Shipley Do-Nuts offers over 60 different varieties of Do-Nuts, pastries, and kolaches that are all produced from the same simple to use donut mix. Lawrence Shipley, Sr. created a gourmet recipe for Do-Nuts in 1936. They provides a proprietary donut mix that requires only water and yeast to be added at the store level. The company also proposes franchise opportunities. As of 2018, Shipley Do-Nuts operates 285 franchises in the United States.