Bolivia hasn’t had many froyo shops but Yogen Fruz did enter the market early and is still the largest player. Yogen Fruz, the Canadian franchise, has 15 branches in Bolivia. It looks like the few froyo shops that opened in Bolivia have closed, except for Llaollao, Yogen Fruz, Yogurteria, and Freschezza. Most of the froyo shops that closed were in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, local concepts, and counter-serve. We believe that there are currently 19 froyo shops in Bolivia.
Bolivia had a population of 12.5 million in 2023. The largest cities are Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1.36 million), Cochabamba (900,414), and La Paz (812,799). Bolivia ranks #97 in terms of GDP in the world in 2024, but the economy is considered “repressed” and the banking sector health is at risk. Foreign reserves are very low.
Froyo Shops in Bolivia
- BluGurt was a froyo shop in Santa Cruz de la Sierra that served 100% natural yogurt ice cream.
- Freschezza Frozen Yogurt is an Italian-inspired café with counter-serve froyo in Cochabamba. Freschezza opened in 2014 serves ice cream, froyo, waffles, coffee, and more.
- Frozen Yogurt in Potosi last posted on Facebook in 2013, the same year they created their Facebook page. We assume that it has closed.
- Frozzi was a counter-serve froyo shop in La Paz. It may have opened in June 2020, when they created their Facebook page. They serve froyo, frappes, and smoothies.
- Glassati Frozen Yogurt was a counter-serve froyo shop in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The last post on Facebook was in November 2018. The Facebook page was created in 2012. The last Instagram post was in May 2018. The website no longer works. The café also served waffles, French toast, muffins, smoothies, etc.
- Llaollao, the Spanish counter-serve froyo chain, opened in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in 2023.
- Topin Frozen Yogurt may have opened in Cochabamba in 2019. It does not appear to still be open.
- Yogen Fruz lists 16 locations in Bolivia on its Facebook page. They’re still active on FB and Instagram. Yogen Fruz has been in Bolivia since 2008 (probably earlier but we’re not sure when). They opened a location at Viru Viru International Airport in 2023. The shops are counter-serve. In 2024, they opened a new branch on Barrio Las Palmas, Av. Iberica entre calle Guapomo y calle B and at Las Brisas Mall in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
- Yogurberry, the South Korean froyo franchise, had four or five self-serve locations in Bolivia. The first one opened in 2012. Two locations closed in 2022, and the Equipetrol branch closed in 2021.
- Yogurteria opened in Cochabamba in 2022. It is counter-serve.
We created a new Pinterest board, Froyo in Bolivia, with pictures of froyo and froyo shops in Bolivia. Are we missing any? Let us know.
