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Sales of ice cream are frozen in place

Dollar sales of ice cream went up slightly but unit sales barely moved up. Unit sales of frozen novelties dropped.

January 17, 2013

By Sarah M. Kennedy

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Perhaps the unprecedented warmer fall weather in much of the United States was to blame for the melting of unit sales for frozen novelties and ice cream. Whatever the cause, only a few ice cream brands saw increases at the end of 2012.

Ice cream revenues rise but unit sales are melting

Ice cream processors booked greater sales revenues in the last year, but unit sales in the category tumbled 4%. It’s the same for novelties. Frozen yogurt, on the other hand, tells a different story.

August 17, 2012

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Is the constant drumbeat about Americans’ obesity problem taking its toll on sales of frozen dairy indulgences? Or has the product become too expensive in this stagnant economy? Or is there another explanation for the drop in unit sales of ice cream?

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