WASHINGTON, D.C.: US doughnut chain Krispy Kreme is being bought by the German investment group JAB Holding, folding it into JAB’s strong portfolio of European and North American coffee and coffee-shop brands.

JAB said Monday that its unit JAB Beech would pay $1.35 billion to take the New York Stock Exchange-listed Krispy Kreme Doughnuts private.

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