Dubbed ‘crackberry’ by some, Pinkberry is the latest edible craze to hit West Hollywood. So fanatical are consumers, that they’re willing to line up outside the shop to buy some of its famous yoghurt tang. Pinkberry's frozen yogurt is made from real yogurt – fermented milk, and that's it. Unlike many other commercial frozen yoghurts, Pinkberry is sour, tangy, creamy and not overly sweet. Non-fat selections include plain and green tea, flavoured with real green tea powder, and there's an array of toppings on offer. Sugar lovers don’t go uncatered to with toppings like chocolate chips, cocoa pebbles and cinnamon toast crunch. But the main deal is the heapings of fresh fruit such as mango, blueberries and watermelon. Smoothies are also available.
Owned by Sherry Hwang, the Pinkberry concept was developed when Hwang was denied permits to open either wine and cheese shop or small tearoom in her first LA space. So she took inspiration from Korean frozen-yogurt chains Red Mango and Iceberry. The Korean influence is definitely there, in the presentation of the yoghurt and the design of the stores. Pinkberry currently has 5 stores in LA (where the LA Times has dubbed it "the taste that launched a 1,000 parking tickets"), and one store in New York's Koreatown. The Manhattan space is decorated with Philippe Starck's crystal-clear Charles Ghost stools and Victoria Ghost chairs and wavy, repro pendant lights by Poul Christiansen. New stores are being developed in Chelsea, the Upper East Side and Soho. Stressing the purity of 100% yoghurt and fresh fruit, this could be a great franchise opportunity to take outside of the US and Korea.
Website: www.pinkberry.com
Contact: info@pinkberry.com
Photo by Adam Albright
I just feel hungry (-: thanks for the great idea.
oh I've bee nto both Iceberry and RedMango-as I live in Seoul, South Korea now. I like RedMango better though. U will never go back to frozen yogurt, after u have this one. :)
it is cool!!!...i want to learn how do they prepare it?...more information please about pinkberry...
Is pinkberry a franchise? If yes who do u talk to?
Hi Daniel -- Pinkberry isn't a franchise (yet). But it can't hurt to contact them! They can be emailed at info@pinkberry.com.
I had e-mailed Pinkberry for franchise opportunities. They replied back and let me know that franchise opportunities are currently closed for 2007.
Pinkberry’s awwwful, it’s full of sugar. There’s 16 teaspoons of sugar in the large, 10 teaspoons in the medium!! Blaahhh!!
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Pinkberry is not yogurt at all. I have had it and it tastes good but the healthy aspect of probiotics is not present. They use water,pre-mix and just a little plain yogurt from what I can tell. Don't be fooled by the talk. A recent test showed Pinkberry had 60,000 live cultures per gram which was probably just bacteria from the machines. The National Yogurt Association guideline for live and active culture yogurt id 10 million cultures per gram.
I want tofind out from Pink Berry corporate office if we can open in Indonesia by using the name of Pin Berry as Franchises. Pls let me know ASAP.
I just want to know if you are selling franchisis to Mexico, i live in Monterrey
This article looks very well written but if you check the actual history tart yogurt was developed in America, became popular in Korea, and then caught on back in America.