Like several other segments of dairy, most natural and processed cheese categories enjoyed strong dollar sales during a recent 52-week period, but suffered unit sales declines, according to information provided by Chicago-based Circana.
Overall, natural cheese and processed cheese saw dollar sales of $17 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, for the 52 weeks ending Jan. 29, a 7% year over year (YoY) increase for both segments, IRI data states. On the unit sales side, natural cheese declined 1% to 4.34 billion, while processed cheese dropped 3% to 726 million.