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. […]
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Press Room →Eco-Friendly Frozen Yogurt
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 […]
CarryOutSupplies.com & IFYA Announce Winner of Cup Design Contest
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 […]
Froyo Technology Report: A Look at Machine Served Frozen Yogurt
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 […]
Leveraging Technology at Your Frozen Yogurt Shop
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 […]
Put Your Best Cup Forward & You Could Win 10,000 Custom Cups from CarryOutSupplies.com
New and existing frozen yogurt cup designs battle it out for the title of Best Cup Design in the US Is it time for a cup makeover? Or are you using stickers on your froyo cups? Even worse, are your frozen yogurt cups plain? Or do you think your shop has the best looking cups? […]
International Froyo Flavors
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 […]
IFYA Newsmakers: Orange Leaf Introduces New Chocolate Flavor Made with Ghirardelli, Contest to Win Trip to Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival
IFYA Newsmakers covers significant frozen yogurt industry events. We recently spoke to Karley Hofer, Director of Brand Development at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, to learn more about their new promotion with Ghirardelli. From now until March 2, you’ll receive a game card when you try Orange Leaf’s new Chocolate frozen yogurt, made with Ghirardelli. Enter to win […]
Overview of the European Frozen Yogurt Market
Happy International Frozen Yogurt Day! We have the perfect article for IFYD from Rhian Williams, Business Development Director for Plas Farm Ltd (the UK’s leading frozen yogurt manufacturer) and the IFYA’s UK/European Product Development Expert. Rhian takes a look at the European frozen yogurt market, including its development, key trends and outlook. Overview of the […]
Wakaberry Becomes First International Recipient of IFYA’s Swirl of Honor Program
February 4, 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time ever the International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA)’s Swirl of HonorTM program has awarded swirls to a frozen yogurt brand outside of the US. The IFYA awarded South Africa’s first self-serve frozen yogurt bar, Wakaberry, with three swirls, the most swirls a frozen yogurt brand […]
