re: Shipley&#39;s Do-nuts sold to a private equity firm

Posted by ForeverEllisHugh

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2016

16190 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:12 pm to TankBoys32

quote:
the cinnamon twist from the Jackson location is the GOAT

This

I miss when I was 15 and could eat as many as I wanted and still have trouble gaining weight.

Posted by UptownJoeBrown

Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2024

7303 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:16 pm to T1gerNate

Mary Lee sucks. Shipley’s is OK

Krispy Kreme legit

Posted by tigerfoot

Alexandria

Member since Sep 2006

60704 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:25 pm to ForeverEllisHugh

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What? The one on Jackson is an institution.

I judge a donut shop by the glazed donut, and those are always cold and stale. I like a kolache with more fillings than breading and theirs are like a loaf of bread. Their cake donuts are good.

Starlight is pretty decent, so I go there for our donut fix.

Shipleys 30 years ago was amazing.

Posted by GREENHEAD22

Member since Nov 2009

20543 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:29 pm to UptownJoeBrown

They all suck, crispy cream is nasty.

Butter Krisp ftmfw.

Posted by Pax Regis

Alabama

Member since Sep 2007

14860 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:57 pm to HeLeakin

Welp there goes another great company

Posted by armsdealer

Member since Feb 2016

12273 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 4:58 pm to HeLeakin

Well, never been, but if you like em, they are probably bout to get royally screwed.

Posted by Mo Jeaux

Member since Aug 2008

62440 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 5:36 pm to Pax Regis

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Welp there goes another great company

Did you even read the OP?

Posted by KemoSabe65

70605

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Posted on 7/28/25 at 6:26 pm to tigerfoot

Jackson St location was goat growing up and a hangout on Friday and Saturday night. Do the Peebles still own the Ellick franchise?

Posted by Breesus

House of the Rising Sun

Member since Jan 2010

69521 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:23 pm to HeLeakin

quote:
private equity firm

Ugh

Posted by Tempratt

Member since Oct 2013

14919 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:24 pm to HeLeakin

I know a guy that I went to school that was one of the owners when family sold it

Their chocolate prosted were already glazed.

Damn they had good donuts.

Posted by Odysseus32

Member since Dec 2009

9770 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:43 pm to tigerfoot

This town fricked up chick fil a.

Never underestimate how shitty things can get here.

Posted by KemoSabe65

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Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:52 pm to Odysseus32

Yall done shut down a messican, steak, cpt d’s, one mo restaurant and the oldest Harley shop in La. What da fuk in the water up there now?
Not to mention the shootout on the south circle two weeks ago.
I’m hurt Shipleys has gone to shite.

Posted by Lou Loomis

A pond. Ponds good for you.

Member since Mar 2025

1170 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:54 pm to HeLeakin

Strange that a private equity firm would want to own such a management intensive business that is so geographically segmented. They obviously aren’t familiar with the labor force in the south.

Posted by Zephyrius

Wharton, La.

Member since Dec 2004

9378 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 7:57 pm to GREENHEAD22

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Butter Krisp ftmfw.

I got lucky with a fresh batch of apple fritters just put in the glass display. Life changing experience.

Posted by PurpleandGold Motown

Birmingham, Alabama

Member since Oct 2007

23999 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 8:01 pm to T1gerNate

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Shipley’s and Mary Lee’s donuts are American treasures. Often overlooked culinary delights of Louisiana

Honestly, I thought Shipley's was a Birmingham thing. Got one right down the street from me that's been there for 40 years. They make my Dad's favorite apple fritters.

Posted by cypresstiger

The South

Member since Aug 2008

13432 posts

Posted on 7/28/25 at 8:15 pm to tigerfoot

Our Alexandria locations are basically inedible,
—How’s the Bunkie store doing?