Fro-yo girl here. If you visit froyo shops and you’re over 13 in the US, you're invited to take the National Frozen Yogurt Consumer Survey. The short survey, sponsored by the International Frozen Yogurt Association, asks about your current froyo consumption and preferences. The survey takes about 7 minutes to complete.
Take the Online Froyo Survey and Be Entered to Win Froyo Prizes
All eligible survey respondents 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. Winners will be selected in a random drawing and can choose their froyo gift card. One entry per person.
Winners will be contacted and announced on the IFYA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/froyoassociation/), Instagram, and Twitter by October 9, 2024. If any prizes are unclaimed by October 16, 2024, alternate winners will be selected until all prizes are awarded. Contest rules are posted on our website.
Purpose of the National Frozen Yogurt Survey
The annual National Frozen Yogurt Survey, sponsored by the International Frozen Yogurt Association, captures trends in the frozen yogurt market from the perspective of the consumer, including preferences, brand loyalty, and consumption. The survey results will be shared with frozen yogurt shops and others in the frozen yogurt industry so that they can make better informed decisions.
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Fro-yo girl here. I found these Xiaomei ice cream cups at Good Fortune Supermarket in San Gabriel, CA. These ice cream cups are imported from Taiwan. I’ve had Xiaomei’s boba ice cream bars before, so I was somewhat familiar with the brand. However, I didn’t know the rich history of Xiaomei’s ice cream cups.
The founder of Xiaomei Ice Cream launched Taiwan’s first homemade vanilla ice cream in 1948. The ice cream is known for its taste and reasonable price. I imagine generations of Taiwanese have grown up eating Xiaomei ice cream cups.
The ice cream is sold a plastic bag that contains ten individually packaged cups. Good Fortune sells them individually for $0.84/cup. One cup is 66g.
Vanilla ice cream: The ice cream was fluffy, creamy but with icy edge, and with a strong vanilla flavor and scent. It was sweeter than I expected (too sweet), but pleasant. I can see it appealing to kids. It didn’t taste like high quality vanilla ice cream to me, but it was under $1, so I’m not surprised. It had too much air and was too sweet.
Available flavors: vanilla, chocolate, Swiss chocolate, yogurt
What? They have froyo. I have to look for it.
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* Good Fortune Supermarket, 300 W Main St, Ste 120, Alhambra, CA 91801
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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. Save the date: National Spoon Day is October 7. Yogurtland is celebrating National Spoon Day by releasing a giant spoon, available for one day only, on Monday, October 7, obviously.
This year, the giant spoon is apricot. You’ll get a giant apricot spoon with every $12 minimum in-store purchase (maximum of 4 spoons per transaction). Third party delivery and online orders are excluded.
In case you’re wondering, the previous National Spoon Day giant Yogurtland spoons were: pink and green (2020), raspberry (2021), turquoise (2022), and dark blue (2023).
Serious spoon collectors will show up early for these giant spoons. Be sure to get yours early because they do have a limited supply of giant spoons.
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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. Frozen yogurt eaters, the International Frozen Yogurt Association, IFYA, wants to hear from you. Take the short online frozen yogurt survey for a chance to win froyo gift cards. Five winners will be randomly selected from the survey respondents. Each will receive a $25 gift card. Winners can choose gift cards to any froyo shop in the US that offers online gift cards. The survey is open to anyone over 13 living in the US. One response per person, please.
Take the 7-minute survey at: http://tinyurl.com/2024froyosurvey
The survey is now and will close at midnight PST on Monday, September 30, 2024.
Winners will be contacted and announced on the IFYA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/froyoassociation/), Instagram, and Twitter by October 9, 2024. If any prizes are unclaimed by October 16, 2024, alternate winners will be selected until all prizes are awarded. Contest rules are posted on our website.
The frozen yogurt survey asks about your frozen yogurt consumption, attitudes, and preferences. The results will be shared with frozen yogurt shops and industry stakeholders.
Share the Survey Invitation to Receive Survey Results
Frozen yogurt shop operators and others interested in the survey results can receive them by sharing the survey invitation. Simply share our pinned Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/froyoassociation/), survey Tweet (@froyogirl), or Instagram survey post (@froyoassociation) by September 28, 2024. Send us a DM after sharing the post and provide your email address. Your profile must be public to qualify.
