Frozen yogurt

Contest Has Froyo Fans and Expert Judges Picking Best New "Flavorites"

Competition is heating up the frozen yogurt world with a joint announcement by the International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA) and FrozenDessertSupplies.com regarding the Creative Froyo Flavor Awards. We spotted the press release for the contest on PRLog.com titled “IFYA and FrozenDessertSupplies.com Launch Contest to Find Best Creative Frozen Yogurt Flavors.” Designed to recognize and promote […]

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Ice Cream Is Still Hot, and Getting Colder

With all the marketing messages from more than 35 different frozen yogurt concepts, it’s easy to forget about, you know, actual ice cream. In an article posted on their website, “What’s the Scoop On Ice Cream Franchises?,” SmallBizTrends.com (SBT) thinks the real dairy deal has plenty of appeal. Given the strong presence Sintel Systems has

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Fro-Yo Chain's "Great Divide" Multiplies Sales

Louis Sullivan, the great American architect, coined his famous dictum, “Form ever follows function” — although across time, the word “ever” was dropped. Although Sullivan likely never ate frozen yogurt, the spirit of his phrase lives on in frozen yogurt entrepreneurial ingenuity. Take, for example, the recent story published on the Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN)

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Unbroken: Entrepreneurs Fixed On The Promise Of FroYo Franchising

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! The truth of this old bromide is found in modern franchising, and in particular, the retail frozen yogurt segment. “Although the popularity of the frozen yogurt franchise industry suffered a decline in the late 1990s, the category has been making a colossal comeback in the last decade, with a new

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Cup Control: Frozen Yogurt in Glamour's Spotlight

We’re guessing that not many froyo franchisers keep their fingers on the pulse of Glamour magazine’s dictated “Dos and Don’ts.” But then, Glamour doesn’t usually cover a subject of such great interest: advice on froyo portion and cost control. So what’s the froyo “fashion”? We turn to a recent Glamour.com post entitled “Healthy Eating: The

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Franchising Industry Pledge to Hire Veterans, Wounded Warriors and Military Spouses Exceeds Expectations

Two years ago, as part of the International Franchise Association (IFA) VetFran program’s Operation Enduring Opportunity and the White House Joining Forces Initiative, the IFA and its 600 VetFran member companies committed to recruit and hire 80,000 veterans, wounded warriors and military spouses by 2014. Their timing couldn’t have been better, given that the current

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26 Year-Old Franchise: Yogen Fruz Top Frozen Yogurt Worldwide

Ever gone to or walked by a Yogen Fruz frozen yogurt shop and wondered if you could start the next frozen yogurt franchise to be like Fruz?  Sintel Systems, the major frozen yogurt POS (point of sale) partner in the the industry, has incubated POS systems for more frozen yogurt franchises than any other. It

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