Fro-yo girl here. On a recent trip to the Grocery Outlet, I spotted Hempz Wild Blueberry Yogurt Herbal Body Scrub for $3.99 (compare at $19.99 elsewhere). It’s limited edition. One bottle is 17 fl oz, 100% vegan, paraben free, gluten free, THC free. The hemp seed oil, shea butter, and essential vitamins soften your skin.
The creamy white scrub is dispensed from the built in pump. I could feel the exfoliating beads. I’m picky about my scents and I did not like the fragrance at all. It smelled like something fake, sweet, fruity and a little floral. Since it smelled awful, I didn’t want to use much. The list of ingredients is very long but doesn’t include yogurt.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Froyo gift card giveaway alert! Take the Third National Frozen Yogurt Consumer Survey for a chance to win a $25 froyo gift card.
All eligible survey participants who respond by midnight Pacific Time on September 24, 2019 will be entered into a random drawing to win one of five $25 froyo shop gift cards to any US shop that offers online gift cards. In other words, you get to choose your gift card. The survey is open to anyone over 13 who lives in the US. One entry per person please.
Take the 5 minute National (US) Frozen Yogurt Consumer Survey now, https://tinyurl.com/3rdfroyoconsumersurvey Tell others to take the survey too! For the complete contest rules, visit http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/official-rules-for-the-third-annual-national-frozen-yogurt-consumer-survey-sweepstakes/ The National Frozen Yogurt Survey is being sponsored by the International Frozen Yogurt Association.
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.
Fro-yo girl here. I’ve seen Danone’s Silk Oat Yeah Oatmilkgurt since the beginning of summer and finally decided to try it. Target carries Oat Yeah Oatmilk and Oatmilkgurt. Oatmilkgurt is $1.73 for a 5.3 oz cup of yogurt, or more accurately, yogurt alternative. It’s nut-free, gluten-free and dairy-free, with live and active cultures.
THE VANILLA ONE: It didn’t pass the smell test. Vanilla Oatmilkgurt smelled like sour wet paper towels and glue. Unfortunately, it tasted like it smelled but sweeter, like tangy sweet glue. The consistency was thin and gummy. 1.5 out of 5 stars.
THE STRAWBERRY ONE: Fortunately, the Strawberry One smelled much better. It tasted like strawberry juice with a hint of oat. The consistency was like thickened juice. Not bad. I didn’t like how thin it was though. 3 out of 5 stars.
The Strawberry One was 80 calories per serving, 0g fat, 2g dietary fiber, 8g total sugars, 3g protein. Ingredients: Oatmilk (filtered water, whole oat flour), cane sugar, strawberries, faba bean protein, corn starch, strawberry puree, pectin, calcium citrate, fruit and vegetable juice (for color), citric acid, natural flavor, live and active culture, vitamin D2, vitamin B12.
Available flavors: Mango, Mixed Berry, Strawberry, Vanilla
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.
Fro-yo girl here. I recently went to Papa Cristo’s for the first time. It’s a local institution, open since 1948. They started out as a Greek market and added the restaurant in 1985. They make a lot of things from scratch, including, bread, Greek yogurt, pastries, meat pies, etc. It’s still owned by the same family that started it. It’s probably the biggest Greek market in Los Angeles. Actually, I think it’s the only Greek grocery store in Los Angeles.
There is no Greek frozen yogurt but they do make their own Greek yogurt. I spotted five kinds: Greek yogurt (plain), “Extra thick” Greek yogurt, Greek yogurt with honey, Greek yogurt with sour cherry, and Greek yogurt with figs. It’s offered on the dessert and breakfast menu of the restaurant. You can also buy tubs in the grocery area.
* Homemade Greek yogurt ($4.99 for 12 oz): Plain, unsweetened, it’s tangy and sour in a good, natural yogurt way. The texture was smooth and creamy.
* Homemade Greek yogurt with sour cherry ($5.99 for 14 oz): The sour cherry syrup with a few whole cherries is swirled into the plain Greek yogurt. The texture was grainier than the other tub of yogurt for some reason. But in terms of taste, it had what I was looking for – tang and cherry flavor. The cherries are more sweet than sour, despite the name. The texture was thick and rich.
Their yogurt is good, but the yogurt I get at the farmer’s markets in and around Los Angeles is better.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* PAPA CRISTO’S: 2771 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90006
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Froyo fans, the Third National Frozen Yogurt Consumer Survey, sponsored by the International Frozen Yogurt Association, is now open. All eligible survey participants who respond by midnight Pacific Time on September 24, 2019 will be entered into a random drawing to win one of five $25 froyo shop gift cards to any US shop that offers online gift cards. In other words, you get to choose your gift card. The survey is open to anyone over 13 who lives in the US. One entry per person please.
The short, five-minute survey has questions about frozen yogurt loyalty, current consumption, future consumption, frozen yogurt attitudes and preferences, and demographics. The purpose of the survey is to better understand the current state of the frozen yogurt market, from the consumer standpoint.
Take the National (US) Frozen Yogurt Consumer Survey now, https://tinyurl.com/3rdfroyoconsumersurvey
Tell others to take the survey too!
Anyone who is interested in the survey results simply needs to share the survey invitation. There are several ways to share the survey invitation, including sharing IFYA’s pinned Facebook post about the survey (https://www.facebook.com/froyoassociation/), pinned tweet (@froyogirl) or Instagram survey post (@intlfroyoassn) before September 21, 2019. Then, after sharing, send the IFYA a direct message with your email address.
For the complete contest rules, visit http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/official-rules-for-the-third-annual-national-frozen-yogurt-consumer-survey-sweepstakes/
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Yumi Yogurt just announced the final day for their Redwood City, CA location, Sunday, September 15. I think it was the first Yumi Yogurt that I ever visited. I used to work in downtown Redwood City, within walking distance of Yumi. I remember driving by it all the time and also wondering about the drive thru window (which I’ve never seen being used). I remember when they first added tart froyo and mochi. The child's size froyo was huge and satisfying.
Here’s the Facebook message from Yumi Yogurt:
“For the last 35 years Yumi Yogurt in Redwood City has been a neighborhood staple providing high quality yogurt and ice cream in a family oriented atmosphere. Our ultimate goal was to provide a service, experience and product that was unique, memorable and unlike anything else. It is through our great team here and loyal customers that we have had such a tremendous run.
It saddens us to say, that our time in this location has come to its end. Our last day at this location is on September 15, 2019.
We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our customers that have made our journey in Redwood City possible and delightful by supporting Yumi Yogurt. Thousands of you have experienced this unforgettable place, and we treasure every memory with you.
We could not be more thankful for the opportunity to serve you all these years. We hope to continue to serve you at our San Mateo location, which is located at 3955 S. El Camino Real.
Thank you from our family to yours.”
At one point, I’d been to every Yumi Yogurt location. They had six but now there are only two left, San Mateo and Santa Clara. I wish I could make it Yumi Yogurt Redwood City one last time, but I can’t. A froyo friend says that the lease is up and they’re going to build boring office buildings there. According to the Mountain View Voice, the owner said the lease is expiring and "to renew would require an extensive renovation of the aging building that he can't afford. His business partner and uncle also died a year ago and it has been difficult to continue the business without him."
The Redwood City location was the first Yumi Yogurt location.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* YUMI YOGURT: 947 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063
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.
