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Our National Frozen Yogurt Shop Owner Survey is Now Open

We’d like to invite everyone who owns a frozen yogurt shop or a business that serves frozen yogurt in the US to take our frozen yogurt shop owner survey. Owners who take the survey will be able to sign up to receive the survey results. The survey results will help froyo shop owners better understand… Read more »

September Froyo Shop Openings & Closings

We’ve compiled a list of froyo shop openings and closings for the month of September. There were more openings than we expected. The closure of multiple locations of Menchie’s in Northeast Ohio and Erie, PA hurt since the announcement covered seven locations. Openings Anita Gelato, 1561 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10028, IG @anita_gelato_usa Israel’s… Read more »

Should You Use TikTok to Promote Your Froyo Shop?

Okay, we admit that we’ve been ignoring the TikTok video creating and sharing app but we keep hearing about it and have to acknowledge its importance as a form of social media. In January 2020, TikTok was the most downloaded non-game app in the US with 7.7 million installs. Most TikTok videos are up to… Read more »

Stoelting Introduces Flavor Burst for Soft Serve Machines

This news was provided by Stoelting Foodservice. Stoelting’s New Flavor Burst Soft Serve System Creates Attractive Flavor and Color Combinations New system creates a variety of flavors that are striped or blended from a single spout Sheboygan, WI – September 21, 2020 – Stoelting, a division of The Vollrath Company, introduces Flavor Burst®, a versatile system for… Read more »

Take Our National Froyo Consumer Survey for a Chance to Win Froyo

If you’ve ever visited a froyo shop and you’re over 13 in the US, we would love to hear about your froyo experiences. Froyo survey participants will be entered into a random drawing to win one of four $30 froyo shop gift cards to any US shop that offers online gift cards. The survey is open… Read more »

How Recessions Change Food (& Froyo) Consumption

With high rates of unemployment, businesses closing (e.g., according to Yelp, 60% of restaurant COVID closures are permanent), a string of prominent bankruptcies, and falling consumer sentiment, the US is currently in “the steepest recession since World War Two.” According to MarketWatch, “An economy badly battered by the coronavirus shrank at a record 32.9% annual… Read more »

Our Fourth National Froyo Consumer Survey Has Launched

We’d like to hear from frozen yogurt consumers across the country about their frozen yogurt consumption, attitudes, and preferences. The results of our survey will be shared with frozen yogurt stores and others in the frozen yogurt industry. Our goal is to better understand the US frozen yogurt market and to share that knowledge with… Read more »

August Froyo Shop Openings & Closings

A few weeks ago, we posted a list of frozen yogurt shops that had permanently closed due to the coronavirus. We’ve seen frozen yogurt shops open during the pandemic as well, so we’re changing our feature by providing monthly updates of frozen yogurt shop openings and closings. We’ve also seen froyo shops pivot into other… Read more »

Summer 2020 New Froyo Flavors and Trends

It’s been a crazy spring and summer for frozen yogurt shops, thanks to the coronavirus. Business hasn’t gone back to normal with much of the country still under some type of restriction. Many froyo shops are not offering samples or self-serve froyo for public health reasons (to minimize contact), making it difficult to offer new… Read more »