WHILE PANAMA health  authorities  battle daily with an obesity problem involving over 62 percent of the adult population, customers waited in line overnight  for the  opening  of a new donut franchise in Costa del Este   onWednesday Jan 11.

The first client, through the door had waited and slept outside the store   for 33 hours to get a voucher giving him free donuts for a year

Inaugurated in 1937 in New Orleans, USA, Krispy Kreme currently has 1,120 branches in 26 countries.

During the year 2016 worldwide it had a turnover of $518.7 million.