Ice cream sales continue to show promise as dollar and unit sales both see a boost. Frozen novelty sales also went up, thanks to price increases, because unit sales were almost at a standstill. The news didn’t fare so well for manufacturers of frozen yogurt or sherbet. Both experienced sales declines.
The ice cream/sherbet category saw dollar sales increase 2.8% to $6.4 billion and unit sales were up 2.5% to 1.7 billion, according to Information Resources Inc. (IRI), Chicago, for the 52 weeks ended June 20, 2016. In the frozen novelties category, dollar sales improved 3.3% to $4.8 billion, while unit sales were up only 0.2% to 1.5 billion.