llaollao (pronounced yao yao) is the largest frozen yogurt chain in its home country of Spain, with over 100 locations in Spain. It’s also the largest European frozen yogurt franchise in the world. The first location opened in Spain in 2009. Currently, there are over 200 stores in 27 countries on four continents. In November 2018,… Read more »
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A Look at Home Grown International Froyo Chains: Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain
International Frozen Yogurt Day inspired us to take a look at some of the frozen yogurt chains that you’ll find outside the US. While Red Mango of South Korea is credited as the first to popularize tart, Asian style froyo, other countries have put their own spin on frozen yogurt. Chillbox capitalizes on cachet of… Read more »
IFYA’s 2018 Holiday Froyo Gift Guide
This is our favorite post to write all year: Our annual froyo gift guide. The curated froyo gift guide is full of unusual froyo gifts for all the froyo fans on your gift list. Our 2018 Froyo Gift Guide For the Stylish Jet Setter: llaollao has come out with the cutest green apple frozen yogurt takeaway… Read more »
Frozen Yogurt in Asia 2018
Last year, we wrote about the growing popularity of activated charcoal frozen yogurt, taiyaki filled with froyo, durian puffs, and raindrop cakes in Asia. Raindrop cakes were all over Instagram for a few months but the fad seems to be over. After the fresh honeycomb trend, activated black charcoal froyo became the new thing. Now… Read more »
2017 Froyo Chain Store Location Count
It’s time for our annual feature, the IFYA Froyo Chain Store Location Count – the 2017 edition. Overview The top 10 chains accounted for 3,955 locations, down from 4,335 locations last year. Red Mango fell off the list of the top 10 largest chains. Other chains that experienced large declines in store counts include TCBY,… Read more »
IFYA’s Store Location Count 2015: The Largest Frozen Yogurt Chains
The IFYA Froyo Chain Store Location count is back! We decided to change the timing of this annual feature to December since that’s the best time to count 2015 openings. The store counts are approximate and based on what’s listed on the chain’s website when available. Stores are constantly closing and opening. Also, we noticed… Read more »
Call for Sugar Reduced Froyo
Excessive consumption of sugar has been linked to higher rates of obesity, clinical depression and tooth decay. Many people, particularly in the US, consume too much sugar. In a Euromonitor study of 54 countries, the US ranked #1 in sugar consumption. US consumers on average consume 126 grams of sugar per day, more than twice… Read more »
Frozen Yogurt’s Global Popularity & the Call for an International Frozen Yogurt Day
While the majority of frozen yogurt shops are in the US, the rest of the world has clearly fallen in love with frozen yogurt as well. Frozen yogurt stores are just about everywhere now. You can find them in countries and territories with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants like Iceland, Brunei, Bermuda, and Grenada. Based on IFYA’s… Read more »
Find Out Which Frozen Yogurt Chains are the Largest in IFYA’s Chain Store Count
Every August, the IFYA will provide an update the size (as measured by number of store locations) of the largest frozen yogurt chains. The store counts are based on what’s listed on the chain’s website when available. Stores are constantly closing and opening so keep in mind that store counts are approximate. IFYA’s list of… Read more »