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NRA Show Recap: Swirl of Excellence Frozen Yogurt Competition

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This year the NRA Show featured the inaugural “Swirl of Excellence” Frozen Yogurt Competition sponsored by Revel Systems. The competition was designed to recognize the best frozen yogurt at the NRA Show 2014. Four frozen yogurt experts sampled two flavors from participating vendors: original/natural/plain tart and vanilla. Panel of frozen yogurt experts: Sonya Chudgar, Associate… Read more »

SmoothYo Frozen Yogurt Launches First Store, a New Brand/Licensing Concept from Wudel Incorporated

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May 15, 2014, Dominican Republic – SmoothYo Frozen Yogurt, an international frozen yogurt concept, opened its first location and is poised for rapid expansion. The first store is located in the Dominican Republic and has disrupted the traditional frozen yogurt store business model. With extremely low start-up costs and minimal space requirement, the inaugural SmoothYo store start-up costs… Read more »

Recyclable, Biodegradable and Compostable: Clearing Up the Confusion

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Do you understand the difference between recyclable, biodegradable and compostable frozen yogurt cups, lids and spoons? We asked IFYA’s Packaging and Branding Expert, Tim Porter, to explain each of these terms and to provide tips for becoming an eco-friendly frozen yogurt shop. Tim is the Owner of FrozenDessertSupplies.com, which serves thousands of customers across the… Read more »

Happy Easter Froyo Fans!

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Happy Easter Froyo Fans! In honor of Easter, we’ve created a new Pinterest board entitled Easter Froyo Pics. Do your Easter plans include froyo? Or is your favorite froyo shop closed for Easter? You can always celebrate the day before…or take some frozen yogurt home earlier in the week and put it in your freezer…. Read more »

Eco-Friendly Frozen Yogurt

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Environmentally friendly business practices are a sign of corporate responsibility and important to IFYA. That’s why businesses that adopt eco-friendly practices such as composting and recycling are recognized and rewarded by our Swirl of Honor program. We’d like to recognize a few frozen yogurt franchises that are known for their eco-friendly business practices. 16 Handles… Read more »

CarryOutSupplies.com & IFYA Announce Winner of Cup Design Contest

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Apr. 11, 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO — The search for the best cup design in the USA is over. The grand prize winner of Put Your Best Cup Forward, the first froyo cup design contest, is the Color Prism cup, submitted by Ahmad Yilmaz, co-founder and Creative Director of Forever Yogurt. The International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA) and CarryOutSupplies.com launched… Read more »

Froyo Technology Report: A Look at Machine Served Frozen Yogurt

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It started with full service frozen yogurt shops. Then the self serve format took off. Is machine served next for frozen yogurt consumers? Dispensing technology, service format and convenience have always been important in the frozen yogurt industry. The trend towards smaller frozen yogurt shops or kiosks and frozen yogurt trucks is driven by lower… Read more »

Leveraging Technology at Your Frozen Yogurt Shop

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This month the IFYA is focusing on the technology available to frozen yogurt shops. Our guest post is from Chris Ciabarra CTO and co-founder of Revel Systems and IFYA’s technology expert. Chris is an expert in POS systems, inventory management, payroll, real time sales data, integrated scales and modifiers. Chris’s tips for leveraging technology at your… Read more »

International Froyo Flavors

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The most popular flavors of frozen yogurt (e.g., original/plain tart, chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel, cake batter) are universal in their appeal. Other flavors have local appeal and are rarely seen outside of their home countries. Here’s a guide to some of the local frozen yogurt flavors being offered outside the US. Australia Lamingtons are popular… Read more »