Let's Celebrate!

When you think of December, CHRISTMAS usually comes to mind.  For us here at Orange Leaf Louisiana, it will be the season of GRAND OPENINGS!  We will start our month off with the Natchitoches Ribbon Cutting on Friday the 9th at 10am & Grand Opening Bash on Saturday the 10th which will be an ALL DAY AFFAIR!   Although the Festival of Lights is happening this weekend in Natchitoches, our little grand opening party might be thought of as small to a newcomer, but those that are in the FREAUX YEAUX know realize, our BASH's are anything but small!  We will hold facility tours after our Ribbon Cutting for those that might want to see behind the "Wizard" curtain!  At first glance, the nuts and bolts seem a little overwhelming with red & blue tubes going everywhere, but with careful attention to detail, our team can explain just how everything works!

Brad Lawrence, Tom Hagan,
and Shane Poole
 Opening Day in Natchitoches

On Saturday the 10th, there are so many things planned it's hard to know where to start!  Santa will be at the store from 11AM until 3PM to hear the children's wishes for Christmas.  From 3-5 PM, we will have a Balloon Twister to amuse young minds while they eat their Freaux Yeaux mix.  From 4-8PM, a face painter will be on deck to create art masterpieces on the children's (and Adults) faces!  All day events include: A Contest to win a KODAK PLAYSPORT CAMERA and a $50 and $25 Orange Leaf Gift Card serving as 2nd and 3rd prize. Guess the number of Jellybeans in the Jar and win a $10 gift card.  Guess the weight of your Freaux Yeaux and receive it free.  And to polish things off, a Coloring Contest with 5 age groups.  Each group will have one $10 Gift Card winner.  Grand Opening Cake from the Sugar Shack, and Cake Pops from Katie Bakes will be the perfect complement to your favorite Freaux Yeaux swirl!  Sounds like fun, right?

The very next weekend, we will hold our Mandeville Grand Opening Party.  Starting the weekend off with our Ribbon Cutting on Friday, December 16th, at 10am, we will have facility tours, Grand Opening Cupcakes from Cupcakes 'N Cream & Cake Pops from Katie Bakes, and our entire Orange Leaf LA team will be on hand to answer any questions and greet our guests before the doors open to the public at 11am.  That same day, we are participating in the St. Tammany Macaroni Kid Christmas Party at Mandeville Karate from 4-7PM.  We will be handing out 300-500 FREE 4 ounce Freaux Yeaux cups and also will have toppings to add as well.  Click this link if you would like to RSVP. St. Tammany Macaroni Kid Christmas Party

On Saturday, December 17th, we will hold our Grand Opening Party starting at 11am.  Like Natchitoches, we will be raffling the KODAK video camera and gift cards.  Also, the ALL DAY activities and prizes are the same.  Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on hand from 3-6:30 pm to twist balloons and paint your faces.  The MAIN Event will be the SAINTSATION appearance from 1-5 PM.  They will sign autographs and take a picture with you so make sure to bring your camera. We will also serve FREE Freaux Yeaux during their appearance.  YES, we said FREE!  If you haven't gotten the chance to swing by to taste it, here is your chance.  

So, like we said, Let's Celebrate!  Freaux Yeaux Style!  See you soon!

 

West Monroe Winner

Erin, Ashlee and Zoe opening WEST MONROE 11/22/11

Our FIRST Customer, Sarah, and her Grandfather!

