Orange Leaf closing for good after today

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Orange Leaf posted on Facebook that today will be their last day of operation because their lease is up. (And everything is 50% off today.) This was news to me! Am I the only one surprised? (Edit: seems like this must have been sudden, because as recently as Sept 8 they posted on Facebook that they were looking to hire two new people.)

With the recent closing of iYo, this leaves quite a froyo gap in the square all of a sudden!? Has froyo had its moment and now become uncool? :(

Comments

[jimmyfergus.livejournal.com]

Well plus a lot of the point of froyo was to get some of the pleasure of ice-cream without evil death-fat. Now it's fairly widely accepted that high-sugar, low-fat diets are near the pinnacle of unhealthy, it's not such an easy sell.

They were always doing decent business when I went in, but I only went in because it was a favored treat for the children, because it was basically an excuse to eat a tub of bad candy. My son is very upset they're gone; I'm quite happy to see the back of them. I'd rather see a decent ice-cream place without JP's eye-watering prices.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I'm not really convinced that changing attitudes toward fat had that much to do with the decline of froyo. It may have been a factor, but not a huge one, I think. There are still those who just like froyo better than ice cream - or who liked the make-your-own aspect of it. Or those of us, like me, who have actual medical reasons for needing to watch our fat intake. JP Licks has lowfat or fat-free options, which are pretty good, but not the same.