As you note, Krispy Kreme is a small scale donut factory with a store front ;-) This is an entirely different thing than a McDonalds. Yes, I could trivially m

As you note, Krispy Kreme is a small scale donut factory with a store front ;-) This is an entirely different thing than a McDonalds. Yes, I could trivially make an automation machine to cook meat, we have them, they're called a charbroiler, similarly, toasting buns is pretty easy. The hard an expensive part is assembling all the parts into a package.