2016 Froyo Shop Openings and Closings in California

Fro-yo girl here. California is a large state and it’s the one with the most frozen yogurt shops. It’s challenging to track every froyo shop opening and closing. The openings are easier to track because shops make an effort to get their name out there. They usually have a Yelp listing and a presence on Facebook and/or Instagram. Shops generally close quietly, sometimes with no announcement.

There are also shops that move (I don’t count moves as an opening or closing though both technically occurred) and shops that have frozen yogurt but it isn’t their main thing (e.g., restaurants, convenience stores). Tracking frozen yogurt served at non-frozen yogurt shops is even more challenging.

Here’s my attempt to track froyo shop openings and closings in California this year:

New California Locations

1. 33 Degree Frozen Yogurt Victorville
2. Bella's on Katella Anaheim
3. Berry’s On Top Garden Grove
4. Big Kahuna Elk Grove
5. Big Kahuna Ceres
6. Buono Vita Yogurt Berkeley 
7. Cherry Chill Ontario 
8. Chillbox San Diego 
9. Cool Spot Brentwood
10. Cups Frozen Yogurt Irvine
11. Cups Torrey Hills
12. Daddy’s Best Frozen Yogurt (truck)
13. Exquisito Santa Ana 
14. Fashion Fruit Yogurt Los Angeles
15. Forever Yogurt/Bee & Tea Walnut Creek 
16. Freezing Summer Los Angeles
17. Froba Montebello
18. Frozen D’light Corona
19. Frozen Yogurt & Deli Montebello
20. Fruity Tart Moreno Valley
21. Go Greek Newport Beach 
22. Go Greek Corona Del Mar 
23. Golden Spoon Valencia
24. Good Earth Yogurt Bishop
25. ICE-YO West Hollywood
26. Joe’s Organic Frozen Yogurt Fullerton
27. Juicy Sweet Aptos
28. Kuki's Ice Cream Cakes & Yogurt
29. Loving Cup Greenbrae
30. Menchie’s El Monte 
31. Menchie’s South El Monte
32. Menchie’s Fullerton
33. Menchie’s Pico Rivera 
34. Menchie’s Norco January
35. Menchie’s Moreno Valley
36. Menchie’s San Ramon 
37. Menchie’s Victorville
38. Menchie’s Lodi 
39. Moo Moo Yogurt Foster City
40. Myo Frozen Yogurt Walnut Creek
41. Nuyo Frozen Yogurt Lincoln
42. Pennylane Frozen Yogurt and Candy Campbell 
43. Peachy King Fresno
44. Rainbow Sprinkles Donuts & Frozen Yogurt South Lake Tahoe
45. Red Mango Ruby Hill, Livermore
46. Rosy Yogurt, Los Gatos
47. Sweet Tahoe Time, Tahoe City
48. Swirl Fiesta Riverside
49. Swirl N Hearts Granada Hills
50. Things N Yogurt Valencia
51. U-Swirl Downey
52. U-Swirl San Clemente
53. Valencia Yogurt Co. Valencia
54. Verylicious Yogurt Hawthorne
55. Wanna Chill? Redondo Beach
56. Yo Way 
57. Yogofina Elmwood, Berkeley
58. Yogolicious Taft 
59. Yogurt Cup Temecula
60. Yogurt Delite Dublin
61. Yogurt Heaven San Diego
62. Yogurt Shop Danville
63. Yogurt Shoppe Brentwood 
64. Yogurtland Chatsworth 
65. Yogurtland Westlake, LA 
66. Yogurtland Boyle Heights 
67. Yogurtland Long Beach, Spring St.
68. Yogurtland Huntington Beach, July
69. Yogurtland Cypress
70. Yogurtland 28th & National, San Diego
71. Yogurtland Lancaster`
72. Yogurtland Riverside
73. Yogurtland Ontario 
74. Yogurtland Walnut
75. Yogurtland Santa Ana Sunflower
76. Yogurtland Paramount 
77. Yogurtland Hesperia
78. Yogurtland Redlands
79. Yogurtland Compton
80. Yogurtland Hayward 
81. Yogurtland Garden Grove Promenade, Chapman
82. Yogurtland North Hollywood
83. Yogurtland Huntington Park
84. Yogurtland El Cajon, Jamacha Village
85. Yogurtland Express, Petco Park, San Diego
86. Yogurtland Express, Petco Park #2
87. Yogurtland Express Angels Stadium 
88. Yogurtland Express Angels Stadium #2
89. Yogurtland Express Raging Waters San Dimas
90. Yogurtland Express Raging Waters Sacramento
91. Yogurtland Santa Monica (Lincoln/Pico)

