gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2006-12-16 14:19:49 -0800, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net said:

> > gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> >> On 2006-12-16 05:54:09 -0800, "Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> said:
> > 
> >>> Lotte is also behind the arrival of Krispy Kreme doughnuts in Tokyo.
> > 
> >> If they arrived already, have they begun closing down. I'll give them a 
> >> year.  I think those things are stunningly horrible.  Particularly as 
> >> some Japanese chains some fabulous pastries.
> > 
> > Echos what the Japanese bureaucracy was saying about McDonald's before
> > they opened there, and Starbucks.

> Krispy Kreme has imploded in the US, for good reasons I think. This 

If by "imploded" you mean "expanded", you're correct. If you mean
"bad management has led to lower profitability", you're also correct.

I doubt you meant either.

Mike