 Orange Leaf Louisiana "#6" is officially in the books, and we couldn't have ended our 2011 Orange Leaf Louisiana "opening" year with a more perfect store than West Monroe!  Opening on a rainy, Tuesday, November 25th, customers couldn't WAIT until we turned on that OPEN sign!  In fact, we opened at 10:20 (40 minutes early) just to let people get a head start on their Freaux Yeaux fun!  Sarah and her grandfather were our first paying customers of the day, and she got to sign her dollar that will permanently hang on our wall.  Five Guys opened next door the day before, and we finally had to put a sign on our door stating WE OPEN TOMORROW!  They just couldn't wait, and with good reason.  Looking through our glass windows at our colorful walls and fun atmosphere, it's like teasing the Freaux Yeaux lover to open the door and just make sure that we WEREN'T open yet....so, that is why our doors opened a little before our official 11am time.  Even with the rain, the Freaux Yeaux flowed and customers that had been waiting for months, were finally happy that they didn't have to drive across the bridge to Monroe to get their fix. Here is OLYLA's recipe for ORANGE LOVE: Stir vigorously, the perfect Orange Leaf location while adding Yummy, Healthy Freaux Yeaux.  Fold in slowly our FANTASTIC CUSTOMERS and that is ALL SHE WROTE, as they say! ORANGE LOVE is the perfect mix of the perfect ingredients!

Thanks for your well wishes from all of us, here at Orange Leaf Louisiana!  Can't wait for the official GRAND OPENING PARTY!  It's going to be a doozy!

West Monroe Mural by Melanie

Regional Trainer/Manager
Amy Lawrence says HEY!

Brrr.....Winter Flavors have arrived!

Snow. Sweaters. Gloves. Thanksgiving. Christmas.  These are just some associations that come to mind when you think of WINTER. Now, you have 6 more things to put in those memory banks.  NEW Winter Flavors have arrived at Orange Leaf Louisiana!

Peppermint, Eggnog, Hazelnut, Gingerbread, English Toffee, and Chocolate Mint to be exact.  Check our Facebook pages to see which ones are On-The-Wall at your Orange Leaf Louisiana store! Find us at Orange Leaf Monroe, Orange Leaf New Iberia, Orange Leaf Sulphur, Orange Leaf Natchitoches, Orange Leaf Mandeville, and scheduled to be open next week, Orange Leaf West Monroe. Follow the progress of our Coming Spoons at Orange Leaf Houma and Orange Leaf Lake Charles.

Christmas has sprung in the stores this week, as well.  With a new spin on the CHRISTMAS thing, Orange, Green, and Turquoise replaced the traditional Dark Greens and Reds of the holiday. Look for our newly hung decorations in your store, today!

Sulphur Tree

Natchitoches

Sulphur

Sulphur Tree

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, we would be remiss in not mentioning what we are truly thankful for.  Our Orange Leaf Louisiana family wanted you to know just how much we appreciate having you as a customer in our lives. Orange Leaf has brought a new dimension of happiness that only hard work, patience, and our customers Freaux Yeaux love could have provided.  THANK YOU for your patronage.  Have a WONDERFUL, SAFE Thanksgiving holiday, from us, Orange Leaf Louisiana.

11.11.11

#111 Store in Louisville, KY  "Shovel Chart" 

Veteran's Day was made even more special this year, as it fell on a FRIDAY first off, and the date was 11.11.11.  Orange Leaf celebrated it's 111th store opening on this day as well. Vowing to give away 32,000 ounces of yogurt (roughly $14,000 worth of the good stuff), the #111 Louisville, Kentucky store went big and gave away 22,000 ounces on Veteran's Day.  They finished giving away the last ounce at 7pm yesterday.

  Partnering with AMillionThanks.org, Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt aimed to write a million letters to soldiers serving our country.  Commemorative 11.11.11 T-Shirts were raffled in ALL the 111 stores along with the letter writing campaign.  For writing your letter, Orange Leaf LA gave 10% off coupons. It was a day to remember, never forget, and the numbers won't ever come around again. Pretty special!

BOO! Courtesy of ORANGE LEAF LA!

BOO Hunt Winners

Halloween came to ORANGE LEAF LA in a big way!  On Saturday the 29th, a BOO HUNT for a $35 gift card was held.  Picture clues to the location of each card in Monroe, New Iberia, and Sulphur were released at NOON and every thirty minutes thereafter, a new picture clue popped up on facebook.  Our winners were so happy to have found the prize! From the ULM Library in Monroe, the Iberia Parish Library in New Iberia, to the Pumpkin Patch in Sulphur, it didn't take our gift card hunters long to catch on to where each was hidden.  It was so much fun we will DEFINITELY do it again.

