Qoola started with one store in Vancouver, BC in 2008. While it didn’t initially serve Canadian yogurt, it later made the switch to organic frozen yogurt from Ontario’s Mapleton’s Organic Dairy Farm. I visited the original location in Vancouver while it was still serving American froyo and wasn’t self-serve.
Now every time I try to visit their website, I get a message about a mass injection attack. This has been going on for months, so I am assuming that they aren’t paying attention to their website. I’m not able to visit the website to see their list of locations. Most of them were in British Columbia.
There are still occasional tweets, FB posts, and Instagram posts from @qoola, but these are few and far between. Their current LinkedIn profile says that they have 18 locations. I have a feeling that number hasn’t been updated in quite some time. What’s particularly alarming is how several shops didn’t even last a year.
OPEN
- Richmond, Aberdeen Centre
- York Lanes, York University
- Garden City
- Guildford
- Robson, Vancouver
- Hillside Mall, Victoria
- Uptown, Victoria
CLOSED
- Cook St. Village Victoria
- Coquitlam Centre (grand opening in 2017, already closed)
- Metrotown, 2250 4700 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2
- 2945 Jacklin Rd, Langford, BC, V9B4V5
- Park Royal, West Vancouver
- UBC
- North Vancouver
- Westshore Town Centre, Victoria
- Square One, Mississauga
- Pacific Center, Vancouver
- Oakridge, Vancouver
- Yates, Victoria
- Orchard Park, Kelowna
- Market Mall, Calgary
- Woodgrove, Nanaimo
- Greenbelt, Makati, The Philippines
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.
3 comments:
Okay but why did they close so many locations
I thought it was weird how I couldn't find a single froyo place when I visited Vancouver Island. There's only 2 Qoola chains in their biggest city, Victoria! And their latest tweet was in May 13, 2018... Sad sad times for froyo lovers on the island. Thanks for the info!
Well, read this late but the ones in Uptown and Hillside are gone now. Sad, because I still have their loyalty card and cup. Guess they'll just be mementoes now.
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