Closed locations 2016

1. Betel Frozen Yogurt Santa Paula
2. Big Spoon Dixon
3. Brew-Le Valencia (replaced by Things N Yogurt)
4. Bon Bon Frozen Yogurt San Marcos
5. Buzio's Pasadena
6. C&M Cafe Sherman Oaks
7. Cherry on Top Diamond Bar
8. Cherry on Top Laguna Niguel
9. Danville Desserts Danville (replaced by Yogurt Shop)
10. DJ's Yogurt Huntington Park
11. FroYo Love Oceanside
12. Frozen Flavors Sun Valley 
13. Fruit Yogurt La Verne
14. Go Greek Yogurt Corona Del Mar
15. Go Greek Yogurt Newport Beach
16. GoGo Froyo truck
17. Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt Chula Vista
18. Ice Krave North Hollywood
19. Icicles Newport Beach
20. Kate's Yogurt Solvang
21. Love Yogurt Bakersfield
22. Menchie’s Huntington Beach
23. Michelle's Yogurt & Sweets Berkeley
24. Midtown Cafe, Mountain View
25. Milne's Yogurt, Visalia
26. Miyo Yogurt Los Altos
27. Nubi Yogurt San Mateo
28. Nubi Yogurt San Leandro
29. Oopa Yogurt Bar Folsom
30. Pinkberry Alvarado, Monterey
31. Pinkberry Rancho Cucamonga
32. Pinkberry Santa Clara
33. Pinkberry Tustin
34. Pinkberry West San Jose 
35. Pinkberry Brentwood, Los Angeles
36. PitStop Froyo Burbank
37. Red Mango/Auntie Anne's Palo Alto
38. SnapFit Frozen Yogurt Canoga Park
39. Sno South Lake Tahoe
40. Sparky's Yogurt Santa Monica
41. Spoon Me Marysville
42. Spoon Me Redding
43. Spoon Me Woodland
44. Sweet & Swirly Frozen Yogurt, Port Hueneme
45. Sweet Retreat Blossom Valley San Jose (due to fire)
46. Sweet's Yogurt Riverside
47. Sweet Tart Moreno Valley
48. Swirl N Hearts Granada Hills
49. Tommy K's 4 Alarm Yogurt Red Bluff
50. Tutti Frutti Brea
51. Tutti Frutti Los Angeles, DTLA 1st & Hope
52. Tutti Frutti Whittier
53. Tutti Frutti North Hollywood (replaced by Yogurtland)
54. Tutti Frutti Los Angeles, Boyle Heights
55. Tutti Frutti Danville
56. Tutti Frutti Sunnyvale
57. Tutti Frutti Santa Monica
58. Tutti Frutti Woodland Hills
59. Tuttimelon SF Chinatown
60. Twirl Frozen Yogurt (later Larchmont Juicery) Los Angeles
61. Valencia Yogurt Company Valencia
62. YoBoLand Tarzana
63. Yogen Fruz San Diego
64. Yogen Fruz Tarzana
65. Yogurt Bar Santa Ana
66. Yogurt Blast Duarte
67. Yogurt Coffee & Beyond Oroville
68. Yogurt Cove San Jose
69. Yogurt In Love Monterey Park
70. Yogurt Planet Northridge
71. Yogurt Station Walnut Creek (now Myo but under the same ownership and management)
72. Yogurt Zone Encino
73. Yogurtland Woodland Hills
74. Yogurtland LAX
75. Yogurtland Lebec/Tejon Ranch
76. Yogurtland Universal City Walk (to be replaced by Menchie's)
77. YogurtLane Simi Valley
78. Yolatea Pleasanton
79. Yolo Berry Berkeley (replaced by Buono Vita Yogurt)
80. Yoppi Yogurt Walnut Creek
81. Yoppi Yogurt Belmont
82. Yoppi Yogurt Glendale
83. YoYumYum Oxnard
84. Yumi Yogurt Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo
85. Yumi Yogurt Millbrae
86. Yumi Yogurt Los Gatos

