Thanks so much for watching! Drop your memories from the Golden Age of Frozen Yogurt™ in the comments below. Also...do you think froyo will make a comeback???
Yes! I’m looking for a fr yo place here locally to take my daughter too our generation is growing up and having kids I think we want that nostalgia back and I want to enjoy that with my little girl!
I used to go to the movies with my grandma and get froyo afterwards. The theatre was at the mall and the froyo place was right by the exit. Good times 🥲
@@JCNoodleheadpeople buying 10 dollars for one mildly larger than the average cookie and also the gimmick is that they're undercooked so you're basically eating a mound of wet greasy cookie dough with frosting and sprinkles and crumbles and stuff on top to look instagrammable
@@cruelsafetynot exactly slightly larger than average when they have 2-3x the calories of their competitors Yeah they’re overpriced, but the things are pretty damn big
Also, going to college during the Froyonaissance was great. Need to kill an hour or two with friends? Froyo. Want a liter of ice cream but not to feel like you just ate a liter of ice cream? Froyo.
My friends were just talking about how there was like 20 froyo places around the city in 2012 and then they all just disappeared. Loved this video. Now I have closure.
Better to stay true and close like you were than adapt to every new trend and likely end up losing all your old base. Not an easy choice and likely lose-lose.
Still is ridiculously overpriced. Been to only one SweetFrog and it wasn't worth the 40 minute drive. I just buy small tubs of ice cream. Heckuva lot cheaper too!
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It’s blowing my mind that froyo was seen as a legitimate phenomenon by so many people, I guess I never think about it I’ve never had froyo I’ve never had friends suggest to get froyo despite being the perfect age for the height of it. My biggest froyo association is actually from the good place where it was a major joke that literal hell would be littered with froyo places and zero ice cream. It looks like it tastes pretty good I’m gonna have to try it now
Honestly it feels like it’s probably related to the quote from the gold place that goes, “ There’s something so human about taking something and ruining it a little so you can have more of it.”
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A town near mine just opened one. I was thinking to myself how risky of a business decision that was considering it’s like 13 years too late. Oddly enough it’s popular, probably a nostalgia thing. 🤷♀️
@@robertthallium6883That isn't passive voice. If the comment was written in passive voice, it would read something like this: On the East Coast, the frozen yogurt store named Fro-Yo was remembered by me. SweetFrog would not be seen by me until later in life.
Cronuts, boba, Froyo, raw cookie dough shops… these things come and go. They’re fun while they last (I plan on drinking bubble tea and eating cronuts until the day I die), but trends are always a thing.
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I live in Brisbane Australia and I think we’re witnessing the start of a fro-yo boom! There’s a shop called Yo-chi and everyone is talking about it, there’s a line out onto the street every time I visit!
nah sydney's definitely seeing a froyo renaissance - alongside the yochi locations, there's still a couple yogurberrys holding out and freo and minus seven popping up in the city. that being said acai is now the new big thing
Had some high school upper classmen take me to my first fro-yo on my first 4/20. I had a mountain of every flavor in my cup before I knew I needed to save room for toppings. I can remember pressing Oreos, cookies, gummies, etc into my yogurt mountain to try and make it stay😂 It was probably $14-$15 back in 2012😂😂
I was a teenager during the froyo boom and it's honestly so nostalgic for me... my first job was at a local froyo place! All of them are gone now, it was a super weird thing to see come and go.
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This is the kind of content I come to TH-cam for. At no point have I desired to watch a video about frozen yogurt, but a stranger on the Internet, made it very entertaining. Well done. Also, cookies n’cream is was always good.
I worked at a Red Mango in like 2011-2012 in the mall and I was so excited to see this video. I loved working at the froyo store. My manager HATED pink berry and she took the rivalry personally, she was always telling us how Red Mango came first and had better products and how Pinkberry's founder was a felon and all kinda of stuff idk if even half of it was true
Yep, we had both a pinkberry and a Red Mango near us in Massachusetts in 2012 and my family and I collectively all preferred Red Mango. Sucks that they’ve all but disappeared from the US
I don’t remember the frozen yogurt craze, just that the characters in the Nickelodeon shows I watched were obsessed with it like victorious and icarly.
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Went on my first date with my now wife at a FroYo spot in 2013. Never even thought about how that trend died out. Thanks for making this video, it really hit me in the nostalgia.
Where I am, the boom of bubble tea locations reminds me of what happened with froyo stores (lots of stores often in proximity to another one, and also expensive!). I wonder if they will also eventually fall down the same path…🤔
That was literally the time of the great recession. How's that a good time for people in general? Maybe for you because you were a kid and you innocent
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Grew up just outside of Richmond and the Sweet Frog craze back in the early 2010s was real. All of the Birthday parties and post-school-game meet ups had to make a stop there.
