Yogurtini® Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt Announces Grand Opening of Second Kansas City Franchise With Free Yogurt

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Yogurtini®, originally established in Tempe, Arizona in 2008, today announces the grand opening of the second Kansas City location at 4853 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri in the Plaza Colonnade Retail District.  Yogurtini® debuted in the Midwest with the successful grand opening of its Zona Rosa store on July 30, 2010.

The self-serve frozen yogurt shop has become a sensation in Arizona and Kansas City, building a devoted following of its non-fat, real yogurt, pay by the ounce model.  The 'serve-yo-self®' concept allows customers to make their own frozen yogurt creation, creating bespoke blends just like a signature martini.  Yogurtini® offers a rotating selection of 16 flavors and more than 65 toppings daily.  The initial Kansas City Yogurtini® franchise is located at 8749 NW Prairie View Road in the Zona Rosa retail and entertainment district.  

To celebrate its Kansas City expansion, Yogurtini® will be giving out FREE self-serve frozen yogurt on Friday, August 20th from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.  

Yogurtini® pledged 10% of proceeds from the Zona Rosa opening weekend to the Shadow Buddies Foundation which provides specific dolls to critically ill and medically challenged children.  At 3:45 p.m. on August 20th Yogurtini® will present a check to Shadow Buddies Executive Director Marty Postlewait. Shadow Buddies will be on hand from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Friday to collect donations for the cause.  For a $10.00 donation customers will have the opportunity to sign a Yogurtini® Get Well card which will be sent with a "buddy" to a sick child.  Donations of any amount will also be accepted.

"The Grand Opening event of our first store in Zona Rosa exceeded all of our expectations," says Alan Stribling, who along with business partner Perry Kessler co-owns the Yogurtini® franchise.  "We knew that people in Kansas City would love the Yogurtini® product and experience, and we are excited to be able to open our second store so quickly to meet the demands of our customers."

Providing its customers with a unique experience upon each visit, Yogurtini® offers 16 fat-free flavors each day, rotating from its extensive list of exclusive frozen yogurts and toppings along with a non-dairy and no sugar added frozen yogurt option that is always a main stay.

About Yogurtini®:

Created by Tempe, AZ natives and sisters, Natasha and Chelsey Nelson, Yogurtini® Self-Serve offers up to 16 rotating healthy and fat-free frozen yogurt flavors and over 65 toppings. Yogurtini® only serves real yogurt that contains live and active cultures approved by the National Yogurt Association.  The popularity of Yogurtini® and the brand has been recognized consistently by customers and the press in its native Arizona, where readers recently voted Yogurtini® as "Favorite Place to Chill" in 944 Magazine and "Best Sweet Spot" in College Affair Magazine. Yogurtini® was also nominated for "Best Frozen Yogurt" by The Phoenix New Times. Yogurtini® boasts having some of the most knowledgeable yogurt innovators in the industry. Yogurtini®'s top quality, taste, original flavors, and extensive toppings have been praised by the masses.

Yogurtini® keeps in touch with its customers through its social networking program. www.facebook.com/yogurtini, www.myspace.com/yogurtini or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/yogurtini.

Yogurtini® is open Monday – Thursday 10am - 9pm; Friday and Saturday 10am – 10pm, and Sunday 12pm – 6 pm.

For more information on Yogurtini® visit www.yogurtini.com.

SOURCE Yogurtini