Susan Hilton College Station Real Estate
Realtor & Vice President of Sales of Bryan College Station Real Estate
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Want to Chill with Yogurt in Aggieland?
May 15th, 2012 Categories: Living Here, Where Am I?
Cooling down on warmer days is a necessity when you live in College Station, Texas. The highs in the summer exceed 100°F and even just driving in your car can cause you to sweat profusely. Thankfully, we have learned different coping mechanisms to help dial down the severity of the heat. Personally, I carry prefer ice packs and cool rags when I’m really desperate, but I’ve also become partial to large glasses of sweet iced tea. Spending the hottest hours of the day in the air conditioning or at the local pool are other popular options. Still, others have discovered the many frozen yogurt businesses that have popped up around town.
When Spoons Yogurt came to College Station, I heard the rumors. I still remember the frenzy it caused. Every night, the line to get frozen yogurt from Spoons went well out of the door. Students wore t-shirts with Spoons logo plastered across the front, and conversations often centered around how many frequent spooner rewards kids had racked up. After buying a certain amount of frozen yogurt, you won a free shirt or one of several prize options.
Over the next few years, I remember watching several frozen yogurt places pop up around town. Now, Aggieland would not be complete without its array of frozen yogurt shops. Spoons has three locations total now, and six other companies have also appeared recently around the town including Red Mango, Yogurtland, Froyoyo, Tutti Frutti, Happy Yogurt, and Project: Yogurt.
This craze began six years ago in South Korea, eventually crossing the Pacific over into California. The first froyo chain, Pinkberry, opened in the US opened in West Hollywood in 2005. The store was opened in a location with bad parking conditions, the owner never anticipated how successful her business would be. People flocked to Pinkberry, parking illegally on the blocks surrounding the store, desperate for their froyo. The city was reported to have been taking in close to $15,000 each month from parking tickets from Pinkberry customers alone.
Customers love the concept of self-served, pay-by-weight dessert. It gives the customer more freedom than he or she has ever before had. Upon walking in, you can select what size bowl you want, then what flavors of frozen yogurt you prefer. Each froyo machine contains three flavors, two individual flavors and one that is a combination of the other two. Individuals are also allowed as many sample cups as they want to sample as many or as few flavors as they prefer. Customers can fill their bowl with however many flavors, and however much they would like of each flavor. After selecting the froyo, customers make their way to the toppings bar. A plentiful selection of chopped fruits and berries are offered to sprinkle onto your frozen yogurt. Cereals, granola, and nuts abound in another topping section, and finally candy bar bits and pieces are also available. After topping your froyo, you can cover your creation in any variety of sauces or whipped cream.
One of the strongest attractions to frozen yogurt is the fact that if you exclude the toppings, the frozen yogurt itself is about half the calories of ice cream, high in calcium, non fat, and contains millions of probiotics including lactobacillus bulgaricus and streptococcus thermophilus. These live and active cultures offer your body many health benefits and boost your immune system, increase joint health, and help with flexibility. Not only does froyo appeal to the individual with a sweet tooth, but also to the health conscious individual looking for a healthy option for dessert.
Spoons Yogurt
Spoons Yogurt was started by a group of students in a Mays Business Fellows program on campus working on a project for a business model. The students then pitched their idea to a former Aggie who was anxious to open a business in the area. Spoons quickly became one of the most successful new businesses in College Station.
Popular Flavors: Chocolate Malt Milkshake, Snickerdoodle, and Root Beer Float
Price Per Ounce: $0.39
Addresses:
| 1509 South Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77840 (979) 446-0085 |
2305 Boonville Road Bryan, TX 77808 (979) 776-5670 |
943 William D. Fitch Parkway College Station, TX 77845 (512) -535-4883 |
Website: spoonsyogurt.com
Project: Yogurt
This business donates 10 percent of sales to charities in town. Partnering with five local non-profit organizations in the area, Project: Yogurt also provides a drop box for customers to donate change or bills to the charities. Project: Yogurt was able to donate $1,300 to charities in the first quarter the store was opened.