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Yeah, as someone from Richmond, watching this was wild. I didn't realize that Sweet Frog was a big deal outside of the Richmond area. And hearing him talk about Yapple vs Sweet Frog in Carytown was super funny to me. I honestly don't know anyone who ever went to Yapple - that storefront has been sooooo many things over the years. I was starting to think it might be cursed, but the Indian restaurant that's currently in that spot seems to be holding strong 🤷
When I was in elementary we had a place called yogurt mountain. We would go as a family every Sunday after synagogue. It closed down in 2016 so we started going to the menchies around the corner. Then they closed in 2018. We ended up stopping this tradition because the few places left were too far or on their way to the grave. Some of the best memories there
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I have the best memories going on froyo dates during my first serious relationship in the early 2010s. Nothing will ever compare to the innocent joy of young love froyo dates.
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Lived in Virginia my whole life and I’ve been going to Sweet Frog for probably close to ten years. I had legit no idea it started in Richmond. Go figure! Love the video!
It's so funny because I was a teenager in the 2010s to 2015s but because I grew up in Europe I had a vastly different experience with frozen yoghurt. It only became a trend in like 2016-2028 and it wasn't that insane over here
Hell man, so glad you mentioned smoke shops. I’m in VA as well and on every street it seems like there’s 2 of them. It’s genuinely insane. No clue how they do business.
The touching music towards the end with the slideshow was just *chef kiss* Lol I'm actually recently new to the Froyo game, my fiancé got me into it a couple years ago and we go by OrangeLeaf every chance we get (also filling the cup too much everytime). Great content man!
Sam, look at the frozen dessert aisle in supermarkets. People still buy frozen desserts - they just don't want to spend $20 to get 2 cups of frozen yogurt? It just doesn't seem equitable. The fast food restaurants did the same thing - they raised prices on regular food and people walked away. Now these restaurants are starting to reckon with that. The frozen yogurt chains priced themselves out of the market.
Living in Richmond and seeing you be in Henrico was a trip!! In Cary St now Sweetfrog is still there (somehow) and Yapple is now a fancy lil Indian restaurant called Tulsi - thanks for the RVA shoutout and for teaching more about local history!
These videos are somehow always uplifting to me. Even if the topic doesn't seem all that relevant, it's delivered in such an inspirational way. Huge bonus; the music is always, seemingly, perfect!
I’m so glad you mentioned TBCY! I’d forgotten that it was a fro yo place and use to go there in the early 2000’s as a kid. Always got the rainbow/psychedelic looking scoops
Class of 2015 here. All my fellow middle Tennesseans know this one: Sweet Cece’s. That was totally the hangout place for us high schoolers. There was a Pinkberry here but there was only one and I honestly don’t recall it lasting very long. Sweet Cece’s still has multiple chains in the state and it definitely isn’t like it used to be but they’re there and every once and awhile I still stop by one. Good times.
Hey Sam, don’t know if you’ll read this, but wanted to thank you for the content. Your positive message at the end of each video is more of what the internet needs. You’re making great content and I really appreciate you and your message. Cheers, JB
my family has travelled to vegas a lot (we’re from Canada) and we still make it a point to visit yogurtland at the outlet. Even though it isn’t that good anymore (and overpriced) it’s nostalgic. I also see the same thing currently happening with milk tea, that market has been booming
I remember there used to be a Sweet Frog nearby in my town and I loved going there, but when the pandemic happened it shut down, and I haven’t ever seen one since. But I’m so glad you talked about and showed it off briefly in this video! It brought back lots of memories.
I find this so interesting as someone who grew up in Ireland. We were pretty much untouched by this aside from it's media impact. I remember always seeing it on stuff like Disney Channel or some Cartoon Network stuff.
As someone who works at a sweet frog in Richmond va- it is still very much alive and well!!! We get so many people every day, I am sure it is less than it once was but sweet frog is no where near going out of business
Emotionally going through a really bad past 3 days. there’s been relationship stuff going on and it’s been keeping me in bed with anxiety. I’m watching videos or trying to find videos to just give me some peace through all the thoughts and waiting, but laying here and reading “it’s going to be okay” on your back drop have me an ounce of hope even for a second. And when you ended the video reminding me again that it was going to be okay I finally held some peace in my mind even for a second I’m glad you are here
I live in Kansas. OrangeLeaf was everywhere. My go-to was wedding cake or cheesecake froyo topped with graham cracker, strawberries, and the pink bubbles that you pop in your mouth. 2010-2013 was the middle and end of college for me. There was a location near my college sweetheart’s townhome, so we went together a lot.
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It's crazy how fast you've become one of my favorite, if not my favorite TH-camr. With every video it feels like you're trying to make a very enjoyable video while asking how you can make a difference in a truly meaningful way. It's honestly so refreshing and worthy of many more eyes then you currently get. Every time I watch I'm dumbfounded how this amount of care and respect for the topic hasn't equated to more instant success. I beg that you keep being you and stick to it. I can't wait for the day when I'm talking to family and coworker about your latest video because they've become so well known.
