Yogurt Circle Closes in Daly City

Fro-yo girl here. RIP Yogurt Circle, which first opened at Westlake Center in September 2008, has closed for good. They started out serving eight flavors of self-serve frozen yogurt a day and over the years added other offerings, including crepes, a case of Mitchell’s Ice Cream, soft serve ice cream, and beverages.

The shop has seen better days though. During my last visit, the walls were dirty and the flavor signs were crooked.

Their 4 Taylor soft serve machines are now available for sale (contact 10locations@gmail.com).

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

* YOGURT CIRCLE: 500 Westlake Center, Daly City, CA 94015

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.

Taylor Fro-yo Machines & Restaurant Equipment Available

Fro-yo girl here. A fro-yo shop in the Bay Area is looking to sell the following equipment:

* 3 Taylor C713 gently used air-cooled soft serve machines, Twin twist can be used for soft serve fro-yo, ice cream, custard, etc. Freezing cylinder: 2, 3.4 quart. Mix hopper: 2, 20 quart
* Dispensers: True T-28, True T-28F, True TSSU-48-12
* Mop Sink
* Corner 3-Comp Sinks with drainboards
* Prep sink with drainboards
* Hand sink
* Zevro snack dispensers with hardware

If interested, please contact me at froyogirl@gmail.com

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

Fro-yo Girl Reviews on The Frozen Yogurt Review

Fro-yo girl here. I just started contributing fro-yo shop reviews to another website, The Frozen Yogurt Review. I’m excited to have a good reason to revisit some shops and see how they’ve changed or provide additional praise to my favorite fro-yo spots. My first review is for a favorite spot, Blush Organic Frozen Yogurt in Burlingame, CA. 

The Frozen Yogurt Review has much more than fro-yo shop reviews. The site also has some great articles about frozen yogurt machines and will add other educational articles about the frozen yogurt industry in the future. The goal is “to create the most comprehensive guide on the internet to all things frozen yogurt.” Check it out!

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

Five Stoelting Fro-yo Machines for Sale

Fro-yo girl here. If you're looking for fro-yo machines, I know someone in San Jose who is looking to sell 5 Stoelting f-131-381-GY air-cooled yogurt/ice cream machines. They're about a year old, currently in use, in excellent condition, and still under warranty. Stoelting, a 100 year old company, is considered to be one of the better fro-yo machine manufacturers. Back in 1939, they invented the first soft ice cream machine for Dairy Queen (known as Home Made Ice Cream Company back then). They're the brand of choice for Straus Organic Frozen Yogurt.

Original price: over $70,000
Asking for: $45,000

"Counter-top Model, Twin Twist, Gravity, Soft Serve/Yogurt Freezer. Triple-duty freezer allows you to serve two individual flavors or combine them for a twist, produces quality product consistency from first cone to last. IntelliTec control for worry-free operation. ECM (Energy Conservatiom Mode) protects from over-agitation. Optional floor stand creates a 'floor model" package freeing up counter space and providing additional storage."

If interested, e-mail your contact info to froyogirl@gmail.com

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

The Case of the Mysterious Fro-yo Machine

Fro-yo girl here. One day I was shopping at Le Asia Supermarket in San Ramon and I spotted an old soft serve frozen yogurt machine in the food court area. It wasn't plugged in. The machine had pictures of fro-yo and the Dreyer's Grand Soft name all over it. I've never seen a machine like that in use and it looked quite old. I asked if they planned to use it and they said no...I wandered by again a few weeks later and it was still in the same place, unused. Is Le Asia so junky that they store random old equipment inside? Do they have plans for the machine?

I found an old article about the machine, dated 1994, which leads me to believe the machine is about 15 years old. Maybe it should be placed in a fro-yo museum.

"Dreyer's/Edy's Grand Ice Cream is promoting Grand Soft, a program offering fat-free and low-fat frozen yogurt, as well as high-butterfat ice cream. A four-head machine dispenses product from collapsible 2.5-gal. bags. Dreyer's employs a sales team exclusively for Grand Soft and, as of April, had placed approximately 400 machines nationwide. Another 600 placements are expected by summer's end, thanks largely to a new contract with Wal-Mart. Dreyer's acquired Polar Express, manufacturer of its Grand Soft dispenser, in March."

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