Madison Trenholm and Noreen Cardinale are good friends who live in Rancho Murieta, a beautiful community that lies southeast of Sacramento. Rancho Murieta is a small community, and the nearest town to go shopping—or get a yogurt and frozen dessert treats—is 30 miles away.

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One hot summer day, Madison and Noreen were lamenting a yogurt sounded really good, but it was so far away to get one, and why don’t they have one here? Noreen said, “We should open our own Yogurt and Frozen Dessert Shop.”  Madison laughed, but Noreen was serious. Of course, whimsical ideas born out of desire take longer to develop than well thought out dreams…

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A year later (on another hot summer day) Madison and Noreen lamented again they wished Rancho Murieta had a yogurt shop.

 

But…

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This time, they got into Noreen’s car and drove down to the little plaza and searched for an empty place to lease. There were two empty rentals! Noreen decided to go boldly where she had never gone before and called the owner. To her surprise, he was very interested and showed them the two places.

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Details, details, details… You need capital…you need a place with enough electrical power to run the machines…you need desire! One out of three ain’t bad, as the saying goes…Madison and Noreen had desire, Madison gets details, so they pulled their resources and went to work creating the best Frozen Dessert shop in all of Sacramento County.

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Buona Vita Yogurt was born out of the love for the best Yogurt, the best Gelato, and the best frozen cakes and pies. Buona Vita is Italian for “good life,” and Madison and Noreen offer you a taste of the good life.