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2020 November

Check out the November issue of Dairy Foods, including our annual category-by-category State of the Industry report

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2020 State of the Industry: Butter is taming the plant-based competition

2020 State of the Industry: Butter is taming the plant-based competition

The roar of plant-based butter alternatives is loud, but butter’s crack of the whip is keeping that threat in check.
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Kathie Canning
November 10, 2020
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The last year or so might have found some players in the retail butter and butter blends category exclaiming, "It's a jungle out there!" Why? Because certain players in the margarine and spreads subcategory used innovation and questionable marketing (Country Crock "plant butter" - seriously?) to lure consumers and intimidate genuine butter brands.
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2020 State of the Industry: Abracadabra! — Milk sales take off

2020 State of the Industry: Abracadabra! — Milk sales take off

It’s no illusion. The coronavirus pandemic and product innovation are bringing consumers back to the category.
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Kathie Canning
November 6, 2020
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After seeing declines year after year, the milk category (at least at retail) now seems to be pulling rabbits out of a hat. Dollar sales in the overall category rose 7.8% to $16,330.1 million during the 52 weeks ending Sept. 6, 2020, according to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI.
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2020 State of the Industry: Cheese is flying high

2020 State of the Industry: Cheese is flying high

But the category also has had to contort around high retail demand and extreme losses in foodservice/commodity sales.
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Anna Boisseau
October 29, 2020
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Americans' love affair with cheese is defying gravity. According to Chicago-based market research firm IRI, over the 52 weeks ending Sept. 6, 2020, natural cheese retail sales were swinging high through the air.
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Proliant Dairy Ingredients is the 2020 Exporter of the Year

Proliant Dairy Ingredients is the 2020 Exporter of the Year

The whey permeate company blazed trails to China and other global markets, creating new opportunities for the US dairy industry.
Mark O'Keefe
October 19, 2020
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Proliant Dairy Ingredients has built a growing international business focused exclusively on whey permeate - an ingredient that turns what was once considered dairy waste into a global treasure exported to more than 30 countries.
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