Frozen Yogurt & Smoothie Craze Hits Denver With The Opening Of Another Red Mango

Taste the All-Natural Difference FREE at the July 20th Grand Opening Event

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Jul 16, 2012, 10:00 ET

DENVER, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Mango® was named the #1 Zagat Rated Frozen Yogurt and Smoothie Chain in America, and it's available in Denver, Colorado.

The frozen yogurt craze officially continues to make its way to Denver with celebrating the opening of another new Red Mango store at 2504 E. Colfax Ave., located in the Tattered Cover Complex. The new location is among more than 180 Red Mango stores now open for business across North America.

The 2011 Zagat National Chain Restaurants Survey ranked the fast growing yogurt and smoothies franchise as the nation's number one smoothie and frozen yogurt chain and the number one quick refreshment chain with healthy options. And now more Denver residents can taste the excitement!

David and Katie Akerson, owners of the new Red Mango in Denver, will host a grand opening celebration on Friday, July 20th from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

During the grand opening event, Denver residents will be treated to a free small yogurt with their choice of toppings and the first 100 guests will get a free Red Mango cooler and other great giveaways while supplies last.

"We were craving Red Mango after first tasting it in New York," said Katie Akerson. "Red Mango truly stands in a class of its own and we are looking forward to serving this refreshing, healthy frozen yogurt in a stylish shop made with local beetle-kill pine and CFL lighting."

Red Mango of Denver offers customer 10 delicious all-natural flavors of frozen yogurt to choose from like, Classic Strawberry Milkshake, Classic Vanilla Cookie Cream, and Classic Milk Chocolate, as well as Original, White Peach, Mango, and Pomegranate. Red Mango is nutritious and packed with probiotics for a healthy alternative frozen treat and each serving is around 100 calories. Customers can garnish their yogurt with healthy, natural toppings including fresh fruit, nuts and granola as well as fun toppings like gummy bears, M&Ms® and Ghirardelli® chocolate sauce.

As part of the grand opening celebration, the owners of the new Red Mango store in Denver will be collecting donations on behalf of the American Red Cross in response to the multiple wildfires across the state.

Visit www.redmangousa.com for more information about Red Mango's delicious, all-natural frozen yogurt treats and meal options including parfaits and smoothies. You can also visit the Red Mango of East Colfax on Facebook to learn about new flavors, special offers and upcoming events by visiting facebook.com/RedMangoEastColfax or follow Red Mango on Twitter (twitter.com/redmango and twitter.com/dankimredmango).

About Red Mango:

Red Mango, one of the fastest growing retailers of all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt and fresh fruit smoothies, opened its first U.S. store in July 2007 in Los Angeles, and has since celebrated more than 180 store openings in North America. Red Mango was named the number one smoothie and frozen yogurt chain in America in Zagat's 2011 National Chain Restaurants Survey. Other awards have included the prestigious Nation's Restaurant News' "Hot Concepts!" award and the industry-recognized SupplySide's "Scientific Excellence Award," as well as best frozen yogurt honors in Dallas, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago, Utah and New York by highly-regarded independent publications. Headquartered in Dallas, Red Mango serves uniquely delicious frozen yogurt that is all-natural, nonfat and lowfat, gluten-free and fortified with beneficial live and active probiotic cultures like GanedenBC30®(Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086), which helps support the immune and digestive systems when consumed as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. Red Mango is the first frozen yogurt retailer to earn the National Yogurt Association's Live and Active Cultures seal for meeting the required criteria for healthy frozen yogurt. Red Mango recently expanded its menu to include satisfying meal options such as its all-natural fruit and yogurt parfaits and fresh fruit smoothies.