Posts Tagged: Yogen Fruz

Froyo in Uruguay: History, Trends, & Shops

Uruguay, with a population of 3.4 million, is the second smallest country in South America. The largest city by far is Montevideo, with a population of 1.3 million. The second largest, Salto, has a population of 104,011. While Punta Del Este is tiny with 7,234 residents, it is a famous beach resort town that attracts… Read more »

Froyo in Chile: History, Trends & Shops

The southernmost country in the world, Chile has a population of 19 million. The capital, Santiago, is the largest city in the country, with a population of 4.8 million. The next largest cities are Puente Alto (0.51 million), Anfofagsta (0.31 million), and Vina del Mar (0.29 million). While Chile has the 4th largest GDP in… Read more »

Froyo in Colombia: History, Trends, Shops

We were surprised to find so many shops in Colombia. The oldest froyo shops were founded in 2010: Woody’s, Percimon, Yogen Fruz, IOMI, and The Yogurt Factory. Woody’s opened the first self-serve froyo shop in Colombia in Chia. By 2013, Woody’s had 22 froyo shops.

New Froyo Flavors Introduced in 2018

It’s time for our annual look back at the new flavors that were introduced in 2018. Menchie’s introduced the most new flavors, 17. Here’s our list of 120 new flavors for 2018, organized by shop or mix producer: 16 Handles Cerealiciously Loopy frozen yogurt made with Kellogg’s Froot Loops Cerealiously Toasted frozen yogurt made with Kellogg’s… Read more »

Iconic Frozen Yogurt Franchises Founded in the 1970s & 1980s

Long before chains like Pinkberry, Red Mango, Menchie’s, Yogurtland, Orange Leaf, and sweetFrog were founded in the 2000s, there were other large frozen yogurt franchises. We take a look back at some of these chains, including what happened to each. Frozen Yogurt Franchises Founded in the 1970s Everything Yogurt was the oldest and second-largest frozen yogurt… Read more »

Froyo Gives Back to the Community, 2018 Edition

Happy National Frozen Yogurt Month! This is the time of year that we like to take the time to recognize froyo shops that give back to the community and worthy causes. We applaud those frozen yogurt shops that have made a difference by sponsoring kid’s sports teams, holding fundraisers, treating veterans, law enforcement, teachers and… Read more »

2017 Froyo Chain Store Location Count

It’s time for our annual feature, the IFYA Froyo Chain Store Location Count – the 2017 edition. Overview The top 10 chains accounted for 3,955 locations, down from 4,335 locations last year. Red Mango fell off the list of the top 10 largest chains. Other chains that experienced large declines in store counts include TCBY,… Read more »

New Froyo Flavors of 2017

It’s time for our annual look back at the new flavors that were introduced in 2017. Here’s our list of 2017 new flavors: 16 Handles: Duff Goldman’s Chocolate Chip Cake frozen yogurt 16 Handles: Spooky Cookie frozen yogurt 16 Handles: Welch’s Mighty Concord Grape frozen yogurt 16 Handles: Duff Goldman’s Strawberry Shortcake ice cream 16… Read more »

Iconic Froyo Shops (Not on the East Coast or in California)

In this post, we take a look at iconic frozen yogurt shops outside of California and the East Coast, starting with the most famous old school froyo chain. TCBY, once the world’s largest frozen yogurt chain, started with one store in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981. The original location closed in 2002 but there are… Read more »

Emerging Trends: New Cones for Froyo

Cake, sugar, or waffle cones are the traditional cone of choice for ice cream or froyo.  However, we’ve noticed that certain types of new cones have become popular at ice cream and frozen yogurt shops. Is there a cone revolution in the making? Freshly Made Cones Crepe cones have been available at certain froyo shops… Read more »