Shipley Do-Nuts is an American doughnut chain with more than 250 franchised stores located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. It has its headquarters in Northside, Houston, TX.The Shipley chain originated in Houston. Texas, in the 1940s after selling direct by wholesale since 1936 after Lawrence Shipley, Sr. created a recipe for doughnuts. Shipley's son and grandson, Lawrence Jr.