Dole Soft Serve Starter Kit Offer Ends Tomorrow

Fro-yo girl here. The FREE Dole Soft Serve Starter Kit offer for members of the International Frozen Yogurt Association ends tomorrow.

The starter kit contains:

• 2 samples of Dole Soft Serve – your choice of flavors
• Dole bucket with lid: to be used to make Dole soft serve, the bucket has instructions printed on the outside
• Wire whisk

The starter kit has an approximate retail value of $50.

To qualify for the complimentary starter kit, you must be an IFYA member and operate three or more frozen yogurt shops.

This offer is good until September 15, 2015. The offer is not limited to the US but international availability varies by country.

Kent Precision Foods Group is also offering a rebate on purchases of Dole Soft Serve. Get up to $500 back on your purchase. The rebate is good for purchases made in 2015. The rebate forms will come with the Dole starter kit.

Join the IFYA at internationalfrozenyogurt.com to take advantage of its membership benefits, like discounts on supplies for your frozen yogurt shop. Membership is free.

A Brand Consumers Love

Do you love Dole Whip? Chances are you answered yes and you know many people, including your customers who feel the same way. Dole Soft Serve has 97% brand recognition and is loved by countless customers. Dole Whip fans are known as Dole Whip Devotees.

Dole’s most popular flavor is Pineapple. The famous Dole Whip (aka, Dole Pineapple soft serve) has been a sensation at Disneyland’s Tiki Room for over 35 years and is now served at Disneyland and Disney World. Customers have been known to stand in line for over an hour for their Dole Whip fix. Dole Whip has been drawing customers into frozen yogurt shops that serve it because it reminds people of their trip to Disneyland.

Allergy Friendly, Easy to Prepare

Dole Soft Serve is the perfect fruity soft serve for those seeking a light, refreshing treat. Dole Soft Serve is cholesterol free, fat free, gluten free, lactose free, dairy free/vegan and made with natural colors.

With Dole Soft Serve, it’s easy for frozen yogurt stores to offer an alternative frozen treat for all customers, including those that may have dairy, gluten, allergen, and/or other dietary sensitivities. About 1 in 4 consumers are lactose intolerant and 29% of Americans say they are trying to avoid gluten for health reasons.

The product is shipped as a dry mix so you save on shipping costs. It’s extremely easy to prepare – just add water to the mix and whisk (Dole's instructional video). Expand your offerings with Dole. Use Dole Soft Serve in ice cream sandwiches, sundaes, floats or add syrup and soda to serve it as a fizzy beverage.

Available flavors: Orange, Strawberry, Raspberry, Mango, Pineapple, Lemon

About Kent Precision Foods Group

Kent Precision Foods Group specializes in developing, blending and packaging dry mix food products to our customers’ exacting specifications.

In addition to our dry blending capabilities, KPFG offers a diverse line of branded products for the foodservice and consumer channels.

For additional information, visit precisionfoods.com

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.

Special Summer Offer for Shop Operators on Dole Soft Serve Mix

Do you love Dole Whip? Chances are you answered yes and you know many people, including your customers who feel the same way. Dole Soft Serve has 97% brand recognition and is loved by countless customers. Dole Whip fans are known as Dole Whip Devotees.

Dole’s most popular flavor is Pineapple. The famous Dole Whip (aka, Dole Pineapple soft serve) has been a sensation at Disneyland’s Tiki Room for over 35 years and is now served at Disneyland and Disney World. Customers have been known to stand in line for over an hour for their Dole Whip fix. Dole Whip has been drawing customers into frozen yogurt shops that serve it because it reminds people of their trip to Disneyland.

The new Dole Lemon soft serve is bright, light and refreshing. It’s sure to be a huge hit this summer. 

Dole Soft Serve is the perfect fruity soft serve for those seeking a light, refreshing treat. Dole Soft Serve is cholesterol free, fat free, gluten free, lactose free, dairy free/vegan and made with natural colors.

With Dole Soft Serve, it’s easy for frozen yogurt stores to offer an alternative frozen treat for all customers, including those that may have dairy, gluten, allergen, and/or other dietary sensitivities. About 1 in 4 consumers are lactose intolerant and 29% of Americans say they are trying to avoid gluten for health reasons.

