Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a confectionery franchisor, manufacturer, and retail operator. It operates through five segments: Franchising, Manufacturing, Retail Stores, U-Swirl Operations, and Other. The company produces approximately 700 chocolate candies and other confectionery products, including clusters, caramels, creams, toffees, mints, and truffles; and offers 15 varieties of caramel apples and other products that are prepared in individual stores, as well as provides ice cream, coffee, and other sundries. As of March 31, 2018, it operated 4 company-owned, 87 licensee-owned, and 250 franchised Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory stores operating in 38 states in the United States, Canada, South Korea, Panama, and the Philippines; 5 company-owned cafés, 82 franchised cafés, and 33 licensed locations located in 28 states and Qatar; and self-serve frozen yogurt cafés under the U-Swirl, Yogurtini, CherryBerry, Yogli Mogli Frozen Yogurt, Fuzzy Peach Frozen Yogurt, Let's Yo!, and Aspen Leaf Yogurt names. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Durango, Colorado.
