Krispy Kreme stops in the donuts in McDonald’s restaurants

Krispy Kreme on Thursday said he stopped in the planned dispersal of the donut sales in McDonald’s location across the country.

A network network stated that “re -evaluating the deployment schedule along with McDonald’s, while it works to achieve a profitable business model for all parties.”

Krispy Kreme sells donuts in more than 2400 McDonald’s restaurants as of late March, and the network does not expect to add more restaurants in the second quarter of 2025.

McDonald’s evolution from travel to global fast food icon

Krispy Kreme said “re -evaluating the deployment schedule with McDonald.” (Scott Olsan / Getti Image / Getty Images)

“I am sure of the long-term national opportunity, but we need to work with them to determine the leverage to improve sales, to simplify the operations,” said Krispy Kreme CEO Josh Charlesvort during a profit call. “And as soon as we are located for profitable growth, we will expand further.”

Charlevort said demand decreased below expectations after the initial launch, “demanding intervention”.

Two companies announced the partnership in March 2024, And he intended to sell donuts in all McDonald’s places in the US by the end of 2026.

McDonald’s and Krispy Kreme experienced donuts at 160 McDonald’s restaurants in Kentucky in 2023. (Agency Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images / Getty Images)

“Much, making Krispy Kreme available to fans across the country through this partnership, we expect that by the end of 2026 we are expecting more than twice as much as possible,” Charlworth said last year as part of the message. “The partnership accelerates the development of our existing delivered daily channel, creating an operating lever through the distribution and use of production.”

Krispy Kreme also pulled out his view of the full year because of “macroeconomic softness and uncertainty around McDonald’s deployment schedule”.

Fast food restaurants have seen Sluggish sale of -wit economic uncertainty Weighing consumers. In the first quarter sales in the USA declined by 3.6% in the first quarter, which is the largest drop after the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Get the Fox Business on the go by clicking here

The results repeated the warnings from the Domino’s Pizza restaurants networks, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Starbucks, which Americans conducted less to dine like inflation and a The gloomy economic forecast Consumer confidence.

Fox Business “Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.