We’re still tracking froyo shop openings and closings worldwide. In January, we found 53 froyo shop openings in 16 countries, far less than December 2023’s 91 froyo shop openings and closings in 21 countries. The Philippines continues to lead with the most openings, eight in January, followed by Indonesia with six, and Malaysia with five. Llaollao had the most openings, with five in January. Anita Gelato opened its first branch in New Zealand.
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Press Room →PASMO America Named Preferred Supplier of Soft Serve Machines for Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt
Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt, a leading international self-serve frozen yogurt brand, has selected PASMO America to provide soft serve machines to current and future Tutti Frutti shops.
Menchie’s Celebrates National Frozen Yogurt Day with a BOGO Free Offer on 2/6
Consider this your official reminder of a very important day: Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, the nation’s largest self-serve frozen yogurt franchise, is celebrating its favorite day of the year – National Frozen Yogurt Day – with Buy One Froyo, Get One FREE! This celebration takes place all day long on Tuesday, February 6th at all U.S. stores.
National/International Frozen Yogurt Day is Tuesday, February 6 & Here Are the NFYD Deals
Our favorite day of the year, National/International Frozen Yogurt Day, is Tuesday, February 6. We’re going to do our best to bring you all the NFYD/IFYD specials, which means we’ll be constantly updating this list.
PASMO’s New Soft Serve Machines Are a Popular Alternative to Stoelting and Taylor
New soft serve machines from PASMO have similar dimensions to models from Stoelting and Taylor, making it easy to replace older machines without changing current yogurt walls. PASMO’s machines have been selected by leading frozen yogurt chains.
Restaurant/Froyo Shop Outlook for 2024
As you plan for 2024, we thought it would be helpful to provide the current outlook for key factors affecting the restaurant and frozen yogurt industry in 2024. According to experts, the restaurant industry will continue to recover from the pandemic, with stable or slightly higher costs, easing of the labor shortage, increased use of technology, and continued demand for delivery.
2024 Froyo & Froyo-Related Product Shows, Open Houses, & Trade Shows
We’ve just updated the list of frozen yogurt and foodservice open houses, product shows, and trade shows for 2024. This list includes open houses, product shows, and trade shows that might be of interest to those currently a part of or aspiring to join the frozen yogurt industry.
2024 Froyo Flavor Forecast
Want to know which flavors are trendy right now? We have your flavor and food trends forecast for 2024 based on what culinary thought leaders, including chefs, flavor experts, and others predict will be on trend in 2024. These forecasts come out in late 2023 and early 2024. We’ve read lots of forecasts and identified the common themes that are relevant for froyo: sour flavors, revamped childhood comfort foods, regional/global mashups, small luxuries, viral food trends, and outer space.
December 2023 Froyo Shop Openings & Closings
December 2023 was a flurry of froyo activity. It seemed like new froyo shops were opening every day. We found 91 froyo shop openings in 21 countries December, compared to 62 openings in 19 countries in November 2023. In December 2022, we found 53 froyo shop openings in 22 countries. As you can see, the pace of froyo activity has increased, thanks to the new froyo shops in Asia.
The Year in Froyo Review, 2023 Edition
For our last post of the year, we’d like to recap the significant froyo events of 2023. And there was good news, the post-pandemic recovery continued and the number of new froyo shops worldwide increased by 46% this year. We also review the year in new froyo flavors, IFYA news, and froyo industry news.
