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| Type | Franchise |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Founded | 1977 in Dallas, Texas |
| Headquarters | Markham, Ontario, Canada |
| Products | Frozen yogurt |
| Parent | Yogen Früz |
| Website | icbiy.com |
I Can't Believe It's Yogurt is a chain of stores that serves soft-serve frozen yogurt products in the United States. The company has franchised and company-owned stores and non-traditional partnerships for licensing of its products.
I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! was founded in 1977 by Bill and Julie Brice from Dallas, Texas. [1] Later, it was owned under parent company Brice Foods. In 1984, it sued TCBY, whose company name was originally "This Can't Be Yogurt!". The lawsuit forced TCBY to change its name to "The Country's Best Yogurt!". [2]
I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! was acquired by Yogen Früz [3] in 1996.
In 1991, four young girls were murdered in an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas. The case remains unsolved.
7-Eleven, Inc. is an American convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas and owned by multinational Seven & I Holdings through Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946. After Ito-Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain and the parent company of Seven-Eleven Japan, acquired a 70% stake in the company in 1991, the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan in November, 2005.
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Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies Inc. is an American franchisor in the snack food industry, with Mrs. Fields and TCBY as its core brands. Through its franchisees' retail stores, it is one of the largest retailers of freshly-baked-on-premises specialty cookies and brownies in the United States and the largest retailer of soft-serve frozen yogurt in the country. In addition, it operates a gifts and branded retail business, entering into many licensing arrangements. Its franchise systems include over 300 franchised and licensed locations throughout the United States and in 22 other countries. It also offers retail grocery products and a gifting catalog under the name of Mrs. Fields Gifts. It is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
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