- Red Mango
Infobox_Company|
company_name = Red Mango, Inc.
company_
company_slogan = Treat Yourself Well(tm)
company_type = Company-Owned & Managed
foundation = 2002 in Seoul, South Korea
location =Culver City, California , US
key_people = Daniel J. Kim, President & CEO
industry = Restaurants
products = Frozen yogurt
Smoothies
homepage = [http://www.redmangousa.com RedMangoUSA.com]
Red Mango is a
frozen yogurt chain founded inSouth Korea in 2002 that has gained popularity in theUnited States . The company is known for using natural ingredients in making "authentic frozen yogurt" that is both tart and creamy. Red Mango frozen yogurt is also considered to be healthy — the company announced in 2007 that it became the first retailer of natural frozen yogurt to receive the National Yogurt Association's Live and Active Culture Seal, [cite press release |title=Red Mango Certified By The National Yogurt Association To Use The Live And Active Culture Seal |publisher=Red Mango |date=2007-08-23|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-23-2007/0004650344&EDATE= |format= |language= |accessdate=2008-01-24] a certification given to yogurt manufacturers whose products have live and active culture counts in amounts that researchers have determined to have positive health benefits. [ [http://www.aboutyogurt.com AboutYogurt.com ] ]History in United States
Red Mango opened its first stores in the United States in July 2007 in
Los Angeles, California (Westwood Village near UCLA) andLas Vegas, Nevada . The company's first store in Washington State opened in October 2007 inBellevue Square . The company currently has 33 locations, and according toUSA Today , will soon expand at a rate of 2 stores per month across the United States. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/2007-12-30-red-mango_N.htm USA Today - Red Mango USA dishes up healthier frozen yogurt] ] Red Mango recently opened its first store in theSan Francisco Bay Area inPalo Alto, CA . [ [http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=6894 Red Mango Soft-Serves Pleasure] ] [ [http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_9301274 Fro-yo chain debuts in Bay Area] ]Since its opening, the Red Mango store in Westwood Village has become a popular frozen yogurt shop for
UCLA students. Its main competitor isPinkberry , which many frozen yogurt aficionados suggest is a copycat of Red Mango. [http://www.labusinessjournal.com/weekly_article.asp?aID=113288 Los Angeles Business Journal Online - business news and information for Los Angeles, California ]Red Mango currently has US offices in
Sherman Oaks, California .Yul Kwon , winner of a season of the Survivor reality series, recently opened a Red Mango in Silicon Valley in downtown Palo Alto.Management
Daniel J. Kim is the president and CEO of Red Mango. He is a graduate ofUC Berkeley 'sHaas School of Business and a former investment banker.The company's investors and advisors include movie producer John Davis who is the son of
Marvin Davis , movie producerRoy Lee , and Stone Canyon Venture Partners.Gallery
References
External links
* [http://www.redmangousa.com/ Red Mango Official Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x__4NZSct14 Fox News Interview of Red Mango CEO Dan Kim]
* [http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/the-latest-from-the-fro-yo-wars/20071101141109990001 CBS Marketwatch - The Latest From the Fro-Yo Wars]
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