One of my best friends in high school worked at a froyo shop. We quite literally spent every weekend just hanging out there while she worked 😂 helped her close up the shop most nights!
Pink berry pre 2014 was a blast!! The one we had nearby was at the Stanford shopping center and every week we’d stop by whether it be after dinner or just cause. Prices werent terrible back then and it was a nice flavor change change to cold stone and baskin robbins which ruled at the time. Nothin like walking around a mall eating some ice cream (or froyo i should say) and chatting about whatever. I know you mentioned dating but truly a big fall of these kinds of places is not only the cost but the social aspect of it. Theres a multitude of a reasons for it but truth is people arent going out as much these days and thats going to hurt a casual pass by place like this.
blows my mind that you did this in RVA because when i started feeling nostalgic for froyo i went to carytown (2019), and then i see the EXACT SWEETFROG i went to when I was having a panic attack in college, this video hit so deep in so many ways.
I grew up during the boom and also worked for a small business froyo shop as one of my first jobs in HS and college, worked there for 5 years. What a time to be alive.
I love the variety of Sam's channel! From the way too long best wings in every state series, to eating nothing but Taco Bell for a month and now an in-depth history of frozen yogurt that no one asked for! And I'm here for all of it! There is a great Seinfeld episode about frozen yogurt. Love the content Sam! Keep it coming and remember, it's going to be ok!
I remember even as a high schooler looking around and going "where did all these come from?!" The customization was fun, but I stopped because it was pricey I think
I love your videos so much. It's insane! You make the best videos, you seem so positive and are so awesome! You are by far the best TH-camr on the platform, and I can't wait to see you blow up even more than you have! Thank you for entertaining us and for being so positive! Love this video just like the rest of them!
Can you do quick stop stores next? We seem to be in a new trend like froyo had where there is a Wawa on every corner or a royal farms. What makes them so needed what makes them need to be everywhere even down the street from one another.
Sam, I love your videos, started watching with your Outback in Australia. I have to say that I don’t think you can talk about frozen yogurt with 0:02 out talking about TCBY. It opened in 1981 and spread all over and now still has about 450 locations. In fact it was so popular that they were even a plot point in Seinfeld.
In Memphis the city and suburbs were covered in Yogurt Mountains in this time period. Was in town a year ago and felt nostalgic so I thought about getting some frozen yogurt only to find they all had closed and only 4 or 5 frozen yogurt places seemed to be left in the entire city. Sad but not unexpected.
My middle school hang out spot was a fro-yo place. In high school we didn't go quite as frequently, but still on occasion. They even had a fro-yo place in Meknes, Morocco I went to in 2018. Truly a phenomenon. Just looked it up, the one we went to (the first one to open here) is still around, but all the others closed after the boom. I think we had 4 or 5 at the peak in like 2015 before they started shutting down. They all had the Green-Pink-Orange theming.
Growing up in upstate NY, we had sweet frogs everywhere. Use to go there with my family all the time. Took a girl I was dating to the closest location to me back in 2023. Unsure if that location is still open today. But the memories of the frozen yogurt craze will always be in my mind
Strangely enough, froyo shops have had a resurgence in popularity where I'm from. It was the in thing in the early to mid 2010's and then was replaced by tea and boba shops just up until recently, and then had a resurgence again in the last 3-4 years
Where are you from? I read a comment on this video that Froyo has become popular in Australia so it might be a more American thing for Froyo to lose popularity.
love this video dude!! frozen yogurt was such a big part of my childhood but i witnessed 5 froyo shops close down in ~2016. the closest one near me is now a 35 minute drive! i need frozen yogurt to have their comeback
I miss going to the mall with my mom or friends and ending the day with a froyo. There's a place on my way home from work and on a super bad day I'll stop and treat myself with some. I love you frozen yogurt. My favorite toppings are gummy worms and mochi, lowkey love how hard to chew the worms get when they're cold.
Penguins was the spot back in the 80s. There was a Warehouse next door, so on Friday and Saturday nights, everyone rented a movie and then stood in line for froyo. It was such a strange experience for me to see Golden Spoon pop up some 20 years later. It looked exactly like Penguins, but red and gold replaced the black and white color scheme. The line was out the door, though, just like I remembered
Here in Olympia, Washington, we grew up on Limeberry. Didn't know of a single other brand. It's pretty empty now, but we still go every once in a while.
i can’t believe how good the youtube algorithm is i’ve been wondering this question and missing menchies and other chains around me and im like “where’d they all go” so thank you for your video lol
We have llaollao in Latin America and Spain and it's honestly as strong as ever. TCBY used to be here as long as I remember, and we had other local companies try to compete, but no one achieved the success of llaollao. It seems like every new mall and plaza that opens up must have a location, and you can find their ads all over the city.
Thanks so much for watching! Drop your memories from the Golden Age of Frozen Yogurt™ in the comments below. Also...do you think froyo will make a comeback???
