The consumer packaged goods industry delivered anemic growth in 2013, inching up 1.8%. The edibles category basically mimicked the trajectory of the whole industry (+1.7%), while nonedibles grew just over a percentage point and general merchandise was flat.
Lafayette, Calif.-based Boardwalk Frozen Treats partnered with Baskin-Robbins, Canton, Mass., to bring packaged ice cream and ice cream bars to stores across the United States this spring.
New products were on display from Powerful Yogurt, Yasso, Magnolia ice cream and other dairy processors at Natural Products Expo West earlier this month.
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