A second-year law student at Arizona State University, Adam Brown arrived at the new Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop in Mesa about 8 a.m. on Monday to be first in line for the grand opening of the shop, nearly 24 hours before its doors opened for business.

Mesa is getting a new doughnut shop at one of its busiest intersections: Dobson and Main by the light rail line.

Krispy Kreme, which has been suffering sluggish sales for three years, is launching a new menu item: soft-serve ice cream.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts quarterly earnings fell sharply for the third consecutive quarter, as sluggish sales and an intensifying government investigation raised concerns Monday about whether the glaze was permanently off the once-hot pastry maker.

East Valley doughnut lovers will have to drive to east Mesa to get their Krispy Kreme fix: The Chandler store at 4200 S. Arizona Avenue was closed on Monday. By Wednesday it had been stripped bare.

East Valley doughnut lovers will have to drive to east Mesa to get their Krispy Kreme fix: The Chandler store at 4200 S. Arizona Avenue was closed on Monday. By Wednesday it had been stripped bare.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After years of trying to get its recipe right to run a profitable company, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts on Monday added yet another ingredient: A new CEO.

Arizona’s first Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop is set to open next month in Mesa, nearly two years after the company’s unceremonious departure from the state.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts officials are offering a lifetime supply of free glazed doughnuts to anyone who can prove they are the chain’s top fan.

Krispy Kreme doughnut makers are trying to revive interest in their dwindling business — and reopen shuttered stores in Arizona, the East Valley and elsewhere — by tapping two leaders in the tobacco industry.

The new operator of Arizona's Krispy Kreme franchise says he needs more employees at the state's sole remaining location in Mesa as the store prepares for a renovation.