In Tanzania, the introduction of frozen yogurt was part of a broader trend towards healthier eating habits and the growing popularity of Western-style desserts. Soft serve ice cream has been available since the 1960s (e.g., Sno Cream). You can also find hard scoop ice cream, Italian gelato, and shaved snow. Froyo Tanzania, a self-serve froyo shop, claimed to have opened the first froyo parlor in 2013 in Dar es Salaam. It wasn’t open for long and the same fate befell other froyo shops.
Today, there are three shops that serve froyo, Snoopy’s (two branches) and Zaidi, but they’re dessert shops. Froyo isn’t their main product. All three shops are in Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania in East Africa is known as the home of Mount Kilimanjaro and Serengeti National Park. The population is 67.44 million. Dar es Salaam, the former national capital, is the largest city and the commercial center of the country, with a population of 2.7 million, followed by Mwanza (436,801), Zanzibar (403,658), and Arusha (341,136). It is considered a developing economy with a GDP of 79.16 billion (US dollars), 81st in the world and second in East Africa, behind Kenya.
Current Froyo Shops
- Snoopy’s, Kisutu St, Dar es Salaam, was established in 2009 and serves pizza and a variety of desserts, including froyo, milkshakes, ice cream, and waffles.
- Snoopy’s, Mindu branch, Pramukh Swami Street Shop No. 3, Dar es Salaam
- Zaidi Ice Cream, 8 Jirani St, Mikocheni-B Dar es Salaam, makes hard scoop ice cream, frozen yogurt, and vegan sherbet with local ingredients.
Closed Froyo Shops
- Cherry & Berry, Mkuki House, Dar es Salam, opened in 2017 and the last FB post in 2021. Cherry & Berry was founded in Oman in 2015 and was self-serve. Cherry & Berry Oman’s last IG post was made in 2016.
- Froyo Tanzania, Plot No. 25, Quality Centre (Nyerere Rd) was the first froyo parlor in Tanzania. It was located at the Quality Centre, Dar Es Salaam. It opened on August 10, 2013. The last posts on Instagram and Twitter were made in 2014.
- Smooch Tanzania – Located at Viva Towers on A.H. Mwinyi Road and Shoppers Plaza, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam. This was the first location; it opened in 2014. Posts on IG stopped in 2015. The last FB post was in October 2016. Smooch was a South African self-serve froyo franchise.
- Smooch Mbezi, 76QF+GJF, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was the second location, it also opened in 2015 and may have closed in 2016.
- Snoopy’s, Aura Mall, opened in 2018 and may have closed in 2020 or 2021.
- Snoopy’s opened in 2021 at Masaki Sports Park in Dar es Salaam and the current status is unknown (but we think that it has closed). The Snoopy’s FB page and Instagram account lists one location.
Check out our Pinterest board to see the froyo shops of Tanzania.
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