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Cranberry cocktail stars, while other juice sales go sour

While lemonade and apple juice sales go sour, cranberry cocktail, vegetable juices and smoothies rise above the rest.
June 10, 2013
While lemonade and apple juice sales go sour, cranberry cocktail, vegetable juices and smoothies rise above the rest. Unit sales of that old standby, orange juice, are squeezed.
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Dairy Market News

Retail butter prices drop a half-dollar in 2 weeks; Greek yogurt prices up a penny in 12 months

Retail prices of regular yogurt drop compared to a year ago; shredded cheese is up 13 cents.
May 17, 2013

The retail price for a pound of butter is $2.53, a drop of 51 cents from two weeks ago. Shredded cheese, ice cream, regular and Greek yogurt prices rise.


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Market Trends

Sales of cultured dairy foods have been flat in the past year

Yogurt is a $6.6 billion category, but unit sales did not grow. It’s the same story for cream cheese, cottage cheese and sour cream.
May 10, 2013
Though yogurt continues to dominate the news (and aisles) for cultured dairy products, cream cheese, specifically soft cream cheese, saw a jump in dollar and unit sales.
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Market leaders

Natural cheese shreds the competition

In the natural cheese category, units rose for refrigerated grated, shredded and crumbled cheese, while processed cheese products try to contend.
April 16, 2013
Natural cheese continues to dominate the cheese aisle as the popularity of healthier products remains high with consumers. Meanwhile, most processed cheese products continue to miss the mark as sales drop.
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Cultured wars

Yogurt brands ride the nutrition wave

Yogurt is a bright star in the dairy firmament, and brands are seizing the opportunity. Chobani took to the air with television ads during the Oscar ceremonies. Muller Quaker Dairy expands distribution into the Midwest and Southeast.
April 15, 2013
Everybody loves yogurt: dairy farmers, dairy processors, industry vendors, retailers and consumers. Yogurt production in the United States rose 4.2% from 2011 to 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Dairy Market News

Nonfat dry milk production is heavy; milk is directed to cheese plants

Cheese prices continued to push higher at the CME Group exchange; Some dry dairy markets regained confidence as news of higher international prices caught the attention of buyers and sellers.
March 25, 2013

Nonfat dry milk production remains heavy with producers holding inventories more confidently, according to the latest Dairy Market News by the USDA. Higher than anticipated volumes of milk are being directed to cheese plants across the nation. Despite increased inventories of cheese, manufacturers are reporting good sales and are mostly comfortable with the added production.
 


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Sales

Can't lick the ice cream blues

More plants are producing less ice cream. The number of units sold barely increased.
March 11, 2013
By most measures, ice cream is not a growing market. Production is declining, sales are stalled and manufacturers aren’t increasing prices by much. Yet there are more plants making ice cream.
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Weekly dairy production

Cheese markets are confused; milk processors prepare for Easter and Passover

The USDA says U.S. cheese markets continue to look for a clear price direction.
March 4, 2013

Cheese markets across the U.S. continue to look for a clear price direction. Milk production in the East and Midwest is increasing, and Western milk supplies are building as Arizona and New Mexico near peak production.


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The favored milk is flavored milk

Flavored milks and milkshakes show a glimmer of hope for the industry. Meanwhile, low-fat milk sales get skimmed.
February 15, 2013
There are few stars in the refrigerated milk category as numbers drop. Flavored milks are among the few that showed increases in dollar and unit sales.
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USDA's Dairy Market News

Sales of organic whole milk rose 16%; reduced fat milks up 6.8% in November

Total fluid milk products, which includes organic and non-organic, were down 1.7%.
January 25, 2013

The USDA's AMS service reported this week that total organic milk products sales for November 2012 were 191 million pounds, an increase of 9% from November 2011.


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