Popular Flavors: Dreamy Chocolate, Birthday Cake, and So Espresso
Price Per Ounce: $0.39
Address:
725 East Villa Maria
Bryan, TX 77802
(979) 823-1783
Website: projectyogurt.com
Red Mango
This business is part of a Korean-based chain headquartered in Dallas and an international franchise. Like Pinkberry, it originated on the West Coast and began the froyo trend. Red Mango also offers fruit smoothies and parfaits.
Popular Flavors: Pomegranate, Madagascar Vanilla, and Raspberry Cheesecake
Price Per Ounce: $0.39
Address:
614 Holleman Drive East
College Station, TX 77840
(979) 696-1840
Website: redmangousa.com
Froyoyo
Froyoyo not only sells your typical frozen yogurt, they also offer a special type of froyo called “Only 8.” This signifies that certain froyos they serve is made up of the following eight things: water, fructose, grade A Kosher whey, whey protein concentrate, maltodextrin, natural flavoring and stabilizers, calcium, and active yogurt cultures.
Popular Flavors: Yellow Cake Batter, “Only 8” Vanilla, and Peanut Butter
Price Per Ounce: $0.39
Address:
913 Harvey Road
College Station, TX 77840
(979) 703-4465
Website: froyoyo.com
Yogurtland
This business is one of over 130 locations nationwide. They offer unusual toppings that keep customers on their toes, such as Asian red beans and lychee fruits. Yogurtland creates their own proprietary frozen yogurt, allowing them to offer the lowest prices for froyo in town ($0.30 per ounce).
Fruit-infused water is free to all guests as well.
Popular Flavors: Double Cookies and Cream, Key Lime Bar, and Fresh Strawberry
Price Per Ounce: $0.30
Address:
1800 South Texas Avenue
College Station, TX 77840
(979) 693-1500
Website: yogurt-land.com
So when you are driving around College Station and are ready for a cup of frozen yogurt… Call me! I might meet you there.
PS - Susan Hilton is Bryan College Station, Texas’ real estate specialist in foreclosure sales and real estate agent career building so if you need help – CALL! 979-219-3970
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Indians in Bryan College Station?
September 30th, 2011 Categories: Where Am I?
Did you know it looks like we have Indians in the Bryan College Station area? Everyday when Realtors drive throughout the Brazos Valley we see odd things!
We see…
- Mexico Mural
- or a yard with a rhinoceros
- or an old fashioned Barber Pole
- or strange yard art
- or Modern Art
- or a giant wooden sculpture that looks like Christmas lights
- or a Rock Sculpture
- or DOGS
- or a giant metal Horse
- or Ducks
- or a Pole of Stars
- and sometimes even an odd statue with a helmet and wings sitting like a dog….
Have you seen all these things? If not check them out here!
Also – do you know where this totem pole is in town? Could there be a new place in Bryan or College Station for you to explore?
Call me with any real estate question…
Susan Hilton
979-764-2100
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Mexico Mural in Bryan College Station?
September 7th, 2011 Categories: Living Here, Where Am I?
Congratulations Dana Davis for being the first to answer the post about a Rhinoceros in Bryan College Station? Now – will you be the first to figure out where this Realtor in Bryan College Station went today? Being in real estate in the Brazos Valley gives us the opportunity to see all kinds of things! Keep watching (and winning prizes) to see if YOU can be the first to figure out MANY of our landmarks in the Bryan College Station area.
Susan Hilton
CENTURY 21 Beal, Inc.
979-764-2100
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Rhinoceros in Bryan College Station Yard
September 6th, 2011 Categories: Living Here, Where Am I?
Be the first person to tell me where this rhinoceros is located in the Bryan/College Station area and win! Who has yard art like this??? Remember you must post the location on THIS BLOG to be the winner!
Susan Hilton
CENTURY 21 Beal, Inc.
979-764-2100
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Where Oh Where Can I Be?
April 13th, 2011 Categories: Where Am I?
Where in Bryan College Station could I be? Yes it is really a local place! When did you last see a barber pole? Do you have pictures to share?
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