Remodeled

· Yogurtland Fullerton (and reopened)

· 21 Choices Pasadena (should reopen in 2017)



Remodeled and Moved

· Yogurtland West Covina

· Humphrey Yogart



Nontraditional (not a froyo shop) Openings

1. C&M Café Sherman Oaks

2. Edible Arrangements (various) 

3. It’s Boba Time East Hollywood

4. Foodhall San Francisco

5. Mali Cuisine Thousand Oaks

6. Moo Greek Yogurt Los Angeles

7. Popbar San Jose

8. Popbar Torrance

9. Popbar Huntington Beach

10. Souvla, NOPA, San Francisco

11. Spread Mediterranean Kitchen Los Angeles

12. Sunlife Organics Pasadena

13. Sweet Lab Rosemead

14. Target/Freshii Pasadena

15. Target/Freshii Brea

16. Target/Freshii Woodland Hills

17. Target/Freshii Culver City

18. Target/Freshii Irvine

19. Yalla Fremont

20. Yalla Seal Beach


Coming Soon

1. Go Greek Santa Monica

2. Golden Spoon Valencia

3. Menchie’s Glendale

4. Pinkberry Anaheim

5. Souvla, Valencia St.

6. Yogurtland Santa Monica Lincoln

7. Yogurtland West Hollywood

8. SnapFit Frozen Yogurt Brea

9. Sweet Retreat Ice Cream San Jose

I expected to see more frozen yogurt shop closings than openings this year, similar to last year, but the number of openings far exceeded the number of closings (91 openings vs. 86 closings) without counting the non-traditional froyo openings. I didn’t think there was room for more frozen yogurt in Berkeley, but new shops opened there this year.

Yogurtland is on fire, opening 28 locations, mostly in Southern California and including the Express concept at Raging Waters, Angels Stadium and Petco Park. Menchie’s opened 9 locations in California in 2016. Chains like Cups, U-Swirl, and Forever Yogurt added California locations this year. A few organic frozen yogurt shops opened, including Brew-Le, Pennylane, and Joe’s Organic Frozen Yogurt. Brew-Le opened, changed owners and closed in less than a year.

The number of non-traditional locations (i.e., locations that are not frozen yogurt shops) is greater than reported because Edible Arrangements added Edible to Go, with frozen yogurt, to some of its stores (I don’t know how many). I heard that additional Daphne’s Greek locations will be converted to Yalla Mediterranean but I don’t know how many or when. Freshii locations within Target now serve vanilla froyo.

Tutti Frutti had the most closings, with six California locations closing in 2016. Next, Pinkberry closed five California locations in 2016. I'm worried about the remaining locations. Some of them look neglected and very little that's new has come out since Pinkberry was acquired. They've been closing locations outside of California as well. Yogen Fruz closed several California locations. Menchie’s closed one California location. Yogurtland closed some high profile locations including the new one in Woodland Hills, the one at LAX and the fancy one at Universal City Walk.

Did I miss any openings or closings? Let me know.

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

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