Froyo eaters of America, we want to hear from you. The 2023 National Frozen Yogurt Consumer Survey is now open.
Our survey asks about frozen yogurt consumption, attitudes, and preferences. The results of our survey will be shared with frozen yogurt shops and others in the frozen yogurt industry. We’ll also compare this year’s survey results to last year’s survey results.
Froyo activity is slowing down with the end of summer. We found 48 froyo shop openings in 18 countries in August, compared to 60 new froyo shops in 21 countries in July and 87 new froyo shops in 25 countries in June. The United States had the most openings just as in July, with twelve, followed by the Philippines with seven. The Philippines also had the 2nd highest number of new froyo shops in July.
Reliant Foodservice, Southern California’s one-stop shop for coffee shops, froyo shops, and smoothie/juice bars, held its annual product show at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel on August 5. This year’s theme was The American Dream. There were over 70 exhibiting manufacturers, show specials, complimentary lunch, a raffle, and the Money Booth where you go in and grab coupons.
July was a good month for froyo shop openings, though there were much fewer openings than in June (National Frozen Yogurt Month). We found 58 new froyo shops in 20 countries in July, compared to 87 new froyo shops in 25 countries in June. The United States had the most openings, with fourteen, followed by the Philippines with nine.
The IFYA turns ten! We’re currently over 3,000 members strong. Of our current members 43% indicated that they are current froyo shop owners or employees, 23% prospective froyo shop owners, 15% froyo fans, 11% other, and 9% industry suppliers. Our members represent 132 countries, with 71% of members from the US.
Froyo fans, there’s still time to enter our Instagram photo contest, Summer Froyo Shoes. One lucky winner will receive a $75 DoorDash gift card.
We found 84 new froyo shops in 25 countries in June 2023, compared to 61 new froyo shops in May 2023. It’s the most froyo shop openings we’ve seen since we started tracking openings and closings. The most openings occurred in The Philippines with eighteen, followed by the United States with thirteen.
Menchie’s, North America’s largest self-serve froyo franchise, is celebrating its Sweet 16 with featured flavors, raffles, the Smile Challenge app game, a new collectible spoon, and a limited edition cup design.
We’re excited to announce our annual summer froyo contest. This year’s photo contest, Summer Froyo Shoes, challenges froyo fans to share their original photos of froyo and shoes (slippers and socks are fine too). We’re looking for fun, summer-inspired photos.
The winner will receive a $75 DoorDash gift card. We hope you’ll use it to order froyo. The gift card is good at 310,000 local and national restaurants and stores across 4,000 cities in the US & Canada.
It’s been another busy month of froyo shop openings. In May, we found 54 new froyo shops in 21 countries, compared to 54 openings in 20 countries in April. The most openings, eleven, occurred in the United States, followed by the Philippines with six
