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==9th and Cervantes store==
===Original store===
[[Image:KrispyKreme-old.jpg|leftright|thumb|240px|The original Krispy Kreme store at 9th and Cervantes. Image © Jack Canavan.]]
The original store at 9th and Cervantes opened in [[1968]].<ref>[http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/LIFE/704180341/1004 Hot doughnuts now] - Pensacola News Journal, April 18, 2007.</ref> The store was demolished in late November [[2006]]. A number of items from the original store were auctioned off, including the barstools and the famed "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign. Proceeds from the auction went to the [[Wikipedia:Toys for Tots|Toys for Tots]] charity.
==Other locations==
{{sectstub}}While the 9th and Cervantes store is the only full-fledged location currently in Pensacola, a there have been several other store did exist at the corner of [[Pace Boulevard]] and [[Fairfield Drive]] at one point during the 1970–1980slocations. The first Additionally, pre-packaged Krispy Kreme store donuts are available in Pensacola was located at Cervantes many area groceries and [[Reus Street]]s.<ref>Per posters to the Pensacola News Journal forums</ref> [[Joseph A. McAleer]], who would later purchase the Krispy Kreme company after the death of founder Vernon Rudolph, worked at this Pensacola store in the early 1950s for only $1/hour to gain experience.<ref>http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d7594gas stations.htm</ref>
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