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Get Dozen Doughnuts For $1 At Raleigh-Area Krispy Kreme Shops

Krispy Kreme is offering a "sweet" deal Friday. Here's how you can score a dozen "Original Glazed" doughnuts for just a buck.

RALEIGH, NC — Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is turning 81 years old this year and wants to give doughnut lovers in the Raleigh area a “sweet” deal to celebrate. For just one day — this Friday — you can get a dozen “Original Glazed” doughnuts for $1 when you buy a dozen of any doughnuts at participating shops nationwide.

Furthermore, the doughnut chain is offering for a limited time a new “Glazed Confetti Doughnut,” which will be available for just a week from Friday through Aug. 2 at participating shops. There are several Krispy Kreme stores near Raleigh.

Here are the locations and hours of those stores:

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  • Raleigh
    • Address:
      • 549 N. Person Street Raleigh, NC 27604-1299
    • Store hours:
      • Sunday-Saturday 6 a.m.-12 a.m.
    • Drive-thru hours:
      • Sun-Sat 12 a.m. - 12 a.m.
    • Hot light hours
      • Sun-Sat 6 a.m.-10 a.m. and 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
  • Knightdale
    • Address:
      • 6727 Shoppes of Midway Drive Suite A Knightdale, NC 27545
    • Store hours:
      • Sun-Thu 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
      • Fri, Sat 6 a.m.-11 p.m.
    • Drive-thru hours:
      • Sun-Thu 6 a.m.-9 p.m.
      • Fri, Sat 6 a.m.-11 p.m.
    • Hot light hours
      • Sun-Sat 6 a.m.-11 p.m.
  • Wake Forest
    • Address:
      • 11721 Retail Drive Wake Forest, NC 27587
    • Store hours:
      • Mon-Thu 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
      • Fri, Sat 6 a.m.-11 p.m.
      • Sun 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
    • Drive-Thru hours:
      • Sun-Thu 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
      • Fri, Sat 6 a.m.-11 p.m.

“One of our favorite times during the year is when we get to celebrate our birthday with our fans,” company CEO Mike Tattersfield said in a release. “In addition to offering a delicious dollar deal on an extra dozen of our Original Glazed Doughnuts, we’ve ‘birthday-ed’ up our awesome Original Glazed Doughnut, creating a whole new experience.”

The company described the Glazed Confetti Doughnut it as a modern take on the nostalgic fan-favorite birthday cake flavor. The doughnut features a vanilla birthday cake-inspired dough with confetti sprinkles throughout. It’s also glazed in classic “Original Glaze,” and lightly topped with colorful sprinkles.

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Krispy Kreme, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has doughnuts in about 12,000 grocery, convenience and mass merchant stores in America and nearly 1,400 retail shops across the globe.

Photo credit: Courtesy of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts / Business Wire

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