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 visited the La Fermière pop up shop in Silver Lake (Los Angeles) today. The pop-up is open for four days, September 19 – 22. It’s a shopping opportunity but they also have a few fun events planned like personalized terracotta pots, fresh flower bouquet workshop, astrology and tarot card readings, and more.
You can shop for a wide selection of La Fermière yogurt (including some hard to find flavors like Matcha Lime and Hibiscus Raspberry), their creme desserts, La Fermière merch (bamboo lids, spoons, tote bags, stickers, clothing, yoga mats), and a special dessert (chocolate creme with olive oil and sea salt). I wasn’t sure what to expect but it seemed like a place to relax, shop, and have a sweet treat.
The space is beautiful and chic. They painted the exterior the color of a La Fermière blue pot. They package up your yogurt so nicely and even tie the bag with a ribbon. Service was amazing. The person I spoke to was very knowledgeable and could answer all my questions. I think all the employees were French! They gave me an extra pot, the one with my astrological sign that I've been looking for.
Their yogurt and creme desserts, made with French recipes, are all delicious and all natural. And the pots are too cute to throw away.
Pistachio creme dessert ($3.50): it was a perfect small treat, creamy and sweet (like creme brulee) without being heavy or cloying.
I love their yogurt, especially the pressed lemon, rose, and jasmine flavors.
* La Fermière: 3118 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
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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’m not sure what’s going on with Kourellas US. Their website isn’t fully functional. I found their yogurt at the Grocery Outlet for $0.50 per container. One container is 4.2 oz. There were three flavors available: blood orange, cherry, and coffee.
The Kourellas own a dairy farm in Greece, the first organic dairy in Greece. I believe the Greek yogurt I found was made with New York dairy and primarily carried on the East Coast. Other than the Grocery Outlet sighting, I haven’t seen Kourellas yogurt in other stores (in the Los Angeles area).
Kourellas Greek yogurt is made with whole milk, cream, sugar, etc. It contains no stabilizers, preservatives, starch, added flavors, pectin, colorings, GMOs, or gluten. The yogurt is strained in the traditional Greek way.
Cherry yogurt: This is a blended yogurt. The texture was creamy and smooth. It did have a strong cherry flavor with a sour aftertaste. I like sour yogurt, so I found it pleasant and natural tasting. One serving is 170 calories, 10g total fat, 9g total carbs, 8g total sugars, and 7g protein.
Blood orange yogurt: Creamy with a strong taste of blood orange, sour aftertaste
Kourellas Greek yogurt isn’t as sweet as other Greek yogurt brands and it does taste like real yogurt and real fruit. I liked it a lot! Most yogurt on the US market is too sweet.
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.
The Parlor, San Dimas
Fro-yo girl here. San Dimas is a smaller city in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, about 30 miles northeast of downtown LA. The population was 33,535 in 2022. It’s known for Raging Waters and for being the home of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Bill and Ted attended San Dimas High School.
There are currently two froyo shops in San Dimas, The Parlor and Yogurtland. Both opened in 2014. Nick the Greek, the Greek fast casual chain, offers Greek froyo. The first froyo shop in San Dimas was likely Yogurt Station, which closed in 2014.
Current Places To Get Froyo
- Nick The Greek, 1045 W Arrow Hwy, opened in 2023. The fast casual Greek chain offers Greek froyo.
- The Parlor, 1453 W Arrow Hwy, opened in 2014, serving crepes and counter-serve froyo.
- Yogurtland, 468 N Lone Hill Ave, opened in 2014 in a strip mall.
Former Places To Get Froyo
- Costco, 520 N Lone Hill Ave, used to serve froyo, but they switched to soft serve ice cream.
- Yogurt Station, 618 W Arrow Hwy, was the old school froyo shop. I’m not sure when it opened, but it closed in 2014. Many reviewers mention going there since childhood.
- Yogurtland Express, 111 Raging Waters Dr, opened at Raging Waters in 2016. The Express location was not self-serve. It may have closed in 2019.
Like many of the smaller suburban cities, San Dimas is not the place to get innovative frozen yogurt, but it does have some good options. It’s also encouraging to see two froyo shops that are ten years old and one that lasted for decades.
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.
