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Frozen novelty sales are particularly enjoying robust strength. 

Rather than sales or special deals, Kiki Milk, the first all-organic plant-based kid's milk on the market, is giving away its recipes, the company says. In an effort to slow down the holiday pace and celebrate spending time with loved ones, the brand is releasing the recipe for its top-seller Kiki Chocolate milk on Black Friday.

Yogurt, cream cheese are loved to the moon and back as per cultured dairy sales. IRI reports that yogurt, No. 3 on IRI’s Dairy15 Top Categories list, generated $8.4 billion in dollar sales and an 8.6% YoY growth. No. 9 on the list, cream cheese sales totaled $2.3 billion with 8% YoY growth.

All categories within nondairy beverages, with the exception of juice products, are shooting for the stars. Ready-to-drink coffee in chilled, take-home format packaging is driving 37% growth.  . Check out which brands are thriving.

Despite a 3.3% decrease of unit sales, the milk category demonstrated strong strength, notching an increase of more than 7% to $15.32 billion for the 52 weeks ending Sept. 4, IRI data reports. Milk is king of the dairy category leader, followed by Cheese and Yogurt. 

It provides unique opportunities to learn from experts on food safety, labeling and regulations that affect the industry. The conference also features networking, hands-on session and product tasting, including the annual Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Competition.

Versatile butter is “old reliable” for baking, on top of toast, while snacking spreads appeal to consumer cravings.  

Suppliers are keeping pace with evolving processor and shopper demands for flavorful products that emphasize wellness and visual appearance. 

My/Mochi, the creator of the modern frozen snack category, announced the return of a fan-favorite, limited-edition holiday flavor: Cool Peppermint. The chilled-out festive flavor comes just in time as people everywhere hunker down for the holiday snacking season, it says.

ReposiTrak’s Store-level Replenishment helps the dairy identify current and predicted out of stocks at the shelf level, reduce out of stocks, increase sales because they have the right product on the shelves and improve promotion execution and effectiveness.