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Retailers pulled back on dairy ads this week

Advertisements for ice cream decline from last week, but ads for conventional yogurt increase.

May 12, 2017

Retailers are advertising ice cream this week, even though ad numbers declined 5% from last week. The national weighted average advertised price for a package of ice cream is $3.06.

Gehl Foods rebrands cheese sauces sold in foodservice outlets

May 12, 2017

Gehl Foods, Germantown, Wis., unveiled a new logo, look, feel and tone for its cheese sauces sold in foodservice outlets.

Dairy processors are All Star winners

May 11, 2017

All Star Association Inc., Lexington, Ky., elected new board members at its annual convention in March.

Dairies invest in production facilities

May 10, 2017

Executives heading dairy processing firms must be confident in the future of the industry, based on their investment and expansion plans. In March and April, these companies made the following announcements:

Dannon, ADPI support university students with their research into the health impact of yogurt

May 8, 2017

Two university students each received $25,000 to support their research into the health impact of yogurt. Erin Davis from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Haley Chatelaine from The Ohio State University were selected from a pool of over 120 applicants by an international committee of scientists in food and nutrition.

Dairy cow photo from Dairyfoods.com courtesy of Land O Lakes

Spring flush

Prediction: U.S. to be awash in organic milk this year

One organic dairy coop expects 5% growth in milk receipts but has imposed a quota on members and stopped contracting with new members in March.

May 6, 2017

There is an organic milk surplus of 50 million gallons. Some of this milk is being sold into conventional milk markets, reports this week’s Dairy Market News from the USDA.

The ProFood Tech tradeshow attracted 9,500 visitors for its inaugural run

May 5, 2017

Nearly 6,500 attendees and 3,000 exhibitor personnel participated in the inaugural ProFood Tech trade show in April. Held at McCormick Place in Chicago, the show featured cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions within the food and beverage industry.

T. Gary Rogers, former chairman and CEO of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

In Memoriam

Gary Rogers, former Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream chairman, has passed away

Mr. Rogers and William F. Cronk turned Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream into the best-selling ice cream company in the United States.

May 4, 2017

T. Gary Rogers, former chairman and CEO of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream for 30 years, passed away at age 74 on May 2, 2017.

Cultured dairy beverage sales are movin’ on up

Unit sales for refrigerated kefir products and shelf-stable yogurt drinks both see double-digit increases, while other cultured dairy segments are struggling.

Sarah M. Kennedy

May 4, 2017

Consumers are guzzling the drinkable cultured dairy options — sales for refrigerated kefir products and shelf-stable yogurt drinks are on the rise. Sales for sour cream are also up. Meanwhile, sales for regular yogurt and cream cheese have dropped.

Consumers thirst for organic milk

The lender CoBank reports that dairy farmers are increasing herd size. Private label organic milk and other products will create growth opportunities for dairy processors.

May 3, 2017

Despite the current excess supply environment, rising demand points to a bright future for the U.S. organic milk industry.