Does Krispy Kreme support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Krispy Kreme. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

Filed under: Fast food & restaurant chains · Food & beverage brands · Companies that support Israel

Background

Krispy Kreme has no recorded corporate donations, statements or operations supporting Israel, and it has no stores in Israel. The company appears on some boycott lists solely because of its largest shareholder: JAB Holding, the investment vehicle of Germany's Reimann family, holds roughly 44% of Krispy Kreme and effective control. The claims trace to the Reimann family's Alfred Landecker Foundation, established in 2019 (with a 260 million euro endowment) after the family disclosed its ancestors' Nazi-era past and use of forced labor. The Landecker Foundation funds Holocaust remembrance, the fight against antisemitism, and democracy programs in Europe, the US and Israel — it is a family foundation, not a Krispy Kreme corporate entity, and no records show it or Krispy Kreme funding the Israeli state or military. The only mentions of Israel in Krispy Kreme's SEC filings are standard force-majeure clauses referencing 'the current war between Israel and Hamas' alongside the Russia-Ukraine war. Krispy Kreme has no political action committee.

Smithsonian Magazine (Reimann family Nazi-era history) Alfred Landecker Foundation (official — who we are) Wikipedia — Krispy Kreme operations by country (no Israel locations) The Witness boycott list (origin of the claim)

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-21
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-21
  No Krispy Kreme corporate foundation with grantmaking found. The Krispy Kreme Relief Fund (EIN 85-0661692, Charlotte NC) is an employee disaster-relief fund; the other candidate (Krispy Kreme Health Care Plan, EIN 56-1575344) is an employee benefit plan. No Israel-linked grants identified.
• SEC filings — 2026-07-21
  SEC full-text search of Krispy Kreme filings (CIK 1857154) for "Israel": 2 hits, both in Insomnia Cookies unit purchase agreement exhibits (2024, 2025) — force-majeure/material-adverse-effect boilerplate referencing "the current war between Israel and Hamas"; not evidence of support.
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-21
  No Krispy Kreme political committees exist in FEC records; the company has no PAC.
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-21
• usaspending — 2026-09-25
  Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
• lobbying — 2026-09-25
  Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
• ohchr — 2026-09-25
  Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
• whoprofits — 2026-09-25
  Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.

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Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-25

• Smithsonian Magazine (Reimann family Nazi-era history) smithsonianmag.com
• Alfred Landecker Foundation (official — who we are) alfredlandecker.org
• Wikipedia — Krispy Kreme operations by country (no Israel locations) en.wikipedia.org
• The Witness boycott list (origin of the claim) boycott.thewitness.news