lovely. I just wish I lived close enough to Krispy Kreme to take full advantage of it.

[Treefrog]

68. Ha, I have to agree. Not a doughnut person at all, but it's a nice gesture.

Plus it’ll bring people in who’ll buy coffee and other things. Good business idea!

[Hortensis]

16. Wow! What a wonderful way to help us beat this virus.

Seems like this kind of thing must be making holding onto the lies very difficult. Krispy-Kreme now!

[frazzled]

22. Are we like small children who need the lure of a lollipop

to get a shot?

I don’t think this is physically or psychologically a good move, and hardly altruistic. Just a campaign to lure you into their shops ... most people will buy something else while there. I don’t mind a doughnut once a year, but if people go back every day or every week or even every month, our national health profile is going to look pretty bad.

PS: The hospital where we got our vaccines does not issue cards ... so I’m safe from the doughnut lure anyway.

[William Seger]

44. You didn't get a card?

That might be a problem going forward. I've heard that airlines might start requiring vaccination proof, for example.

[frazzled]

63. Our electronic charts have a record of all vaccinations

The 2 Pfizer vaccines I received are listed there, with dates, on my chart. I just printed out a copy, highlighted the 2 Covid vaccines, and put it in a plastic sleeve. Seems just as good as a card, I guess. It has my name, hospital name, detail of vaccine received, and date.

[USALiberal]

60. Wow, terrible process at that hospital, and LIGHTEN UP!! nt

[GulfCoast66]

79. Lighten up Francis! It a freaking doughnut!

You know, something fun and inconsequential to celebrate being vaccinated.

Smart business move as well.

Just go with it.

[GoCubsGo]

84. Yes! And, it's just ONE doughnut.

It's not a lifetime supply. One fucking doughnut is not going to give you diabetes.

[MineralMan]

26. Very smart. Nobody can eat just one doughnut, after all.

Might as well buy a dozen, I always say.

In reality, Krispy Kreme is pretty good at giving fresh doughnuts away anyhow. It's a strategy for increased sales.

[Pas-de-Calais]

27. BOTH vaccines- not just one

[littlemissmartypants]

28. What a lovely gesture.

Unfortunately, this thread contains more than the usual grumpy grumps who enjoy pouring sh¡t on other people's happiness and policing people's diets without invitation.

All the free donuts in the world wouldn't sweeten their dispositions.

Thanks for sharing this sweet news, douglas9.

❤ pants

[GulfCoast66]

77. Isn't that the truth! Like those on the right that can't stand the idea of people having good sex,

We have those on our side that get all indignant about someone enjoying a bit of greasy, sweet goodness. The wife and I are getting ours tomorrow.

[Ilsa]

30. The KK Original glazed doughnut,

nuked for about 8 seconds, is proof there is a God and that she loves us.

[niyad]

34. True.

[Tree Lady]

31. My husband says we are lucky closest

Store is 215 miles away in Portland which is 4 1/2 hr drive because he knows the weight I am struggling to lose would go back the other way!

But hey, if it gets people that wouldn't get a vaccine to get one I wish more companies would do something.

They won't lose money, people will buy the frosted ones for their kids, coffee drinks etc and give a big tip because they are doing a good thing.

[niyad]

33. Sighhhh. Our KK closed years ago, and it was bloody inconvenient. Not that the doughnuts ever

merited their insanely-loyal following.

As for all the party-poopers, geeez. I see this as little different from the free doughnut I collected whenever the football team won (and I would have to ask someone, as I am not a sports person), the free tacos, free birthday dinners, etc. If a company chooses to reward/bribe people for a specific action, their choice. Nobody is forcing anyone to eat those things.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

35. Holy shit this thread is hilarious.

[Blasphemer]

42. +1 lol... nt

[Mosby]

38. Very generous on the part of KK

I do a low carb diet but I might take them up on their offer. They sell coffee, right?

[IronLionZion]

39. Doughnuts are going to kill me, not COVID

[LudwigPastorius]

40. 2022 headline:

Krispy Kreme giving away free arterial stents to those who took advantage of last year's promotion.

[progressoid]

49. +1

Thread winner!

Here's your prize

[ok_cpu]

41. There was a KK very close to the office where I used to work

And an "all employee" email whenever the hot light came on. As someone said upthread, proof that the Godess loves us.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

45. Time for me to look for the nearest location!

The closest one to me is over 60 miles away.

Might be a good for me, and my waistline.

[JanMichael]

46. Great. More Type 2. nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

47. I guess KK has an interest in diabetes medications and paraphernalia.

OK, that's too cynical. Anything that encourages people to get vaccinated deserves encouragement in return.

[progressoid]

51. Next up. Philip Morris offers discount on their all their brands of cigarettes for vaccinated adults

[USALiberal]

61. Really silly comparison! nt

[progressoid]

73. True.

The percent of American who smoke is dropping. It's just 14 percent. While obesity is on the rise.
Of course, I'm not one to judge. I just ate an entire can of Pringles.




https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db360.htm

[Elessar Zappa]

65. Comparing doughnuts to cigarettes?

C’mon, not everyone is afraid of sugar and fat. Some people here sound like sanctimonious scolds.

[progressoid]

74. Well...

Maybe we should be. We've known for a couple decades of the ramifications of our poor diet. Michelle Obama tried to do something about it and was vilified.

As I said above, I'm not one to judge having just eaten an entire can of pringles.

The Health Risks of Obesity
Worse Than Smoking, Drinking or Poverty


Bottom line, I just think Krispy Kreme doesn't deserve any praise for something that was likely conceived as a publicity stunt.

[calimary]

54. Excellent!!!

[PatrickforB]

55. My only worry is when we take advantage of this, we will be trading one worry for

another.

Instead of worrying about getting COVID, we can eat that donut-a-day, and begin worrying about our weight gain, and the pending heart attack...



It is a nice gesture, though. I will give them that!

[Shrek]

57. I caught my dentist in Krispy Kreme once

He didn't even have the decency to avert my gaze or try to sneak out.

[mcar]

67. My old workplace

Growing up, one of the families in my neighborhood had a Krispy Kreme franchise. Our large, mostly Catholic neighborhood (Joe Biden's Scranton neighborhood, BTW) gave them a steady supply of high school employees. I worked there for 5 years.

Still nothing like a fresh baked glazed donut and a glass of ice cold milk.

[GulfCoast66]

80. Oh you made a huge faux pas! Not milk, chocolate milk!

I’m rolling laughing at all the DUers who are so indignant about this! Like this is best of the worst of DU! The wife and I are both at little risk of diabetes when we get our blood work done. So tomorrow we are going to celebrate being vaccinated by having a free doughnut. Horrors, I may may pay for a second and even some chocolate milk! And then go back to eating our healthy diet of home cooking. But life is so much more than kale and tofu!

It’s a fucking doughnut.

[mcar]

81. And a good fcking donut!

Enjoy - even with the chocolate milk!

[Duppers]

71. ❤

[roamer65]

78. The doughnuts are chipped.