New suburban Krispy Kreme churning out 57,000 doughnuts a day

Image courtesy of Krispy Kreme

In the wee hours of a recent weekend night, 18-year-old Keara Dillon and her boyfriend drove from Crete to the newly opened Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Homewood.

It was late. They were hungry. And Keara waxed nostalgic for the fluffy glazed doughnuts of her youth.

Little did they know they’d be met by hundreds of others who were feeling the exact same way.

“We waited for seven hours just to get to the drive-up window,” Keara said…Please click here to read Donna Vickroy’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.