Not sure about everywhere, but here in TX seems like the new craze is snow cone trailers being everywhere lol
Yes! I’m looking for a fr yo place here locally to take my daughter too our generation is growing up and having kids I think we want that nostalgia back and I want to enjoy that with my little girl!
Menchies was the hangout spot in my town in So Cal growing up, rip the fancy spoons
Also, I miss the old Studio Revue outro music 😢
In Australia, I've noticed froyo is still somewhat popular in major cities - while gelato is popular in regional cities
i stopped eating fro yo when the sweetfrog chain stopped offering tart at most locations. That was my favorite :(
I’m glad someone recognizes this extremely niche but major part of my childhood
There is nothing niche about frozen yogurt
I used to go to the movies with my grandma and get froyo afterwards. The theatre was at the mall and the froyo place was right by the exit. Good times 🥲
@@nam3go3sh3r3 it's niche as it was only really there for one generation.
Yeah same
people still get froyo.
In 10 years there will be a video on Crumbl and those cookie places
I have no idea what Crumbl or cookie places are. Perhaps I haven't gotten wind of the next rising craze.
@@JCNoodleheadpeople buying 10 dollars for one mildly larger than the average cookie and also the gimmick is that they're undercooked so you're basically eating a mound of wet greasy cookie dough with frosting and sprinkles and crumbles and stuff on top to look instagrammable
@@cruelsafetynot exactly slightly larger than average when they have 2-3x the calories of their competitors
Yeah they’re overpriced, but the things are pretty damn big
@@JCNoodlehead Mormon cookies.
There was also a cupcake shop craze in the 2010s.
Also, going to college during the Froyonaissance was great. Need to kill an hour or two with friends? Froyo. Want a liter of ice cream but not to feel like you just ate a liter of ice cream? Froyo.
Same. When he said teen I was like well technically 19(teen) and in college. 🎉
Froyonaise 🍟 🫙
love how you wore a suit and tie to discuss this important affair
My friends were just talking about how there was like 20 froyo places around the city in 2012 and then they all just disappeared. Loved this video. Now I have closure.
There were 4 shops within 2 miles in my small suburb lol
I never will forget this craze. It put my hometowns ice cream shop out of business while I was in high school. It still haunts me to this day
Wow! This craze was deep. I did not think that it would affect a business like this.
They should’ve adapted
@@mlw9195adapt to a passing fad because consumers have low impulse control and aren't immune to propaganda
But ice cream is way better than froyo
Better to stay true and close like you were than adapt to every new trend and likely end up losing all your old base. Not an easy choice and likely lose-lose.
I feel like Bubble Tea/Boba is the new Froyo.
Yeah it's so oversaturated now.
They've been popular in socal for about 25 years now I'm not sure about it being a new craze
Get ready to see mochi places everywhere in the next year or so
number of shops will decline, but the industry wont. asians and chinese students will keep it alive
bubble tea was 2007/2008, so before when he said Froyo was (2009)
My mom still has Menchies spoons in the utensil drawer; they were just too cute and durable to throw away
dude me too, they're an artifact
I also have their spoons in the utensil drawer! Some sweet frog locations have color changing spoons and I keep those, too.
We have Orange Leaf spoons that we still use everyday because their square scoopy edges are PERFECT for scooping out wet cat food!
My mom but with yogurt land
I remember going to the self serve places back in the day. The reason I stopped going was because they were so overpriced for what it was.
facts them fools was charging by the weight and shit lmao it be like an extra 6$ atleast if you wanted toppings fr
Used to drop $20 a bowl, no wonder my parents stopped taking me.
The toppings were always dry
yup and pretty much all the flavors tasted the same
Still is ridiculously overpriced. Been to only one SweetFrog and it wasn't worth the 40 minute drive. I just buy small tubs of ice cream. Heckuva lot cheaper too!
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it is wholesome
totally caught me off guard and now i'm crying! wtf!
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i got froyo like twice so i guess i don’t have the emotional attachment but the sad music is cracking me up im sorry 😭
LMAO. Tho I did grow up with froyo, it was hella funny
Same! But it was everywhere on social media and I had so much FOMO until I tried it 😅
It’s blowing my mind that froyo was seen as a legitimate phenomenon by so many people, I guess I never think about it I’ve never had froyo I’ve never had friends suggest to get froyo despite being the perfect age for the height of it. My biggest froyo association is actually from the good place where it was a major joke that literal hell would be littered with froyo places and zero ice cream. It looks like it tastes pretty good I’m gonna have to try it now
Honestly it feels like it’s probably related to the quote from the gold place that goes, “ There’s something so human about taking something and ruining it a little so you can have more of it.”
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When the sad song came on it made me wanna cry for frozen yogurt
The frozen yogurt spot in my hometown lives on. It's more or less a right of passage to work there in high school
Hello. FYI, the phrase is "rite of passage". Just sharing knowledge; not trying to insult you. Have a good one.
