It’s the time of year when many froyo shops are closing for the season. Hoping most of those are temporary closures! Temporary closures aren’t tracked on our list.
Here’s the list of froyo shop openings and closings for October 2020. With the exception of Frowie in Mexico and Sweet Susie’s in Branson, MO, all the openings were additional locations of existing froyo and non-froyo shops. JCO and llaollao continue to expand rapidly. Sadly, the original Yogurtland, zoeyogurt in Seattle (Swirl of Honor shop), and a 31 year old TCBY were among the closures.
Openings
16 Handles, 155 Chambers St., New York (Tribeca), NY 10007, IG @16handlesdowntown
The newest 16 Handles location is close to City Hall Park & Rockfeller Park. The shop opened on October 1 with $5 pink cups (promotion good on October 1 & 2). It’s the first of the newer smaller footprint retail format for 16 Handles optimized for delivery and order ahead orders.
Blugurt, Parque Floresta, Colonia La Floresta 0 Calle 4-31 zona 9, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, IG @blugurt
Blugurt opened a new shop at Floresta Park in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on October 23.
Chia-Yo, Citra Garden 6, Ruko Sixth Ave. J5A no. 18, Jakarta, Indonesia, IG @chiayo.id
Chia-Yo Express opened on October 27 at Ruko Citra Garden. Chia-Yo is in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Frowie Froyo, Residencial El Refugio, Queretaro, Qro, Mexico, IG @frowie.froyo
The new froyo shop had a soft opening in Queretaro, Mexico on October 9. This is the first location of Frowie.
JCO, Ciputra Tangerang Mall, Jl. Citra Raya Boulevard No.01, Ciakar, CitraRaya, Tangerang, Banten 15710, Indonesia, IG @jcoindonesia
JCO, the donut, coffee & froyo chain, continues to show impressive growth. The new location opened at Ciputra Tangerang Mall on October 26.
Llaollao, SM Fairview Mall, Quirino Highway, corner Regalado Hwy, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, IG @llaollaophilippines
Llaollao, the #1 Spanish yogurt in Asia and Europe, opened at SM Fairview Mall in Quezon City, Philippines on October 1. The grand opening promotion included prizes (free froyo) and a buy one, get 1 premium cone promotion.
Nick the Greek, 155 Kinross Ave., Los Angeles (Westwood), CA 90024, IG @nickthegreekwestwooducla
Nick the Greek is not a froyo shop but they do offer Greek froyo, along with their gyros and other Greek fare. The grand opening was held on October 8.
Planet Yogurt, Limuru Rd., Rubis Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya, IG @planetyogurtafrica
The new location opened on October 29 with free waffle froyo cones for the first 10 guests.
Summer Bowl, Green Connect, Sukhumvit 31, Bangkok, Thailand, IG @summerbowl.bkk
The acai, juice, and coffee (and froyo) purveyor opened its second branch in Bangkok at Green Connect on October 24.
Sweet Susie’s Frozen Treats, 3000 Green Mountain Dr., Ste 101, Branson, MO 65616, IG @sweetsusiesfrozentreats
Fortunately for Branson, MO, when CherryBerry closed, Sweet Susie’s took over with little down time. The new owners posted the following on FB: “Welcome to Sweet Susie’s Frozen Treats! Susie Buentello and her husband, Hugo enjoy coming to Branson to visit their oldest son, Cesar, his wife Jessica, and their daughter Khloe (aka: Hugo and Susie’s first grandbaby!) One of their favorite stops to visit with Khloe and all of their children was CherryBerry Branson. When Susie heard that CherryBerry was up for sale, she couldn’t bear the thought of not getting to visit her favorite frozen yogurt spot for years to come. Through much prayer, discussion, meditation on The Word and God’s divine alignment, in October 2020, Hugo and Susie purchased the old CherryBerry Location and Sweet Susie’s was born. We are 100% family owned and operated. With Cesar managing the shop, Hugo and Susie’s other kids, Samantha, Carolina and Hector helping out in the shop and Khloe greeting everyone that enters through the door, you are sure to have a great time! We pray that everyone that enters Sweet Susie’s Frozen Treats will get to create beautiful memories over some frozen yogurt, treats and fellowship just as our family has. We look forward to seeing you all soon!”
Yogurberry, Shop 97 The Entrance Road, The Entrance, NSW 2261, Australia, IG @yogurberryaustralia
Yogurberry recently announced new stores coming soon to NSW, including this one at The Entrance that held a grand opening on October 24.
Closings
CherryBerry, 3000 Green Mountain Dr., Ste 101, Branson, MO 65616
The owner retired and closed CherryBerry Branson, MO on October 31. A new froyo shop, Sweet Susie’s, took over the space.
