---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001857154-25-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNUT"
cik: "0001857154"
company_name: "Krispy Kreme, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T22:56:56.488930+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Krispy Kreme and McDonald's USA end partnership effective July 2, 2025

## Summary
- Partnership ends July 2, 2025; Krispy Kreme cites unsustainable costs despite reaching ~2,400 McDonald's restaurants.
- Efforts to align costs with unit demand were unsuccessful, making the deal unsustainable for Krispy Kreme.
- Krispy Kreme to focus on profitable U.S. retail expansion and capital-light international franchise growth.
- McDonald's says partnership met expectations but needed to be profitable for Krispy Kreme; it was small and non-material to their breakfast business.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001857154-25-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNUT
- cik: 0001857154
- company_name: Krispy Kreme, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000102/0001857154-25-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1857154/000185715425000102/dnut-20250623.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001857154-25-000102.txt

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