Sakshi Venkatraman
Staff Writer
@oompapa1
A little bit of color was added to Coppell when the popular yogurt franchise The Country’s Best Yogurt opened its doors on Denton Tap Road.
The retailer is one of the largest in the country, along with Orange Leaf, located on MacArthur Boulevard.
“We are the only yogurt place that carries dairy and gluten free products,” Coppell TCBY manager Tina Jariwala said. “We make our yogurt with silk, which is a milk free of dairy. Our yogurt is made healthy without changing the flavor.”
Along with the traditional tastes of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, TCBY offers a wide variety of creatively fashioned flavors that do not immediately come to mind when thinking about yogurt. For example, Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip Cookie, Silk Almond Nog and Tropical Tart are among the unique tastes offered.
“I used to get TCBY all the time in the summer before freshman year when I lived in North Carolina,” Coppell High School sophomore Aparna Bejoy said. “I like how they have a lot of different options for toppings. They have a lot of different types of candy you can put on top of it, so you can really make whatever type of cup you want.”
The popularity of frozen yogurt among teenagers draws a lot of CHS students to the new location.
“My friends and I were driving down [Denton Tap] and we saw TCBY,” junior Surabi Rao said. “We all love [frozen yogurt] so we started freaking out. Its accessibility to the school may allow it to attract many high schoolers and young people, and also since it is really inexpensive, a lot of people will go there. It could be like a convenient community hangout.”
Rao considers frozen yogurt a stress reliever and a fun pastime, even jokingly attributing her high SAT score to the yogurt she ate afterwards.
“Everyone loves it,” Rao said. “After the SAT, I ate, like, 20 ounces.”
TCBY’s close proximity to the high school attracts a predominantly teenage crowd but their goal is to appeal not just to students but to everyone.
“We have a fun, friendly environment where students can hang out,” Jariwala said. “We offer free wifi which I know is something that other yogurt places don’t. TCBY’s goal is to attract everyone: whether they’re lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, or need sugar
free/low fat.”
The yogurt chain’s long hours make it easily accessible to the majority most times every day. From Monday – Thursday, it is open from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday, it is open from 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