Chibi’s Boba, The Florida Mall, 8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Ste 1310A, Orlando, FL 32809
This location of Chibi’s Boba opened at The Florida Mall in 2018. They had another, older location which was established in 2013. Chibi’s Boba was a boba shop that also served froyo, ice cream, sandwiches, and coffee. On October 2, they posted this announcement on Facebook and Instagram: “First and foremost, I want to thank our customers and staff. It’s with a heavy heart that we close our beautiful story with a sad ending. As of today, we closed Chibi’s doors for the last time. We love our staff like family and have been doing what we can to help them find employment elsewhere. To our customers, you have touched our lives in a wonderful way. We will cherish the relationships that we created with everyone. As small business owners it was a pleasure serving our community. I know we are just a number of small businesses that has fallen into the same situation due to COVID-19. We had to make a difficult decision to protect our family, friends, staff, and customers.”
Frozen House, Calle Central, David 0426 Panama
Frozen House, which opened on December 23, 2016, has closed its original shop. Their frozen yogurt is still available with delivery services and at retail points of sale.
Menchie’s, 3217 Dillon Dr, Pueblo, CO 81008
The Pueblo Mall location of Menchie’s final day of business was October 4. The shop opened in December 2013.
Orange Leaf, 1114 Commercial St, Ste c, Emporia, KS 66801
Orange Leaf Emporia opened in Fall 2012. The final day of business was October 31, Halloween. The impending closure was announced on October 25. This was the closure announcement: “It is with great sadness to announce Orange Leaf Emporia will be closing it’s doors permanently at the end of this week. We will be open from 3-9 Monday-Friday this week, and 1pm till 9pm on Saturday. October 31st will be our last day open, so please stop by and see us one last time! We appreciate all of our loyal customers through the years, and will miss all of you!”
Plum Dandy, 419 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Plum Dandy opened in 2010 and was the first self-serve froyo shop in the Capital Region. They also offered smoothies, smoothie bowls, power bowls, bubble tea, and milkshakes. The shop closed in October 2020.
TCBY, 1090 Morton Blvd., Kingston, NY 12401
The 31-year old shop closed in October, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The owners, John and Trish Bassett, posted an announcement that said, “To our customers – Without your support the last 31 years, we would not have continued to exist. The loyalty, commitment, dedication, faithfulness, the strong feeling of constant support, the dependability, our ability to count on you! All of you should be extremely proud of your allegiance to us! We surely are! We are humbled, grateful, and full of gratitude – the appreciation we have is off the charts! Trusting us and having our backs for 31 years, it feels incredible! The constant consistency this town has showed us, is a blessing beyond anyone’s imagination! When one door closes, another one will open. It’s time for us to look for the new open door! It was an awesome ride.”
Yogurtland, 501 N State College Blvd, Ste C, Fullerton, CA 92831
Yogurtland #1, the original location, has closed. On October 26, the following message was posted on FB and Instagram, “It’s been a pleasure to serve you at our original Yogurtland store in Fullerton on State College. Unfortunately, our doors have closed permanently at this location. We invite you to visit our nearby Yogurtland locations at 122 W Orangethorpe Ave (Fullerton), 730 E Imperial Hwy (Brea) and 17486 Yorba Linda Blvd (Yorba Linda). Hope to see you soon!” Yes, they have another location in Fullerton that’s still open.
Yogurtland, 2525 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757
Yogurtland Northcross’s last day of business was October 31. The shop wa open for over nine years. On October 26, they posted a farewell message on Facebook: “Thank y’all Austin! It’s been a great pleasure to serve you the last 9+ years.”
Yolickity, 848 Long Pond Rd., Rochester, NY 14612
On September 25, Yolickity announced that the Greece location would close on September 30. The owners posted this message, “It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of our Greece location on September 30, 2020. Unfortunately, we couldn’t come to an acceptable agreement with our landlord. Thank you to the thousands of customers and hundreds of employees who have come through these doors over the last 7.5 years. We will miss you all! Please come visit us in Webster or Henrietta. Gift cards can be used at these locations!”
Zoeyogurt, 6900 East Green Lake Way N E, Seattle, WA 98115
We’re sad to see the original Zoeyogurt has closed after nine years in Green Lake (Seattle, WA). The closure was announced on Facebook on October 12: “Nine years, seven months. That’s how long zoeyogurt has been open at Green Lake. We’ve had our share of ups and downs—lines out the door and days when we didn’t even cover our labor costs. We learned A LOT! About life and business. 2020, for us like for many people, has been a year of reckoning. Our lease would be up in June, and a new tenant wants our space. So, we’ve decided it’s time to close our doors and turn off the flow of creamy, delicious frozen yogurt. We will miss the friendly faces of customers and great kids we’ve employed over the years! We will miss the froyo! We’re proud of what we added to the Green Lake Community and the jobs we provided for many-a-young person (oftentimes their first job) over the past almost 10 years. And we’re extremely grateful for the support we’ve had from all of YOU! OUR LAST DAY OF BUSINESS WILL BE THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH. We will be open Tuesday through Friday this week from 1:30-7:30 pm. If you have balances on gift cards please come in and use them up by Friday at 7:30 pm. Remember, we have free parking in the Circa building garage (entrance to the garage is on 4th Ave NE, just south of Green Lake Way N and Retreat coffee shop).Thank you, again, for your support over the years. Green Lake is a great community and we loved being a part of it!”
