I remember when KK came to Denver for the first time. There were people who lined up for hours to get at them. This particular franchise had a drive-thru and the police had to be brought in for traffic control. It was nuts! I had asked a co-worker who was brought up in another state that had KK's what was the big deal. She went into a monologue extolling the virtues of the warm kk that just went on and on. I hadn't seen such wide-eyed mania for a product in Denver since the Beanie Baby craze.
I finally got my fingers on one about three weeks after they had been in town. It tasted to me like warm, sugar-frosted lard. Yuck.
Here in Oklahoma there is a KK franchise I pass by quite often and it never seems to have much business. I have noticed in my business travels around the state that there are two or three named donut franchises (donut king, daylight donuts) that can be found in almost every small town.
I have a feeling there is some smart cookie marketing person out there that points investors to franchises like KK and Sonic and tells them not to miss out on the 'big money' that could be made. Franchises FTW!