@@jameswilson1972what a respectful response have a good day
A town near mine just opened one. I was thinking to myself how risky of a business decision that was considering it’s like 13 years too late. Oddly enough it’s popular, probably a nostalgia thing. 🤷♀️
On the east cost, I remember the Frozen yogurt store named “Fro - Yo” didn’t see sweet frog until later on in life.
@@robertthallium6883what you even talking about 😂
@@robertthallium6883 worst comment ive read in a long time whatre you even talking about
are u talking abt Frozen-yo? i cant remember Fro-Yo, but u could just be talking abt smth else
@@robertthallium6883That isn't passive voice. If the comment was written in passive voice, it would read something like this:
On the East Coast, the frozen yogurt store named Fro-Yo was remembered by me. SweetFrog would not be seen by me until later in life.
@@Youngapollo47Passive voice and active voice are real things, but the distinction matters for essays, not TH-cam comments.
Cronuts, boba, Froyo, raw cookie dough shops… these things come and go. They’re fun while they last (I plan on drinking bubble tea and eating cronuts until the day I die), but trends are always a thing.
Bubble tea has been a thing for the Asian community since forever tho. As long as there’s Asians it’ll be kept alive haha
There is a shopping center near me that has 7 bubble tea shops .
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I live in Brisbane Australia and I think we’re witnessing the start of a fro-yo boom! There’s a shop called Yo-chi and everyone is talking about it, there’s a line out onto the street every time I visit!
Interesting! I'm in Sydney and our Froyo boom was 2010-2015. Almost all the shops are gone now.
Same in Adelaide lol
nah sydney's definitely seeing a froyo renaissance - alongside the yochi locations, there's still a couple yogurberrys holding out and freo and minus seven popping up in the city. that being said acai is now the new big thing
Thats true, but yo-chi is definitely a big thing atm in Sydney!! Maybe you just don’t live near one so it’s not on your radar?
Came here to say the same! I’m loving the froyo renaissance we’re experiencing, it’s so nostalgic and Yochi is reallyyyy good
Had some high school upper classmen take me to my first fro-yo on my first 4/20. I had a mountain of every flavor in my cup before I knew I needed to save room for toppings. I can remember pressing Oreos, cookies, gummies, etc into my yogurt mountain to try and make it stay😂 It was probably $14-$15 back in 2012😂😂
Ahhh good old days at the mall 🤣
I was a teenager during the froyo boom and it's honestly so nostalgic for me... my first job was at a local froyo place! All of them are gone now, it was a super weird thing to see come and go.
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This is the kind of content I come to TH-cam for.
At no point have I desired to watch a video about frozen yogurt, but a stranger on the Internet, made it very entertaining. Well done.
Also, cookies n’cream is was always good.
Sam, you should talk about the rise of the boba craze!
Yes
I worked at a Red Mango in like 2011-2012 in the mall and I was so excited to see this video. I loved working at the froyo store. My manager HATED pink berry and she took the rivalry personally, she was always telling us how Red Mango came first and had better products and how Pinkberry's founder was a felon and all kinda of stuff idk if even half of it was true
High key Red Mango had the best froyo. I was basically a froyo connoisseur back in 2009 and it was my fave. I still miss it.
@@clarion3204 nobody did an original/plain yogurt like Red Mango. Shit was so damn good.
@@abbyzinger yep, their original was top tier. Nothing else compares 😢
I freaking LOVED Red Mango
Yep, we had both a pinkberry and a Red Mango near us in Massachusetts in 2012 and my family and I collectively all preferred Red Mango. Sucks that they’ve all but disappeared from the US
I remember when TCBY and I Can't Believe It's Yogurt merged to form a bunch of stores called "I Can't Believe It's The Country's Best Yogurt"! 😁
I don’t remember the frozen yogurt craze, just that the characters in the Nickelodeon shows I watched were obsessed with it like victorious and icarly.
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@@anayaj7163 I really didn’t ask. Not everyone is a delusional heretic who thinks fairy tales are real. Grow up.
Went on my first date with my now wife at a FroYo spot in 2013. Never even thought about how that trend died out. Thanks for making this video, it really hit me in the nostalgia.
Where I am, the boom of bubble tea locations reminds me of what happened with froyo stores (lots of stores often in proximity to another one, and also expensive!). I wonder if they will also eventually fall down the same path…🤔
@@sophialwei It's funny. In California, the boba boom was before the Froyo boom. Around 2001-2008. I think the popular thing is the crumbl cookie fad.
Same! I grew up in Cali but I moved to Vegas around 13 years ago. I've consistently gotten boba with my friends in both places.
2009-2015 was the peak of life. class of 2015 here and I remember always leaving school and driving straight to menchies with my friends
2009-15 was horrible. The economy was still recovering from 2008 and quality of life has still not recovered in many places (mine) from 2008
Same boat.
lol this mf peaked in high school
That was literally the time of the great recession. How's that a good time for people in general? Maybe for you because you were a kid and you innocent
The peak of life? lol no, not everyone peaked in high school..