The product is shipped as a dry mix so you save on shipping costs. It’s extremely easy to prepare – just add water to the mix and whisk (Dole's instructional video). Expand your offerings with Dole. Use Dole Soft Serve in ice cream sandwiches, sundaes, floats or add syrup and soda to serve it as a fizzy beverage.

Get your Dole Soft Serve mixes before National Soft Serve Day, August 19. Dole Whip fans, tell your local froyo shop about this offer.

Available flavors: Orange, Strawberry, Raspberry, Mango, Pineapple, Lemon

Special Offer for IFYA Members: Free DOLE Starter Kits & Rebates

International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA) members can request a FREE Dole starter kit from Kent Precision Foods Group for a limited time only.

The starter kit contains:

• 2 samples of Dole Soft Serve – your choice of flavors
• Dole bucket with lid: to be used to make Dole soft serve, the bucket has instructions printed on the outside
• Wire whisk

The starter kit has an approximate retail value of $50.

To qualify for the complimentary starter kit, you must be an IFYA member and operate three or more frozen yogurt shops. 

This offer is good until September 15, 2015.

Kent Precision Foods Group is also offering a rebate on purchases of Dole Soft Serve. Get up to $500 back on your purchase. The rebate is good for purchases made in 2015. The rebate forms will come with the Dole starter kit.

Join the IFYA at internationalfrozenyogurt.com to take advantage of our membership benefits, like discounts on supplies for your frozen yogurt shop. Membership is free.

About Kent Precision Foods Group

Kent Precision Foods Group specializes in developing, blending and packaging dry mix food products to our customers’ exacting specifications.

In addition to our dry blending capabilities, KPFG offers a diverse line of branded products for the foodservice and consumer channels.

For additional information, visit precisionfoods.com

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.

Menchie’s Summer Sorbet Extravaganza & Sweet Summer Giveaway

Fro-yo girl here. Summertime is the season for fresh fruit, sorbets and vacations – and it’s the inspiration for Menchie’s Summer Sorbet Extravaganza. Six sorbets are featured this July:

• Dole Soft Serve Lemon (starting July 1): This new flavor from Dole tastes like freshly squeezed lemons. It definitely has a tang that lemon lovers will appreciate.
• Summertime Watermelon (starting July 1): This watermelon sorbet is light and sweet and made with real watermelon. I still found it somewhat candy like in flavor and not as refreshing as real watermelon.
• Fresh Honeydew (starting July 11)
• Dole Pineapple (starting July 11): The beloved Dole Whip flavor that Disneyland has been serving for over 35 years. It’s bright, sweet and tangy. 
• Sweet Pink Lemonade (starting July 21)
• Strawberry Kiwi Twist (starting July 21)

The Sweet Summer Getaway is a new Menchie’s contest. The winner gets a 7-day Caribbean cruise for four on Princess Cruises. To enter, use your registered MySmileage card when you visit Menchie’s. Limit one entry per day. You’re entered automatically when you use your MySmileage card. You can also enter online at http://menchiespansweeps.pgtb.me/62SLTB (no purchase necessary).

Dole Soft Serve is cholesterol free, fat free, gluten free, lactose free, dairy free/vegan and made with natural colors and real fruit flavors. International Frozen Yogurt Association members can request a FREE starter kit from Dole Soft Serve, which contains 2 samples of Dole Soft Serve, Dole bucket with lid & a wire whisk (approx. retail value $50). To qualify, you must operate three or more frozen yogurt shops. Offer good until 9/15/2015. Please complete the contact form to request your Dole Soft Serve starter kit. Join the IFYA for free at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/

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.

Lower Your Operational Costs with IFYA's Discounts for Frozen Yogurt Shops

Fro-yo girl here. When I founded the International Frozen Yogurt Association in 2013, one of the main goals was to help current and prospective frozen yogurt shop operators be more successful. When I spoke to frozen yogurt store operators about how the frozen yogurt association might help them, they talked about the importance of saving on operational costs.

We researched suppliers and developed partnerships with top quality suppliers who were willing to offer IFYA member discounts. We are pleased that IFYA members now enjoy savings on a wide variety of products and services. These discounts can save shops thousands of dollars a year. 

Basic IFYA membership is still free. IFYA premium members ($50/year) enjoy access to additional discounts. 

