Fro-yo girl here. It’s time for my annual update of California froyo shop openings and closings 2021. It was still a tough year for small businesses, with COVID-19 restrictions, rising costs, and labor and supply shortages. Most self-serve froyo shops resumed allowing customers to serve their own yogurt and toppings.
As usual, I tried to track any place that serves froyo in soft serve form. This includes restaurants, convenience stores, pop-ups, food trucks and trailers, etc. It's always easiest to track openings since most frozen yogurt have a social media presence and Yelp listing. However, many shops close quietly, without making any announcement.Here’s my attempt to track froyo shop openings and closings in California this year. Shops are listed in alphabetical order.
Froyo Shop Openings (Including Trucks and Pop-Ups)
- Active Culture, Novato
- Culture Shock, Auburn
- FroGo, Alameda (froyo truck)
- FrostedLUV, Stockton
- Frutzy, Bakersfield (pop-up)
- Machi Frozen Yogurt, Sacramento (formerly YoGo)
- Pinkberry, Redlands
- Simon’s Dole Whip & Yogurt, Temecula
- SLO Froyo, San Luis Obispo
- The Spot Café & Froyo, Weed
- Sweet Boba, Fullerton
- Toppings Frozen Yogurt, Santa Rosa
- Yoga-urt, Santa Monica
- Yogurt Pop, Rancho Murieta
- Yogurtland, Madera
Openings, Serves Froyo but Not a Froyo Shop:
- The Good Plow, Carpinteria
- Nick the Greek, Dublin
- Nick the Greek, Fremont
- Nick the Greek, Fullerton
- Nick the Greek, Roseville
- Nick the Greek, San Mateo
- Nick the Greek, Santa Clara, Westfield Valley Fair
- Nick the Greek, Santa Monica
- Nick the Greek, Westlake Village
- Tahina, Alameda
Added Froyo, but Not a New Business and Not a Froyo Shop
- Capo, Belmont
That’s 15 new froyo shops, 10 non-froyo shops that serve froyo, plus one existing café that added froyo, for a total of 26 places that started serving froyo this year. Last year, I found 22 froyo shop openings. I didn’t count the rebranded froyo businesses or the ones under new ownership.
Rebranded
- Corner Café & Froyo Murrieta renamed Simon’s Dole Whip & Yogurt
- Yogurtland Lakewood (now Yogurtland by Holsom)
Under New Ownership
- Golden Spoon, Riverside
- Menchie’s Ocean Park, Santa Monica
- Red Mango, Los Angeles
- Rockie’s Frozen Yogurt, Whittier
- Top a Lot, Santa Cruz
- Yum Yum Yogurt, Kingsburg
Froyo Shop Closings
- Big Kahuna Frozen Yogurt, Clovis
- Big Spoon, Natomas
- Blitzer’s! Premium Frozen Yogurt, Murrieta
- Blizz, Downey
- Cloud 9 Yogurt House, San Diego
- Creme De La Ice Cream, Santa Maria
- Culture Shock, Auburn (moved)
- Forty Carrots, Santa Monica
- FROLO, Manteca
- Frozen Land, Los Angeles (Westwood)
- Frozo’s, Santa Clara
- Golden Cups, Long Beach
- Golden Spoon, Whittier
- Golden Spoon, Valencia
- Happy Yogurt, Escondido
- Menchie’s, Burbank (moving)
- Menchie’s, Chatsworth
- Menchie’s, Glendale
- Menchie’s Roseville
- Menchie’s, Temecula
- Menchie's, Van Nuys
- Menchie’s Westchester
- Menchie's, Westfield Mall, San Jose
- Peachwave, Redondo Beach
- Pink Boba, Fullerton
- Pinkberry, Citrus Heights
- Pinkberry, Hollywood
- Prinkipia, Canoga Park
- Red Mango, Los Angeles
- Rockin’ Yogurt, Santa Barbara
- Ruby Frozen Yogurt, Stockton
- Swirl Frozen Yogurt, Camarillo
- Top That Yogurt, Sonoma
- Tutti Frutti, Corona
- Tutti Frutti, Montebello
- Tutti Frutti, Norwalk
- Tutti Frutti, Visalia
- Tuttimelon, Fairfield
- YoDo Yogurt, Campbell
- Yogurt Creations, Paso Robles
- Yogurt Creations, Atascadero
- Yogurt Creations, Arroyo Grande
- Yogurt Creations, Lompoc
- Yogurt Valley, Wildomar
- Yogurtland, Alhambra
- Yogurtland, Burlingame
- Yogurtland, Long Beach, 7th St.
- Yogurtland, Mission Viejo - Kaleidoscope
- Yogurtland, Oxnard
- Yogurtland, San Bernardino
- Yogurtland, San Luis Obispo
I found 51 closings, including 8 Menchie’s locations, 2 Pinkberry locations, 4 Tutti Frutti locations, and 7 Yogurtland locations. Yogurt Creations closed their remaining locations. Last year, I found 72 froyo shop closings. It was a very tough year due to the pandemic.
Coming soon
- Active Culture, Long Beach
- Beary Bliss Yogurt Shop & Sweets, Big Bear
- Easy Breezy, Los Gatos
- Menchie’s, Burbank (moving)
- NuYo Frozen Yogurt, Roseville
- Sprinkles on Top, Elk Grove
- Yogurt Stop, Rossmoor
- Yogurtland, Fresno (Riverside Dr.)
- Yogurtland, Pixley
Since I find out about openings and closings after publishing my post, I’ll keep updating this post. Did I miss any openings or closings? Let me know.
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.
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