Sam. If you see this. Your message at the end made me tear up. Been going through it. Thank you sam
May brighter tomorrows be on your horizon homie.
Jesus is the only way, truth, and life! Truly seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He is close to the brokenhearted! I am so confident in my God, I am sure of this! Stay strong and you can do this/get through this in Christ! I will be praying for you!
I went to a Menchie’s a few days ago for the first time in years. The nostalgia was strong and I’m definitely going again this summer 🍨 Cheers!
Grew up just outside of Richmond and the Sweet Frog craze back in the early 2010s was real. All of the Birthday parties and post-school-game meet ups had to make a stop there.
Jesus is the only way, truth, and life! Truly seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He is close to the brokenhearted! I am so confident in my God, I am sure of this! Stay strong and you can do this/get through this in Christ! I will be praying for you!
Yeah, as someone from Richmond, watching this was wild. I didn't realize that Sweet Frog was a big deal outside of the Richmond area. And hearing him talk about Yapple vs Sweet Frog in Carytown was super funny to me. I honestly don't know anyone who ever went to Yapple - that storefront has been sooooo many things over the years. I was starting to think it might be cursed, but the Indian restaurant that's currently in that spot seems to be holding strong 🤷
When I was in elementary we had a place called yogurt mountain. We would go as a family every Sunday after synagogue. It closed down in 2016 so we started going to the menchies around the corner. Then they closed in 2018. We ended up stopping this tradition because the few places left were too far or on their way to the grave. Some of the best memories there
On a Sunday?
Jewish person here. Maybe the commenter meant after Hebrew school class on Sundays? 🤔
@@jillsarah7356 Maybe? I'm not Jewish (unless a lame ass 2% Ashkenazi from dad actually counts), so I was very confused 🤣
@@annieboookhall I think they're a messianic Jew perhaps?
Jesus is the only way, truth, and life! Truly seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He is close to the brokenhearted! I am so confident in my God, I am sure of this! Stay strong and you can do this/get through this in Christ! I will be praying for you!
The sad music coupled with retrospective montage pictures of frozen yogurt shop yelps and business closure articles was beautiful.
there was a froyo shop 6 minutes away from my high school but closed down during 2020. i was so distraught. i miss you sweet creations
Music at 8:37 just made me burst out laughing. Like why is this so melodramatic? 😅
I have the best memories going on froyo dates during my first serious relationship in the early 2010s. Nothing will ever compare to the innocent joy of young love froyo dates.
The editing on this felt like a 90's doco with better graphics; it was everything I didn't know I needed. 11/10.
Jesus is the only way, truth, and life! Truly seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He is close to the brokenhearted! I am so confident in my God, I am sure of this! Stay strong and you can do this/get through this in Christ! I will be praying for you!
Lived in Virginia my whole life and I’ve been going to Sweet Frog for probably close to ten years. I had legit no idea it started in Richmond. Go figure! Love the video!
Feels really weird seeing you in Richmond, VA and immediately recognizing where you are lol. That’s so neat!
It's so funny because I was a teenager in the 2010s to 2015s but because I grew up in Europe I had a vastly different experience with frozen yoghurt. It only became a trend in like 2016-2028 and it wasn't that insane over here
And I mean that's Europe. Which is the closest region to follow US trends next to northern America I think
Your from the future
@@chianghighshrek😂
Hell man, so glad you mentioned smoke shops. I’m in VA as well and on every street it seems like there’s 2 of them. It’s genuinely insane. No clue how they do business.
The touching music towards the end with the slideshow was just *chef kiss* Lol
I'm actually recently new to the Froyo game, my fiancé got me into it a couple years ago and we go by OrangeLeaf every chance we get (also filling the cup too much everytime).
Great content man!
Sam, look at the frozen dessert aisle in supermarkets. People still buy frozen desserts - they just don't want to spend $20 to get 2 cups of frozen yogurt? It just doesn't seem equitable. The fast food restaurants did the same thing - they raised prices on regular food and people walked away. Now these restaurants are starting to reckon with that. The frozen yogurt chains priced themselves out of the market.
Living in Richmond and seeing you be in Henrico was a trip!! In Cary St now Sweetfrog is still there (somehow) and Yapple is now a fancy lil Indian restaurant called Tulsi - thanks for the RVA shoutout and for teaching more about local history!
These videos are somehow always uplifting to me. Even if the topic doesn't seem all that relevant, it's delivered in such an inspirational way. Huge bonus; the music is always, seemingly, perfect!
I’m so glad you mentioned TBCY! I’d forgotten that it was a fro yo place and use to go there in the early 2000’s as a kid. Always got the rainbow/psychedelic looking scoops
Class of 2015 here. All my fellow middle Tennesseans know this one: Sweet Cece’s. That was totally the hangout place for us high schoolers. There was a Pinkberry here but there was only one and I honestly don’t recall it lasting very long. Sweet Cece’s still has multiple chains in the state and it definitely isn’t like it used to be but they’re there and every once and awhile I still stop by one. Good times.
