Tea, coffee and juice products challenge milk sales
Sales for refrigerated juices and teas, and RTD teas and coffee show real promise. Plus, we highlight some new juice, tea and coffee products.
With many dairies also bottling teas, juices, lemonades and coffee-based drinks, it’s important for dairy processors to keep an eye on what’s new and trending in these nondairy beverage categories.
Sales were up for many of these categories, including refrigerated teas and coffee, refrigerated juices and drinks, and canned and bottled teas, as they look to compete with milk for a “share of the stomach.” The lemonade segment also showed real promise, while orange juice sales struggled.