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PINKBERRY VANQUISHED IN FROYO WARS

January 25, 2015 | 8:49 PM - Updated on January 28, 2015 | 4:53 PM
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Years later, the boy would ask him “Grandpa, were you there for the Froyo Wars?”

“Yes, little Billy, I was there.”

“What was it like?”

“Twas a long time ago, after the Cupcake Wars but before the famous Battle of French Toast. Pinkberry on Amsterdam between 79th and 80th fought valiantly, they used all the fresh-cut fruit and chocolate toppings they could muster. But the Yogurtland on the corner of 80th and Amsterdam overpowered them. No one can resist a pump-your-own fro-yo dispenser. The end was swift. It was a cold and unforgiving January and nobody in their right mind was eating fro-yo anyway.”

Thanks to Spence, Carrie, Natalia and Christine for the tips.

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Francoise
Francoise
8 years ago

Oh no! I loved Pinkberry.So delicious.

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Ethan
Ethan
8 years ago

Where can one enlist?

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Benzel Washington
Benzel Washington
8 years ago

Wow, only 2-3 days ago I was walking by the place and got this dark and shabby vibe. There were no patrons as usual, and I thought it was only a matter of time…

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AndrewM
AndrewM
8 years ago

There have been many Pinkberrys closing in the last week. I think the company might go bankrupt.

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Roz Chernesky
Roz Chernesky
8 years ago

Was impressed that Pinkberry was used as a collection centre for NY CaresDecember coat donations and could see that many took advantage of their kind offer.

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wendy
wendy
8 years ago

loved them – they were by far the best of the bunch. Only issue was that you couldn’t purchase just a little bit – had to get a big cup, which was $$$.

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Haila
Haila
8 years ago

Whoever has the most sugar wins.

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Tom D
Tom D
8 years ago

When I have to spend almost $7 for the smallest cup with extra cost add ons like Nutella, its too damn expensive.

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Lisa
Lisa
8 years ago

It appears that there is quite a bit of turnover once chains replace longstanding small/neighborhood/family stores/businesses.

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Christine E
Christine E
8 years ago
Reply to  Lisa

Pinkberry is franchised. So in a sense it is a mom and pop too. It just has the rights to use a brand name and processes.

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Lisa
Lisa
8 years ago
Reply to  Christine E

Could be. In many places in US, franchise owners are small business owners.
But in Manhattan these days, quite a few franchises are owned by private equity groups or very wealthy (former financial services) business owners.

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webot
webot
8 years ago
Reply to  Lisa

and you know this how ,Lisa?

please stop trying to make class warfare because I yogurt store closed.

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Jean
Jean
8 years ago

I hope Yogurtland doesn’t close. Love them, and really like being able to get just the amount I want and and the toppings I want as well.

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caitlin
caitlin
8 years ago

Respectfully,a bit of pontification about Pinkberry…due to the snow today, my partner’s employer let its well-paid staff to leave at 1 today and my employer at 3. We had pretty easy commutes to our Manhattan home.

In contrast, at 3:45 Pinkberry – a non-essential service – was open on 70th Street. No customers, just low-paid employees (who likely have long commutes home). Could Pinkberry not have found any heart to close the store and allow employees to get home?

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Art Altman
Art Altman
8 years ago

Red Mango is getting with the program and building some roll-your-own locations. I don’t think that Pinkberry ever did that.

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naro
naro
8 years ago

Impossibly high rents will make it very difficult for bussinesses to survive in Manhattan. Landlords’ greed is becoming a disease.

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webot
webot
8 years ago
Reply to  naro

In NYC, and UWS in particular:

Rule 1: its always the landlord’s fault.

Rule 2: See Rule number 1.

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Sam
Sam
8 years ago
Reply to  webot

Agreed Webot.

Yet same people that cry about greedy landlords have no problem using the same market economy when negotiating a higher salary, bonus, or raise for THEMSELVES at their places of employment.

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Sam
Sam
8 years ago
Reply to  naro

For those who need a little refresher on Economics 101, specifically how a market economy works. Thank you Investopedia.

“Supply and demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental concepts of economics and it is the backbone of a market economy.

Demand refers to how much (quantity) of a product or service is desired by buyers. The quantity demanded is the amount of a product people are willing to buy at a certain price; the relationship between price and quantity demanded is known as the demand relationship.

Supply represents how much the market can offer. The quantity supplied refers to the amount of a certain good producers are willing to supply when receiving a certain price.

The correlation between price and how much of a good or service is supplied to the market is known as the supply relationship.”

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Independent
Independent
8 years ago

I wonder if anyone here has heard that Gene Sheppard tale of the great ice cream war.

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