St George News Article Aug 2025

In August 2025, St. George News published “It's here: Robotic ice cream machine lands in St. George,” written by Jessie Bang. The FroYoRobo site carried that story. This page does not reprint the article. It keeps the public facts about the machine and links to the newspaper.

The machine is a 99 Spoons robotic vending kiosk operated by FortuneCreations, LLC as FroYoRobo. Orders go in on a bright 32-inch touchscreen. The door opens and the machine serves the cup on its own. It can run around the clock, holds about 140 servings of ice cream in 4-ounce cups, and takes about 10 square feet of floor. The system runs on Android 4.7. At night it switches to a self-cleaning cycle that uses UV light and pasteurization. Each cup comes with a foldable plastic spoon tucked underneath.

At the time of the story the kiosk served vanilla ice cream, with açaí, plant-based, gluten-free, and non-dairy alternatives. Toppings were sprinkles, M&Ms, and Oreos, up to three per cup. Syrups were strawberry, chocolate, and caramel. A cup started at $5, and toppings were 50 cents each. The story described the flavor as similar to a McFlurry and said there were only about 300 of these machines in the world.

The August 2025 location was the Tonaquint Hills Center at 1487 S. Silicon Way in St. George, in a building that also houses a dance studio and the Paul Mitchell cosmetology school. The story said to enter through the main hallway at the back of the building under the 1487 sign, and that the building and the machine were open 24/7. The FroYoRobo site now says the machine has moved. The current address and hours are on this website: 1157 S Gap Canyon Pkwy, St. George - within the lobby of the Worldmark Vacation Condos. Open Late - Everyday until 2am.

The story also said FortuneCreations, LLC was looking at busier public spots, including Red Cliffs Mall, Utah Tech University, St. George Regional Hospital, and St. George Regional Airport. A university spot was described as a fit for late-night study sessions. A stop in the Oakland Airport, where vending machines sold pharmacy items, earbuds, and even Apple products, was part of the same point: people want something available 24/7 that they can use without waiting on a person.

Getting the kiosk licensed took about eight months. That included a permit from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and use of a commissary kitchen. FortuneCreations, LLC owns the machine and handles restocking, maintenance, and cleaning a few times a week. The machine takes electronic payments only: credit cards, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, WePay, and QR code payments.