Hey Sam, don’t know if you’ll read this, but wanted to thank you for the content. Your positive message at the end of each video is more of what the internet needs. You’re making great content and I really appreciate you and your message.
Cheers,
JB
TH-cam recommending this video today after I have been craving FroYo for a week is crazy business. 😭
0:42 Sam just used “respectively” in spoken communication… what a gentleman and a scholar. This is why I watch, like, and subscribe.
my family has travelled to vegas a lot (we’re from Canada) and we still make it a point to visit yogurtland at the outlet. Even though it isn’t that good anymore (and overpriced) it’s nostalgic.
I also see the same thing currently happening with milk tea, that market has been booming
I remember there used to be a Sweet Frog nearby in my town and I loved going there, but when the pandemic happened it shut down, and I haven’t ever seen one since. But I’m so glad you talked about and showed it off briefly in this video! It brought back lots of memories.
I find this so interesting as someone who grew up in Ireland. We were pretty much untouched by this aside from it's media impact. I remember always seeing it on stuff like Disney Channel or some Cartoon Network stuff.
Whats crazy is I don't remember this, because the region I live in PA is famous for water ice, so we had more of a boom of that during this time.
As someone who works at a sweet frog in Richmond va- it is still very much alive and well!!! We get so many people every day, I am sure it is less than it once was but sweet frog is no where near going out of business
Emotionally going through a really bad past 3 days. there’s been relationship stuff going on and it’s been keeping me in bed with anxiety. I’m watching videos or trying to find videos to just give me some peace through all the thoughts and waiting, but laying here and reading “it’s going to be okay” on your back drop have me an ounce of hope even for a second. And when you ended the video reminding me again that it was going to be okay I finally held some peace in my mind even for a second
I’m glad you are here
I’m glad you’re here too! Rooting for you
Getting emotional during a video about the decline of the frozen yogurt industry was not on my bingo card for today... I love this channel.
I live in Kansas. OrangeLeaf was everywhere. My go-to was wedding cake or cheesecake froyo topped with graham cracker, strawberries, and the pink bubbles that you pop in your mouth. 2010-2013 was the middle and end of college for me. There was a location near my college sweetheart’s townhome, so we went together a lot.
Jesus is the only way, truth, and life! Truly seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you. He is close to the brokenhearted! I am so confident in my God, I am sure of this! Stay strong and you can do this/get through this in Christ! I will be praying for you!
It's crazy how fast you've become one of my favorite, if not my favorite TH-camr. With every video it feels like you're trying to make a very enjoyable video while asking how you can make a difference in a truly meaningful way. It's honestly so refreshing and worthy of many more eyes then you currently get. Every time I watch I'm dumbfounded how this amount of care and respect for the topic hasn't equated to more instant success. I beg that you keep being you and stick to it. I can't wait for the day when I'm talking to family and coworker about your latest video because they've become so well known.
One of my best friends in high school worked at a froyo shop. We quite literally spent every weekend just hanging out there while she worked 😂 helped her close up the shop most nights!
This guys production is top tier. Menchies was goated fr
I love at the end when Sam says it's gonna be okay. It's my favorite thing!
Menchie’s was always a fun experience and had color changing magic sprinkles. ✨✨✨
Tutti Fruti was my introduction to froyo and flavors like Taro. 💜
i love how this video is formatted i am so intrigued and i have never thought about how froyo was boomin in the 2010’s
Menchie's cake batter will forever be my favourite dessert 💔
SAME!!!! I have so many memories eating that…
lol y’all don’t have one near y’all’s
@@mlw9195 I do it’s only like 10 minutes away where I live
Pink berry pre 2014 was a blast!! The one we had nearby was at the Stanford shopping center and every week we’d stop by whether it be after dinner or just cause. Prices werent terrible back then and it was a nice flavor change change to cold stone and baskin robbins which ruled at the time. Nothin like walking around a mall eating some ice cream (or froyo i should say) and chatting about whatever. I know you mentioned dating but truly a big fall of these kinds of places is not only the cost but the social aspect of it. Theres a multitude of a reasons for it but truth is people arent going out as much these days and thats going to hurt a casual pass by place like this.
My friend and I were JUST talking about this. What good timing
blows my mind that you did this in RVA because when i started feeling nostalgic for froyo i went to carytown (2019), and then i see the EXACT SWEETFROG i went to when I was having a panic attack in college, this video hit so deep in so many ways.
Red Mango was the place to be in my social circle 😆 but also Orange Leaf was big too. I haven’t heard of some of the others you mentioned
I grew up during the boom and also worked for a small business froyo shop as one of my first jobs in HS and college, worked there for 5 years. What a time to be alive.
I hear Inside Edition calling! This episode is so good Sam!!
