Showing posts with label 2024 California froyo shop openings and closings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2024 California froyo shop openings and closings. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Tutti Frutti Montebello Returns


Fro-yo girl here. Tutti Frutti Montebello quietly closed during the pandemic. Then in September 2023, Froyology took over the space. The décor and the machines were the same, but the Tutti Frutti signs had been removed.

Well, Tutti Frutti is back, and the Froyology signs have been removed. The interior still looks the same. They added fresh juices and acai bowls. Twelve froyo flavors were available. Froyo and toppings are $0.97/oz, cheaper than Froyology and Yogurtland at The Shops at Montebello.

It seems like the change occurred around July 2024.

If you blinked, you might have noticed that Froyology existed for a few months. FYI, Yogurtland Montebello is now charging $1.13/oz. Ouch.

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

* TUTTI FRUTTI: 2134 Montebello Town Ctr, Montebello, CA 90640

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.

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Painful California Froyo Shop Closures in 2024

Yogurt Farms Snoopy


Fro-yo girl here. Before the year ends, I’d like to recognize a few froyo shops that closed this year that deserve a few words.

Yogurt Farms, 1224 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401


This one really hurts. Yogurt Farms opened in 1982 across the street from Santa Rosa High School. It remained family-owned and operated. There was a huge Snoopy statue in front because Charles Schulz lived in Santa Rosa. Charles Schulz probably was a Yogurt Farms fan? Unless he didn't like froyo. Yogurt Farms was counter-serve and very much old school. I visited back in 2009.

Apizza & Loving Cup, 2043 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115


This was the first apizza location to open back in 2019. Apizza was the new concept from the founder of La Boulangerie and owner of Loving Cup. This location also had Loving Cup froyo, mixed with the add-ins of your choice, and hand-churned to order. Apizza closed on Fillmore (Pacific Heights), but added the pizza concept to Loving Cup on Divisadero in San Francisco and in Greenbrae.


iYogurt, 6560 Lone Tree Way Brentwood, CA 94513


iYogurt wasn’t the first self-serve froyo shop in Brentwood, but I think it lasted the longest. It opened in 2010. Iyogurt also had gelato.

Pinkberry, 540 W Stuart Ave Ste 110/B Redlands, CA 92374


Pinkberry opened in Redlands in 2021. There are so few Pinkberry branches left that every closure hurts.

The Yogurt Farms closure hurts the most. Does anyone know what happened to the Snoopy holding a froyo cone statue?

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.


Wednesday, December 25, 2024

2024 California Froyo Shop Openings and Closings

Go Greek, Studio City


Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been tracking froyo shop openings and closings all year. I found 30 new froyo shops and shops that aren’t primarily froyo shops but serve froyo in 2024. This is considerably less than last year, when I found 41 new places for froyo. In 2022, I found 46 new places that serve froyo. However, I always find more new froyo shops after publishing this post, so the number will most likely increase. 

Of the 30 new places for froyo in 2024, 20 are froyo shops, two are mobile froyo units, and seven are non-froyo shops that offer soft serve froyo. Most of the new shops are not part of a large franchise. Last year’s growth was driven by Nick the Greek, which opened 11 new branches in California. This year, Nick the Greek opened seven new branches in California.

I found sixteen froyo shop closings and six ownership changes. Two closings resulted in a name change and a replacement with another froyo shop.

My goal is to track any new venue that serves froyo in soft serve form, including restaurants, convenience stores, pop-ups, froyo trucks, froyo trailers, vending machines, amusement parks, stadiums, etc. It's easier to track openings, since they're usually announced, but many places close quietly.

Businesses are listed in alphabetical order with the location noted.

Openings


  • Aggie Yogurt, Davis
  • Cuppa Yo, Dublin
  • Easy Breezy, Walnut Creek
  • Go Greek Yogurt, Studio City
  • Golden Spoon, Tustin
  • Golden Spoon, Irvine
  • Golden Spoon, Oceanside
  • Got Scoopz, Livermore
  • Kulfi Cone, Yuba City (mobile trailer)
  • Lol Yogurt, Santa Maria
  • Rainbow Froyo, Benicia
  • Rainbow Frozen Yogurt, Moreno Valley
  • Spoon and Cone, West Hollywood
  • Supermoms to Go, Ceres (froyo trailer)
  • Top A Lot, Gilroy
  • Tutti Frutti, Montebello
  • Yoberries, Fresno
  • Yoga-urt, Granada Hills, Los Angeles
  • Yogurt Lounge, Murrieta
  • Yogurt Mill, second truck
  • Yogurtland, Santa Monica
  • Yokli Yogurt, Manteca
  • Yum Yum Yogurt is back in Kingsburg, California. It was Yum Yum Yogurt, then it was The Froyo Co, and now it’s Yum Yum Yogurt again

Not a Froyo Shop but Serves Froyo


  • Nick the Greek, Berkeley
  • Nick the Greek, Santa Barbara
  • Nick the Greek, Pinole
  • Nick the Greek, Greenbrae
  • Nick the Greek, Yorba Linda
  • Nick the Greek, Santa Maria
  • Nick the Greek, San Mateo

Closings


  • Apizza & Loving Cup, San Francisco (Fillmore)
  • Culture Shock, Grass Valley
  • The Froyo Co, Kingsburg
  • Froyology, Montebello
  • Golden Spoon, Upland
  • Got Scoopz, Livermore
  • iYogurt, Brentwood
  • Kalamaki, Los Angeles
  • Menchie's, Thousand Oaks
  • Pinkberry, Redlands
  • Sweetie’s Ice Cream Shop, Santa Barbara
  • The Sweet Stuff, Buellton
  • Yogurt Farms, Santa Rosa
  • Yogurtland, Santa Monica
  • Yogurtland, Almaden Expressway, San Jose
  • Yogurtland, Madera

New ownership


  • CoCo Swirl, Pleasant Hill
  • Heavenly Yogurt, San Diego
  • Menchie’s, San Fernando
  • Menchie’s Rancho San Diego, El Cajon
  • Spoons Frozen Yogurt, Porterville
  • Tiger’s Yogurt, Stockton

Future Shops


  • Golden Spoon, Laguna Beach
  • Menchie’s, Manteca
  • Menchie’s, Cameron Park
  • Menchie’s, Clovis
  • Menchie’s, Madera
  • Nick the Greek, Palo Alto
  • Nick the Greek, Ceres
  • Pinkberry, Roseville

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.