Tuesday, December 21, 2021

2021 California Froyo Shop Openings and Closings



Fro-yo girl here. It’s time for my annual update of California froyo shop openings and closings 2021. It was still a tough year for small businesses, with COVID-19 restrictions, rising costs, and labor and supply shortages. Most self-serve froyo shops resumed allowing customers to serve their own yogurt and toppings.

As usual, I tried to track any place that serves froyo in soft serve form. This includes restaurants, convenience stores, pop-ups, food trucks and trailers, etc. It's always easiest to track openings since most frozen yogurt have a social media presence and Yelp listing. However, many shops close quietly, without making any announcement.

Here’s my attempt to track froyo shop openings and closings in California this year. Shops are listed in alphabetical order.

Froyo Shop Openings (Including Trucks and Pop-Ups)


  1. Active Culture, Novato
  2. Culture Shock, Auburn
  3. FroGo, Alameda (froyo truck)
  4. FrostedLUV, Stockton
  5. Frutzy, Bakersfield (pop-up)
  6. Machi Frozen Yogurt, Sacramento (formerly YoGo)
  7. Pinkberry, Redlands
  8. Simon’s Dole Whip & Yogurt, Temecula
  9. SLO Froyo, San Luis Obispo
  10. The Spot Café & Froyo, Weed
  11. Sweet Boba, Fullerton
  12. Toppings Frozen Yogurt, Santa Rosa
  13. Yoga-urt, Santa Monica
  14. Yogurt Pop, Rancho Murieta
  15. Yogurtland, Madera

Openings, Serves Froyo but Not a Froyo Shop:


  1. The Good Plow, Carpinteria
  2. Nick the Greek, Dublin
  3. Nick the Greek, Fremont
  4. Nick the Greek, Fullerton
  5. Nick the Greek, Roseville
  6. Nick the Greek, San Mateo
  7. Nick the Greek, Santa Clara, Westfield Valley Fair
  8. Nick the Greek, Santa Monica
  9. Nick the Greek, Westlake Village
  10. Tahina, Alameda

Added Froyo, but Not a New Business and Not a Froyo Shop


  • Capo, Belmont

That’s 15 new froyo shops, 10 non-froyo shops that serve froyo, plus one existing café that added froyo, for a total of 26 places that started serving froyo this year. Last year, I found 22 froyo shop openings. I didn’t count the rebranded froyo businesses or the ones under new ownership.

Rebranded


  • Corner Café & Froyo Murrieta renamed Simon’s Dole Whip & Yogurt
  • Yogurtland Lakewood (now Yogurtland by Holsom)

Under New Ownership


  • Golden Spoon, Riverside
  • Menchie’s Ocean Park, Santa Monica
  • Red Mango, Los Angeles
  • Rockie’s Frozen Yogurt, Whittier
  • Top a Lot, Santa Cruz
  • Yum Yum Yogurt, Kingsburg

Froyo Shop Closings


  1. Big Kahuna Frozen Yogurt, Clovis
  2. Big Spoon, Natomas
  3. Blitzer’s! Premium Frozen Yogurt, Murrieta
  4. Blizz, Downey
  5. Cloud 9 Yogurt House, San Diego
  6. Creme De La Ice Cream, Santa Maria
  7. Culture Shock, Auburn (moved)
  8. Forty Carrots, Santa Monica
  9. FROLO, Manteca
  10. Frozen Land, Los Angeles (Westwood)
  11. Frozo’s, Santa Clara
  12. Golden Cups, Long Beach
  13. Golden Spoon, Whittier
  14. Golden Spoon, Valencia
  15. Happy Yogurt, Escondido
  16. Menchie’s, Burbank (moving)
  17. Menchie’s, Chatsworth
  18. Menchie’s, Glendale
  19. Menchie’s Roseville
  20. Menchie’s, Temecula
  21. Menchie's, Van Nuys
  22. Menchie’s Westchester
  23. Menchie's, Westfield Mall, San Jose
  24. Peachwave, Redondo Beach
  25. Pink Boba, Fullerton
  26. Pinkberry, Citrus Heights
  27. Pinkberry, Hollywood
  28. Prinkipia, Canoga Park
  29. Red Mango, Los Angeles
  30. Rockin’ Yogurt, Santa Barbara 
  31. Ruby Frozen Yogurt, Stockton
  32. Swirl Frozen Yogurt, Camarillo
  33. Top That Yogurt, Sonoma
  34. Tutti Frutti, Corona
  35. Tutti Frutti, Montebello
  36. Tutti Frutti, Norwalk
  37. Tutti Frutti, Visalia
  38. Tuttimelon, Fairfield
  39. YoDo Yogurt, Campbell
  40. Yogurt Creations, Paso Robles
  41. Yogurt Creations, Atascadero
  42. Yogurt Creations, Arroyo Grande
  43. Yogurt Creations, Lompoc
  44. Yogurt Valley, Wildomar
  45. Yogurtland, Alhambra
  46. Yogurtland, Burlingame
  47. Yogurtland, Long Beach, 7th St.
  48. Yogurtland, Mission Viejo - Kaleidoscope
  49. Yogurtland, Oxnard
  50. Yogurtland, San Bernardino
  51. Yogurtland, San Luis Obispo

I found 51 closings, including 8 Menchie’s locations, 2 Pinkberry locations, 4 Tutti Frutti locations, and 7 Yogurtland locations. Yogurt Creations closed their remaining locations.  Last year, I found 72 froyo shop closings. It was a very tough year due to the pandemic.

Coming soon


  • Active Culture, Long Beach
  • Beary Bliss Yogurt Shop & Sweets, Big Bear
  • Easy Breezy, Los Gatos
  • Menchie’s, Burbank (moving)
  • NuYo Frozen Yogurt, Roseville
  • Sprinkles on Top, Elk Grove
  • Yogurt Stop, Rossmoor
  • Yogurtland, Fresno (Riverside Dr.)
  • Yogurtland, Pixley

Since I find out about openings and closings after publishing my post, I’ll keep updating this post. Did I miss any openings or closings? Let me know.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
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