Krispy Kreme, Inc. Announces Updated 2021 Guidance

Company Updates Fiscal Year 2021 Expected Results Incorporating Higher Organic Growth and Reaffirms Long-Term Outlook

Krispy Kreme, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNUT) (“Krispy Kreme” or the “Company”) today updated its guidance for full year 2021 because of strong momentum in the fourth quarter. As a result of better than previously expected growth, the Company is providing the following updated guidance for the full year of 2021:

“Our global omni-channel business has continued to perform well as we benefit from the sharing and gifting occasions of the holiday season,” stated Mike Tattersfield, Chief Executive Officer. “Our U.S. and international businesses have both contributed significantly to our growth this quarter. We have been able to successfully pass through price increases in the U.S. in September and November addressing inflation.”

Krispy Kreme also reiterated the following long-term outlook:

Organic Revenue growth of 9% to 11%

Adjusted EBITDA growth of 12% to 14%

Adjusted Net Income growth of 18% to 22%

We anticipate exceeding these long-term targets in the full year 2022 as we will no longer be lapping the exit of our legacy wholesale business in the U.S.

About Krispy Kreme

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Krispy Kreme is one of the most beloved and well-known sweet treat brands in the world. Our iconic Original Glazed® doughnut is universally recognized for its hot-off-the-line, melt-in-your-mouth experience. Krispy Kreme operates in over 30 countries through its unique network of fresh doughnut shops, partnerships with leading retailers, and a rapidly growing ecommerce and delivery business. Our purpose of touching and enhancing lives through the joy that is Krispy Kreme guides how we operate every day and is reflected in the love we have for our people, our communities and the planet. Connect with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts at www.KrispyKreme.com, or on one of its many social media channels, including www.Facebook.com/KrispyKreme, and www.Twitter.com/KrispyKreme.

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Non-GAAP Measures

This press release includes guidance regarding certain non-GAAP financial measures including organic revenue growth, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income, which differ from results using U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Non-GAAP financial measures are not universally consistent calculations, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Other companies may calculate similarly titled financial measures differently than we do or may not calculate them at all. Additionally, non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP. In order to facilitate a clear understanding of our consolidated historical operating results, you should examine our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with our historical consolidated financial statements and notes thereto filed with the SEC.

The Company does not provide reconciliations of the forward-looking non-GAAP measures to GAAP due to the inability to predict the amount and timing of impacts outside of the Company’s control on certain items, such as net income and other charges reflected in our reconciliation of historic numbers, the amount of which, based on historical experience, could be significant.

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