RIP Berries, the best frozen yogurt spot in the San Gabriel Valley. I still think about your purple walls and Cold Stone-style mix-ins far too often
I really enjoyed this video. I would definitely love to see more content like this from you.
I love the variety of Sam's channel! From the way too long best wings in every state series, to eating nothing but Taco Bell for a month and now an in-depth history of frozen yogurt that no one asked for! And I'm here for all of it! There is a great Seinfeld episode about frozen yogurt. Love the content Sam! Keep it coming and remember, it's going to be ok!
YoPo on Franklin St. in Chapel Hill! Cornerstone of my college days, and still alive and kicking!
I remember even as a high schooler looking around and going "where did all these come from?!" The customization was fun, but I stopped because it was pricey I think
I love your videos so much. It's insane! You make the best videos, you seem so positive and are so awesome! You are by far the best TH-camr on the platform, and I can't wait to see you blow up even more than you have! Thank you for entertaining us and for being so positive! Love this video just like the rest of them!
Found this video randomly and as a Richmonder was hype to see my childhood movie theatre (and old Sweet Frog) in it! Hell yeah. Great video 🙂
Can you do quick stop stores next? We seem to be in a new trend like froyo had where there is a Wawa on every corner or a royal farms. What makes them so needed what makes them need to be everywhere even down the street from one another.
I’m an Aussie and this craze went absolutely global - I still remember the Pinkberry theme song off by heart, despite being countries away from a PB 😂
Seinfeld predicted this 10 years before it happened
i moved from hong kong to australia recently and I'm so glad that there are still froyo places here cuz I still loved froyo a ton
Sam posts. I hit the like button, I watch, I comment.
I used to go to that Sweet Frog on Cary Street all the time!
Hi Sam! Havent watched it yet but I’m sure this video will be a banger like everything else you do!
Production gets better and better every video
Sam, I love your videos, started watching with your Outback in Australia. I have to say that I don’t think you can talk about frozen yogurt with 0:02 out talking about TCBY. It opened in 1981 and spread all over and now still has about 450 locations. In fact it was so popular that they were even a plot point in Seinfeld.
In Memphis the city and suburbs were covered in Yogurt Mountains in this time period. Was in town a year ago and felt nostalgic so I thought about getting some frozen yogurt only to find they all had closed and only 4 or 5 frozen yogurt places seemed to be left in the entire city. Sad but not unexpected.
My middle school hang out spot was a fro-yo place. In high school we didn't go quite as frequently, but still on occasion. They even had a fro-yo place in Meknes, Morocco I went to in 2018. Truly a phenomenon.
Just looked it up, the one we went to (the first one to open here) is still around, but all the others closed after the boom. I think we had 4 or 5 at the peak in like 2015 before they started shutting down. They all had the Green-Pink-Orange theming.
Including “Live forever” in this video is absolutely hilarious to a very niche part of your audience. Great video Sam!
Growing up in upstate NY, we had sweet frogs everywhere. Use to go there with my family all the time. Took a girl I was dating to the closest location to me back in 2023. Unsure if that location is still open today. But the memories of the frozen yogurt craze will always be in my mind
Strangely enough, froyo shops have had a resurgence in popularity where I'm from. It was the in thing in the early to mid 2010's and then was replaced by tea and boba shops just up until recently, and then had a resurgence again in the last 3-4 years
Where are you from? I read a comment on this video that Froyo has become popular in Australia so it might be a more American thing for Froyo to lose popularity.
love this video dude!! frozen yogurt was such a big part of my childhood but i witnessed 5 froyo shops close down in ~2016. the closest one near me is now a 35 minute drive! i need frozen yogurt to have their comeback
I really appreciate how concise and to the point this video is
I miss going to the mall with my mom or friends and ending the day with a froyo. There's a place on my way home from work and on a super bad day I'll stop and treat myself with some. I love you frozen yogurt. My favorite toppings are gummy worms and mochi, lowkey love how hard to chew the worms get when they're cold.
Penguins was the spot back in the 80s. There was a Warehouse next door, so on Friday and Saturday nights, everyone rented a movie and then stood in line for froyo. It was such a strange experience for me to see Golden Spoon pop up some 20 years later. It looked exactly like Penguins, but red and gold replaced the black and white color scheme. The line was out the door, though, just like I remembered
just looked up the yogurt place where I went to college- it was my FAVORITE. I’m super happy to report that they’re still open!!!🎉
Here in Olympia, Washington, we grew up on Limeberry. Didn't know of a single other brand. It's pretty empty now, but we still go every once in a while.
i can’t believe how good the youtube algorithm is i’ve been wondering this question and missing menchies and other chains around me and im like “where’d they all go” so thank you for your video lol
We have llaollao in Latin America and Spain and it's honestly as strong as ever. TCBY used to be here as long as I remember, and we had other local companies try to compete, but no one achieved the success of llaollao. It seems like every new mall and plaza that opens up must have a location, and you can find their ads all over the city.