April 8, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has recently signed a deal for CherryBerry to expandCherryBerry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar into South Dakota. Franchisees Terry Ernst and Jeremy Whittington will be opening three locations in Rapid City, Spearfish and Pierre. Whittington will launch his store in Rapid City.
"The true beauty behind CherryBerry is that customers have complete control," said David Rutkauskas, Beautiful Brands Founder, president and CEO. "The simplicity of the model and the deliciousness of the product are what make CherryBerry such a pure winning concept. We're absolutely thrilled to be helping bring CherryBerry to Wisconsin and I firmly believe Dallas and Robyn have built the best fro-yo brand on the planet."
The agreements are part of an expansive strategy by BBI and CherryBerry to partner with franchise developers committed to expanding the CherryBerry brand globally. The CherryBerry franchise has a total of 70 stores open nationwide with 28 stores in development and 238 stores under contract to be opened. The first CherryBerry units from the agreements are slated to open this summer.
CherryBerry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar was founded by Dallas and Robyn Jones in Broken Arrow, Okla. The concept offers 16 premium rotating healthy and fat-free frozen yogurt flavors and more than 50 toppings.
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