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.
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Press Room →Menchie’s Celebrates “Sweet 16” With Smiles All Month Long
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.
Enter Our Summer Froyo Shoes Photo Contest For a Chance To Win a $75 DoorDash Gift Card
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.
A Look at Froyo Search Trends for National Frozen Yogurt Month 2023
Interestingly, the top U.S. search queries were very similar to the top worldwide search queries. The pattern of search traffic is remarkably similar for the United States (vs. worldwide) frozen yogurt search term over the past 5 years. It shows that the popularity of frozen yogurt did recover from the pandemic, with a stronger recovery in the US. Interest in frozen yogurt continues to be the highest in U.S., Canada, and Australia. And what’s driving the queries is the desire to find the froyo nearby.
Spoon & Sprinkles of Davenport, Florida, Awarded Highest Honor, Three Swirls from IFYA’s Swirl of Honor Program
The International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA) is proud to welcome Spoon & Sprinkles of Davenport, Florida, to the Swirl of Honor program. Spoon & Sprinkles earned three swirls, the maximum possible number of swirls, based on four factors: frozen yogurt quality, store cleanliness, superior customer service, and environmentally friendly business practices.
An Update on Edible Cookie Dough
Now that over five years have passed, cookie dough shops were revealed to be a fad. While edible cookie dough is still around, it’s found in supermarkets, online stores like Doughp and The Cookie Dough Café, and inside shops that don’t primarily specialize in edible cookie dough. Big players like Ben & Jerry’s and Toll House now sell edible cookie dough. Baked cookie shops are now trendy – led by Crumbl Cookies, which opened 700 stores in six years, but rivals like Cookie Plug, Milk Jar, Tiff’s Treats, Chip City, Levain Bakery, etc. The trendy cookies are bigger and thicker.
Froyo Trends: Dessert Nachos
We’re often asked by froyo shops for new simple new menú ideas. Here’s one that’s currently a hot new food trend on TikTok: ice cream nachos, aka dessert nachos. Ice cream nachos are usually made with waffle chips, ice cream (often soft serve), toppings, and sauce on top or on the side.
May Froyo Shop Openings & Closings
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
Froyo Gives Back, the 2023 Edition
Happy National Frozen Yogurt Month! Every June, we like to recognize socially responsible frozen yogurt shops that give back. This year, we’re recognizing J.P. Licks, Humphry Slocombe, Yo-Chi, Yogurt Mill, Yogurtland, SweetFrog, Yasso, and Surfin’ Spoon.
Froyo in Uruguay: History, Trends, & Shops
Uruguay, with a population of 3.4 million, is the second smallest country in South America. The largest city by far is Montevideo, with a population of 1.3 million. The second largest, Salto, has a population of 104,011. While Punta Del Este is tiny with 7,234 residents, it is a famous beach resort town that attracts… Read more »