IFYA Premium Member Discounts

• Credit card processing from Green Payment Solutions (GPS): Green Payment Solutions’ new program includes a low rate guarantee and a wide range of other valuable savings, available to IFYA premium members. Green Payment Solutions has provided top quality credit card processing services to local and national merchants for more than 10 years and is recognized with A+ status by the Better Business Bureau. Contact Gene Da Lie from Green Payment Solutions at (818) 564-0577 or gened@greenpayllc.com for a no-obligation rate review of your merchant account. Learn more about Green Payment Solutions online at www.GreenPaymentSolutions.com.
• Comprehensive business compliance solutions from Payality: IFYA premium members can choose from 3 different compliance packages, all discounted more than 20% for IFYA members. The small, medium and large compliance packages come with different features and can be further customized with additional services (Extra Toppings). From Payroll, Human Resources, Employee Benefits, Worker’s Compensation Payment Administration, and Retirement Solutions, Payality’s comprehensive compliance solutions reduce their client’s costs, increase efficiency and streamline operations across the client’s business. Payality also integrates with leading workers comp carriers, including IFYA endorsed Select Marketing Insurance of California, to offer pay-as-you-go premium payments that feature no upfront deposit, premiums paid each pay period based on actual payroll, and the elimination of audit hassles. For additional information on this offer, please visit http://www.payality.com/ifya/

IFYA Member Discounts (for Basic and Premium Members)

• Workers’ Comp Insurance in California: IFYA is pleased to partner with California’s workers’ comp experts, Select Marketing Insurance Services, to offer special group rates to California frozen yogurt shop owners who are IFYA members. SMI’s special group rates are significantly lower than rates small frozen yogurt shops can get on their own. They are known for offering frozen yogurt shops the best combination of price, stability and coverage with A+ rated Preferred Employers Group (PEG). Please contact Steve Feemster, Association Advisor at SMI, at (888) 656-5678 or via email at stevef@smi-insure.com to get started or visit www.smi-insure.com for additional information.
• Special holiday promotion on gift cards: GiftRocker provides best in class gifting and marketing tools for extraordinary shopkeepers including Cups Frozen Yogurt and Pitango Gelato. GiftRocker is offering a FROYO November Offer (use the promo code FROYONOVO) for IFYA members signing up before December 1st. With the FROYONOVO promotion, your first 5 gift cards are free in November and December. After that, you will enjoy the industry’s most Fair & Flexible pricing plan: no monthly subscription and your unit cost decreases as your volume increases. Sign up today!
• Limited time offer on digital signage solution: Oalla, an innovative new venture based on a technology developed by a Stanford University student has a wide library of apps that allow digital signs to showcase curated content from Instagram, Facebook and Yelp, let customers vote for their favorite frozen yogurt flavor, offer customers games to play, etc.
  Try Oalla risk free and at a special low price. This special offer is limited to the first 100 people that sign up. Visit http://try.oalla.com/ifya to sign up for this special deal.

Discounts on Products

• 15% off your first Nanci’s Frozen Yogurt purchase when you mention IFYA and your IFYA username (new Nanci’s customers only)
• Free shipping on all Spaceman USA equipment when you mention IFYA and your IFYA username
• 15% off Jefe toppings dispensers. To redeem, mention IFYA and your IFYA username when you call Forte Supply at (720) 328-1431
• 20% off your FrozenDessertSupplies.com order (discount can only be used once) when you mention IFYA and your IFYA username
• 10% off your first GoDivide order of frozen yogurt cup dividers when you mention IFYA and your IFYA username

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.

Color Changing Halloween Spoons, Plus Discount Code

Fro-yo girl here. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I also happen to love fancy frozen yogurt spoons. Of course I love the new color changing Halloween spoons from Frozen Solutions. The spoons start out as a pumpkiny orange and they turn to a dark scary black while you're eating your froyo.

Froyo spoon fans, ask your froyo shop for color changing Halloween spoons.

Froyo shops, show off your Halloween spirit by carrying color changing Halloween spoons this year.

Special Deal from the International Frozen Yogurt Association

Save 10% on your Halloween color changing spoons order.

Enter (or mention) the code "IFYA" when you place your order on http://www.frozensolutions.com/ 

Order soon. You don't want to miss out on these limited edition spoons. Supplies are limited.

This discount code expires on 10/31/2014 at midnight PST.

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.