a said:
As for Krispy Kreme, that location has more visibility and traffic count than any of the Shipley's....
This. If you look at where the Shipley's are, they really aren't that impressive and are usually closed in the afternoon anyway:
- Southwest Parkway, which has always been very modest traffic-wise (even during rush hour) despite it being one of College Station's "major roads", a full block away from Texas Avenue
- Just off of Greens Prairie Road and Highway 40, good luck seeing the building from William D. Fitch
- Villa Maria at Cavitt, which gets heavy traffic during school seasons/evenings but Shipley's is closed by that time
- Off of Briarcrest in the Target shopping center in a corner