Boxwood Capital Partners, LLC is pleased to announce that it has acquired sweetFrog Enterprises, LLC.
sweetFrog Enterprises (the “Company”) operates self-serve frozen yogurt stores, and franchises sweetFrog stores in the US and Internationally. Boxwood plans to expand sweetFrog’s product offerings, geographic footprint, and continue International expansion. sweetFrog was listed #22 on the Inc. 500 list of fast growing companies in 2014. sweetFrog’s growth has been driven through its family friendly atmosphere, proprietary flavors which tend to be sweeter than West Coast frozen yogurt while healthier than traditional ice cream. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Boxwood Capital made a minority investment in SweetFrog in April 2012.
sweetFrog is the fastest growing premium, self-serve frozen yogurt restaurant company in the country. The Company prides itself on providing a family-friendly environment where customers can enjoy soft-serve frozen yogurt, gelato and sorbets with the toppings of their choice. SweetFrog was founded on Christian principles and seeks to bring happiness and a positive attitude into the lives of the communities it calls home. The Company currently has 348 stores including company-owned, franchised and independently-licensed locations in twenty four states in the U.S., Dominican Republic, United Kingdom and soon to be open in Egypt.
“sweetFrog is the quality leader across the category using real dairy and providing customers a truly unique and better experience than other brands,” said Patrick Galleher, Managing Director of Boxwood Capital Partners. “We look forward to the opportunity, and will continue to assist our franchisees, licensees and corporate store managers in providing customers the best tasting products and experience in the industry.”
“We welcome Boxwood Capital Partners’ further investment in sweetFrog and look forward to collaborating with them in the future,” said Derek Cha, Founder of Sweet Frog. “We will retain 15 sweetFrog locations, becoming SweetFrog’s largest Franchisee as part of the transaction. We believe that sweetFrog is well positioned for further national and international expansion as the Frozen Yogurt Industry consolidates.”
February 3, 2015