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.
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The Year in Froyo Review, 2022 Edition
For our last post of the year, we’d like to recap the froyo events of 2022. While things were looking better for restaurants in general, rising costs and supply chain shortages continued to be the main concerns. However, there was a sense of normalcy as many trade shows resumed in-person events and mask requirements were… Read more »
April 2021 Froyo Shop Openings and Closings
With the warmer weather, there were even more new froyo shop openings this month, 30 openings, than last month, 21 openings. Llaollao led the way with 6 new stores in April. In terms of countries, Indonesia had the most with 6 new openings, followed by the US with four, Malaysia with three, and Ecuador with… Read more »
2019 The Year in Froyo Review
For our last post of the year, we’d like to take a look back at the significant froyo events and trends of 2019. Non-Dairy, Plant-Based Soft Serve Continues to Grow Of the new flavors that we tracked in 2019, 48% were froyo and 52% froyo alternatives. Of the froyo alternatives, vegan soft serve made with… Read more »
2018 The Year in Froyo Review
It’s time for our last post of 2018, the annual review of significant froyo trends and events in 2018. Let’s take a look back at the year in froyo. The two biggest stories were the acquisition of sweetFrog by MTY and the rise of froyo robots. Reis & Irvy’s began delivering and installing froyo robots… Read more »
IFYA’s Goals for 2018
We ended 2017 with our annual feature, The Year in Froyo: Key Froyo Events (and Trends) from 2017. We’d like to start this year by sharing some of the suggestions we received from the froyo shop owners. We’d also like to discuss what we can do to adopt the suggestions. The suggestions come from the… Read more »
The Year in Froyo, Key Froyo Events of 2017
It’s time for our annual review of important froyo events in 2017. Let’s take a look back at the year in froyo. Significant Anniversaries Red Mango celebrated its 10th anniversary by featuring their two original flavors, original tart and green tea. Menchie’s also turned 10 this year and celebrated with giveaways. Overseas Expansion and Non-Traditional… Read more »
SmoothYo Frozen Yogurt Launches First Store, a New Brand/Licensing Concept from Wudel Incorporated
May 15, 2014, Dominican Republic – SmoothYo Frozen Yogurt, an international frozen yogurt concept, opened its first location and is poised for rapid expansion. The first store is located in the Dominican Republic and has disrupted the traditional frozen yogurt store business model. With extremely low start-up costs and minimal space requirement, the inaugural SmoothYo store start-up costs… Read more »
The Year in Froyo, Reviewing Key Froyo Events in 2013
Goodbye 2013. Here’s our annual review of the notable events in the frozen yogurt industry this year. Froyo spoons. Let’s start with limited edition frozen yogurt spoon designs. Froyo spoon collectors should have added the following collectible froyo spoons to their collection: Yogurtland’s orange spoon, distributed on National Frozen Yogurt Day Menchie’s Mookie spoon Yogurtland… Read more »