Krispy Kreme's Parent Company Was Owned by Nazis and We Can't Have Nice Things

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a deep dive on the history of JAB Holding Company, which existed in 1940s Germany as a family-run company called Benckiser.

It’s an extensive report that details a love affair between Albert Reimann Jr., the son of Benckiser’s chief executive at the time and Emilie Landecker, a Jewish woman who worked there. Two of their three children now own a 45 percent stake in JAB, and did not know about their father and grandfather’s Nazism until this year.

donut before has, however briefly, entertained the thought that they could love a donut company unconditionally. Unfortunately for lovers of cheap coffee and pre-packaged sandwiches, according to the, JAB also owns “Peet’s Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Pret A Manger, Keurig and other breakfast brands.” Nothing is sacred!

A German tabloid was the first to report that Benckiser had a history of relying on and abusing forced laborers. Until this year, Landecker’s children knew their mother’s father had died in the Holocaust, but did not know their father was a Nazi. Grappling with family legacy is a rite of passage for the many German companies that prospered and expanded into global corporations under the Third Reich.

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This is so misleading. Their parent company who ACQUIRED them in 2016 was owned by nazis. It's now owned by descendants of a Jewish worker whose father was killed in the holocaust. They give to amazing causes and were horrified to find out the company's truth. savedyouaclick

aren’t they now an outspoken American group… no, not the Donuts.

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