News archive — every story filed by publication date, newest first
The full record of what the Journal has published, from the Metro Detroit agreement to the South Dallas nonprofit partnership.
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The archive is the full record of what the Journal has published, newest first. You can read straight down the list, filter by section, or search a keyword like "Cincinnati" or "90th anniversary" if you're looking for one specific story. Nothing here is sorted by importance, only by date.
Stories are filed by publication date and tagged with one of five sections: Business and Franchise, New Locations, Menu and Promotions, Community and Culture, or Economy. A single story can touch more than one section, which is why a Cincinnati development agreement might appear under Business while the first Ohio shop opening later shows up under New Locations. The tag reflects the main angle, not every fact in the piece.
Five sections. Each thread below reads in publication order, oldest to newest.
Nine entries from the 2026 run
Oct 2, 2026
A Koelache-backed development agreement opens the state, with the first shop planned inside the Cincinnati metro. Filed under Business and Franchise.
Business and Franchise
Aug 26, 2026
Plexus Raleigh LLC signs for two units, closing out the second-quarter 2026 disclosures and extending the brand's North Carolina footprint.
Business and Franchise
Jul 24, 2026
Dough Pokes LLC takes three Oklahoma shops, part of the same stretch of 2026 deals that pushed the brand into new mid-size markets.
Business and Franchise
Jul 9, 2026
The brand's first nonprofit franchise deal is planned for 2807 Al Lipscomb Way, part of a ground-up retail project with an opening target at the end of 2026.
Community and Culture
Jun 18, 2026
Hole Lotta Dough signs the largest single agreement in the 2026 run, a 15-location build-out across the Detroit metro.
Business and Franchise
May 22, 2026
Three shops under one agreement, and the brand's first entry into Nevada.
New Locations
Apr 30, 2026
Florida moved to the front of the pipeline at the franchise show, where the company met prospective operators about markets still open.
Business and Franchise
Apr 14, 2026
The first El Paso shop, then Bossier City and Vienna, plus a catering launch that widened what a store can sell.
New Locations
Feb 12, 2026
A store moving from Knight's Way to the West Central Texas Expressway, with an opening planned for December 1.
New Locations
Jan 15, 2026
A 10-week campaign that ran Aug. 10 to Oct. 18, with the limited-time Birthday Bullseye donut and the 1936 Favorites Box.
Menu and Promotions
Reading the archive in threads is faster than scrolling all nine entries.
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Thread one
If you want the expansion story in order, start with the Metro Detroit agreement for 15 Michigan locations and the three-unit Cincinnati deal for Ohio. Then move to the Las Vegas agreement covering three shops, which was the brand's first Nevada entry, and the Stillwater, Oklahoma, three-shop deal with Dough Pokes LLC. Raleigh's two-unit agreement with Plexus Raleigh LLC rounds out the second-quarter 2026 disclosures. Read together, they show how the brand is filling in the map rather than clustering in one region.
The order matters more than it looks. Metro Detroit was the largest single commitment of the run, and each agreement after it answers a different question: which state is next, how many units, and who is putting money behind it. The Koelache group took Cincinnati, Dough Pokes took Stillwater, Plexus Raleigh took North Carolina. Different operators, different regions, one pattern.
Business and FranchiseThread two
The first-half 2026 market entries are the spine of the New Locations section: the first El Paso shop, then Bossier City and Vienna. The Harker Heights relocation is a different kind of story, a store moving from Knight's Way to the West Central Texas Expressway with an opening planned for December 1.
We keep both kinds in the same section because readers tracking "where is Shipley going" care about both new construction and relocations.
New LocationsFirst El Paso shop opens
New construction
Bossier City entry
New construction
Vienna entry
New construction
Harker Heights move to the West Central Texas Expressway
Relocation
Las Vegas shops under the Nevada agreement
Three units
Relocations and new builds are filed together on purpose: for a reader tracking market coverage, both answer the same question about where the brand is going next.
Thread three
Menu stories are dated by campaign window. The 90th-birthday campaign ran 10 weeks, from Aug. 10 to Oct. 18, and its items are now historical: the limited-time Birthday Bullseye donut, the 1936 Favorites Box, the returning Duo Deal, and the 90-cent glazed donuts offered for a limited period. The campaign ended with bonus loyalty points on purchases.
When a new promotion starts, it gets its own entry so the record stays readable. That means the menu thread is less a list of what you can buy today than a dated record of what the brand put in front of customers and when. Anything with a start and end date belongs here, including the loyalty bonus that closed the anniversary run.
Menu and Promotions
Thread four
The South Dallas nonprofit franchise agreement is the anchor story here. It was the brand's first nonprofit franchise deal, planned for 2807 Al Lipscomb Way, with an opening target at the end of 2026 and described as part of a ground-up retail project.
Community coverage is thinner than franchise coverage by nature, because fewer of these stories generate public announcements. When they do, we publish them. That is why the thread is short and why the South Dallas entry carries more weight than its position in the list suggests.
Community and CultureKeyword search works best with place names, franchise group names, or campaign names. Searching "Koelache" returns the Cincinnati deal. Searching "Hole Lotta Dough" returns the Metro Detroit agreement. Searching "nonprofit" returns the South Dallas story plus any follow-ups.
If a search comes back empty, try the section filter instead, since a story may use a different term than you expected. A development agreement, for example, may be filed under Business and Franchise while the store it describes later appears under New Locations. Both entries are correct; they just answer different questions.
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Koelache — returns the three-unit Cincinnati deal.
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Hole Lotta Dough — returns the Metro Detroit agreement.
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nonprofit — returns the South Dallas story plus follow-ups.
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90th anniversary — returns the birthday campaign entry and its follow-ups.
Every published story goes in, including short local items and updates to earlier pieces. We don't remove stories when a timeline changes. If a planned opening date moves, the update is appended and the original date stays visible, so you can see what was announced and when. That's the point of an archive: it shows the record, not just the latest version of it.
The archive does not include unpublished drafts, internal notes, or anything a source asked us to hold. It also doesn't include material we couldn't verify, even when it circulated widely on social media.
If something is missing that you think should be here, email RenoGalvez@isaakblackwell.com and tell us where you saw it.
Short answers to the things people ask most about how this archive is built and maintained.
Because a single story can touch more than one. We tag the main angle, not every fact. A Cincinnati development agreement sits under Business and Franchise; the first Ohio shop opening later is its own entry under New Locations. Both are correct and both stay in the list.
No, only by date, newest first. A three-unit deal and a first state entry sit wherever their publication date puts them. If you want the expansion story in order rather than by date, the threads above walk it that way.
Because a moving opening date is itself news. When a timeline shifts, we append the update and leave the original date visible. You can see what was announced, when it was announced, and what happened after.
Email RenoGalvez@isaakblackwell.com with the story name and where you saw the difference. Our verification process is described on the Editorial Standards page, including what we check before adding or changing an entry.
The archive is the broad view. If you already know which part of the Shipley Donuts story you want, the section pages carry the same reporting with more room to breathe, and the four newest entries are always on the front page.
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