On Sunday, we played some FUN Halloween games such as Bean Bag Toss, Witch Hat Ring Throw, and Sticky Spiders!  Participants received prizes for playing from Tattoos to Spider Rings.  Everyone had a really great day!

Ready for GAMES in Monroe!

New Iberia Bean Bag Toss

Sulphur Witch Hat Toss 

On Halloween we celebrated the biggest discount of all!  If you wore your costume in the store you received 4 ounces off! We had some pretty interesting characters show up for some Freaux Yeaux Halloween Style!   From the Gift Card hunt, to the games, and let's not forget the costume discount, it was a Halloween Weekend we won't soon forget!

Is that Mario and Luigi?  SULPHUR

Zombie Bride and Groom

 

Natchitoches Costumes

Freaux Yeaux comes to Mandeville

Unique Furniture

Fred Stark Mural in Progress

Orange Leaf Freaux Yeaux to be exact!  From the beginning, we all understood that MANDEVILLE was going to be special. It all started with a unique, very open floor plan with an exposed ceiling that gives you the illusion that you are in a "Swanky Club" or a "Very Stylish" Gymnasium.  But no, you are somewhere far superior to a CLUB or GYM, and WAY more YUMMY!  With exposed cylinder air conditioning ducts, it creates a very open atmosphere! Several seating options from our COOL Orange Couches, to our chairs and stools totally unique to ALL Orange Leaf stores.  Being located at 3441 E. Causeway Approach in the Shoppes at Rouses has given Orange Leaf the significant advantage of location, location, location!  Orange Leaf Mandeville will open it's doors next week, on Thursday, November 3rd at 11 am and we just can't wait!  It's VERY important to LIKE our facebook page to get in on the FREAUX YEAUX know!  Also, sign up for "THE LEAF" email newsletter that details the happenings and promotions (Coupons) at the Mandeville Location!  The Ribbon cutting has been scheduled for Friday, December 16th at 10am and the GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION will follow the next day on Saturday, December 17th.  You never know who might show up either...we will let you know soon! It's gonna be great! HELLO Mandeville, only 4 more days!

Unique COUCH seating w/ completed Fred Stark Mural

Natchitoches COUNTDOWN!

NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana.  It's where the famous movie STEEL MAGNOLIAS was filmed. You can even stay in the Steel Magnolia house with the M'Lynn, Shelby, or Claree Suites to pick from. You don't have to travel far to experience the charm of the ORIGINAL French colony in Louisiana.  The Natchitoches Historic District comes alive during the famous Festival of Lights held every December drawing record crowds in and out of Louisiana.  Northwestern College is in the heart of the city and PURPLE DEMON PRIDE is displayed everywhere. So what more could we ask for as we open our 4th location of Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt you may ask?  Not much...Natchitoches has it all!  When we made our Orange Leaf Natchitoches facebook page public 5 months ago, it was apparent we had chosen wisely.  Today, we have exactly 1,111 fans and we haven't even opened the doors yet!  Natchitoches also broke the record for the number of applicants who were "dying" to work here. 45 to be exact! Let's just say people are excited!  Every time we came to town with our LEAF shirts on, the questions were sure to follow. "When are you guys opening?" "How can I get an application?"  "We are SO excited Orange Leaf is coming to Natchitoches!", Natchitoches residents would exclaim.

Orange Leaf fits nicely within this quaint community and adds to the unlimited attractions that you don't want to miss.  The mural painted by famous artist, Fred Stark, depicts the famous Orange Leaf Freaux Yeaux neatly centered over the city of Natchitoches in the airbrushed state of Louisiana.  While all the murals are one of a kind, Fred seems to find unique characteristics with each new mural he paints. Natchitoches is no exception. Debuting it HERE on the Geaux Freaux Yeaux blog for the first time, you get a sneak peak of what everyone on Thursday, October 27th will be talking about. We at Orange Leaf Louisiana are so happy to be "Opening Spoon" on 929 Keyser Street in Natchitoches, SPOONER than you think!  See you Thursday!

Natchitoches Mural painted by Fred Stark October 2011