After a year and a half on East Ridgewood Avenue, Red Mango frozen yogurt closed its doors Sunday night.
"We tried to make a go of it, but we just did not have the sales to support our fixed costs and debt structure," the franchisees wrote in an announcement on the store's Facebook page Sunday, also thanking their customers.
Elliot Bloom, who operates a Red Mango franchise in Montclair, opened the Ridgewood location in June 2012 after delays on the village's zoning board.
Competition had been stiff, and while fro-yo shops have come and gone around the central business district, new ones continue to arrive. Planet Swirl opened on Franklin Avenue in September, and national chain Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt is reportedly planning to open a Ridgewood location next year.
In addition Bloom's Montclair franchise, according to food blog Boozyburbs.com the chain also has Bergen County locations in Wyckoff, Tenafly, Edgewater and Palisades Park.
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