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 South America, it ranks #1 on GDP per capita.
Froyo has had a longer history in Chile than in most South American countries, thanks to Fruzco Chile SA, the master franchisee for Yogen Fruz, which started building the Yogen Früz brand in Chile back in 1987. Yogen Fruz still has the most froyo locations of all froyo chains in Chile. Yogurtlife brought self-serve froyo to Chile in 2010. Pinkberry had a shop in Santiago that closed in 2019. Freshii, the Canadian fast casual healthy restaurant franchise that offers froyo, announced intentions to open locations in Chile back in 2015 but we are not sure if any locations have opened.
Although froyo has a long history in Chile, we found few home-grown froyo shops, fewer than in other South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador.
Froyo shops in Chile:
- Llaollao, the #1 froyo chain in Europe, has six counter-serve locations in Chile. The first one in Chile opened in 2013.
- MiYo was a froyo shop in Chile from 2014-2017. The last Facebook post was in 2017. The last Instagram post was in 2016.
- Pinkberry opened in Santiago in 2014 and seems to have closed in 2019.
- Yogen Fruz has 29 counter-serve locations in Chile, according to Google. The master franchisee, Fruzco Chile SA, started building the Yogen Früz brand in Chile in 1987. By 1988, Fruzco Chile SA had opened 24 Yogen Früz stores in Chile.
- YogurtLife is the leading self-serve froyo chain in Chile. They seem to have started in 2010, making them the first to bring self-serve froyo to Chile. There are 19 locations according to the Yogurtlife website.
- Youserv has eight self-serve locations according to the Youserv website. The design of the logo and the shops resemble those of Yogen Fruz. They first opened in 2012.
We created a new Pinterest board, Froyo in Chile, with pictures of froyo and froyo shops in Chile.
