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Pinkberry

Dining · 72+ locations · US (half in California); reduced international footprint

Pinkberry ignited the 2000s froyo craze. The founders are long gone, and it's now a small brand inside MTY Food Group's 85-brand portfolio, which put itself up for sale in 2025, with its footprint a fraction of its peak.

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The Big Picture

Significant Concerns

Pinkberry is what's left after the froyo bubble: the brand that started the craze, sold twice, absorbed into MTY Food Group's 85-brand portfolio, and contracted from 260+ locations to about 72 in the US. The labor record carries a 2014 case where a Connecticut franchisee withheld up to $20,000 in wages and illegally employed minors, and franchise-fragmented pay means standards vary shop to shop. With MTY exploring a sale of the whole company since late 2025, Pinkberry answers to a conglomerate that may itself soon answer to someone new.

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Local ownership
1/10
Founder involvement
2/10
Worker pay & benefits
5/10
Environmental impact
3/10
Sourcing & labor
3/10

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Company data last updated July 2026

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