Sales
Can't lick the ice cream blues
More plants are producing less ice cream. The number of units sold barely increased.
![More plant are producing less icecream](https://www.dairyfoods.com/ext/resources/2012_January/2013/2013-March/table1-slide.jpg?t=1363031040&width=1080)
![Production of regular hard ice cream dipped in 2012](https://www.dairyfoods.com/ext/resources/2012_January/2013/2013-March/table2-slide.jpg?t=1363031096&width=1080)
![sales and units of ice cream](https://www.dairyfoods.com/ext/resources/2012_January/2013/2013-March/table3-4-slide.jpg?t=1363031144&width=1080)
![top novelties and ice cream brands](https://www.dairyfoods.com/ext/resources/2012_January/2013/2013-March/tables5-6-slide.jpg?t=1363031188&width=1080)
By most measures, ice cream is not a growing market. Production is declining, sales are stalled and manufacturers aren’t increasing prices by much. Yet there are more plants making ice cream.
See the attached slides for more information.