Apr. 11, 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO — The search for the best cup design in the USA is over. The grand prize winner of Put Your Best Cup Forward, the first froyo cup design contest, is the Color Prism cup, submitted by Ahmad Yilmaz, co-founder and Creative Director of Forever Yogurt. The International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA) and CarryOutSupplies.com launched… Read more »
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Froyo Technology Report: A Look at Machine Served Frozen Yogurt
It started with full service frozen yogurt shops. Then the self serve format took off. Is machine served next for frozen yogurt consumers? Dispensing technology, service format and convenience have always been important in the frozen yogurt industry. The trend towards smaller frozen yogurt shops or kiosks and frozen yogurt trucks is driven by lower… Read more »
Leveraging Technology at Your Frozen Yogurt Shop
This month the IFYA is focusing on the technology available to frozen yogurt shops. Our guest post is from Chris Ciabarra CTO and co-founder of Revel Systems and IFYA’s technology expert. Chris is an expert in POS systems, inventory management, payroll, real time sales data, integrated scales and modifiers. Chris’s tips for leveraging technology at your… Read more »
Put Your Best Cup Forward & You Could Win 10,000 Custom Cups from CarryOutSupplies.com
New and existing frozen yogurt cup designs battle it out for the title of Best Cup Design in the US Is it time for a cup makeover? Or are you using stickers on your froyo cups? Even worse, are your frozen yogurt cups plain? Or do you think your shop has the best looking cups?… Read more »
International Froyo Flavors
The most popular flavors of frozen yogurt (e.g., original/plain tart, chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel, cake batter) are universal in their appeal. Other flavors have local appeal and are rarely seen outside of their home countries. Here’s a guide to some of the local frozen yogurt flavors being offered outside the US. Australia Lamingtons are popular… Read more »
IFYA Newsmakers: Orange Leaf Introduces New Chocolate Flavor Made with Ghirardelli, Contest to Win Trip to Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival
IFYA Newsmakers covers significant frozen yogurt industry events. We recently spoke to Karley Hofer, Director of Brand Development at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, to learn more about their new promotion with Ghirardelli. From now until March 2, you’ll receive a game card when you try Orange Leaf’s new Chocolate frozen yogurt, made with Ghirardelli. Enter to win… Read more »
Overview of the European Frozen Yogurt Market
Happy International Frozen Yogurt Day! We have the perfect article for IFYD from Rhian Williams, Business Development Director for Plas Farm Ltd (the UK’s leading frozen yogurt manufacturer) and the IFYA’s UK/European Product Development Expert. Rhian takes a look at the European frozen yogurt market, including its development, key trends and outlook. Overview of the… Read more »
Wakaberry Becomes First International Recipient of IFYA’s Swirl of Honor Program
February 4, 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time ever the International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA)’s Swirl of HonorTM program has awarded swirls to a frozen yogurt brand outside of the US. The IFYA awarded South Africa’s first self-serve frozen yogurt bar, Wakaberry, with three swirls, the most swirls a frozen yogurt brand… Read more »
“Put Your Best Cup Forward” Contest Seeks Best Frozen Yogurt Cup Design
The nationwide search is on for the best frozen yogurt cup design. The grand prize winner will receive 10,000 custom print paper yogurt cups from CarryOutSupplies.com Feb. 3, 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO – The International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA) and CarryOutSupplies.com are holding a national design contest, Put Your Best Cup Forward, to find the best froyo cup design. The… Read more »
Frozen Yogurt’s Global Popularity & the Call for an International Frozen Yogurt Day
While the majority of frozen yogurt shops are in the US, the rest of the world has clearly fallen in love with frozen yogurt as well. Frozen yogurt stores are just about everywhere now. You can find them in countries and territories with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants like Iceland, Brunei, Bermuda, and Grenada. Based on IFYA’s… Read more »