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Hain Celestial sells snacks business to focus on yogurt and other brands

February 2, 2026

Hain Celestial Group reached an agreement to sell its North American Snacks business, including Garden Veggie Snacks, Terra chips and Garden of Eatin' snacks, to Snackruptors Inc., a Canadian, family-owned snacks manufacturer, for $115 million in cash.

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Market Trends

Ice cream sees small declines, but ice milk/frozen dairy picks up the slack

Sherbet/sorbet/ices also enjoy solid growth.

Brian Berk

January 6, 2026

Ice cream sales declined slightly for the 52 weeks ending Nov. 2, with dollar sales at $7.5 billion and unit sales down 3%. Meanwhile, ice milk and frozen desserts are growing in popularity.

Crowley Cheese seeks new ownership

June 3, 2025

Crowley traces its cheesemaking roots in Healdville, Vt., to the late 1700s, with commercial production beginning in 1824.

WIXON welcomes new Midwest territory account manager

Dan Mackenzie-Olson brings extensive sales experience in food industry.

June 27, 2024

Wixon announced the appointment of Dan Mackenzie-Olson as account manager for its Midwest territory. Mackenzie-Olson brings more than 20 years of food industry experience to Wixon.

Sales are on the move for yogurt drinks and kefir products

May 5, 2016

While yogurt sales increased a bit; those of other cultured dairy products, like yogurt drinks, kefir and cottage cheese, are seeing greater sales growth.

Cheesecake sales nearly frozen, while frozen puddings show promise

Sarah M. Kennedy

September 7, 2015

The frozen dessert category struggled with sales down or barely moving in all segments except frozen pudding, which saw sales rise.

Sales of ice cream are frozen in place

Dollar sales of ice cream went up slightly but unit sales barely moved up. Unit sales of frozen novelties dropped.

Sarah M. Kennedy

January 17, 2013

Perhaps the unprecedented warmer fall weather in much of the United States was to blame for the melting of unit sales for frozen novelties and ice cream. Whatever the cause, only a few ice cream brands saw increases at the end of 2012.

Corporate earnings

Nestle says 1Q sales up 5.6%

April 20, 2012

Nestle's Coffee-Mate Natural Bliss, launched in April 2011, continued to build good momentum in the liquid coffee whitener segment, according to the Switzerland-based international food conglomerate, in releasing its first quarter report.

Ice Cream Sales Show No Sign Of Cooling Off

January 13, 2012

Ice cream/sherbet sales had not shown signs of cooling off as of late fall 2011. Although unit sales for the category were down slightly (4.29%), dollar sales increased 3.54% to almost $4.5 billion in the 52 weeks ended Oct. 30, 2011. The average price increased 26 cents during the period. The category includes three segments: frozen yogurt, ice cream and sherbet/sorbet/ices. Private-label brands led all three segments in dollar sales and units.