Articles Tagged with ''cheese sales''

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2024 State of the Dairy Industry: Cheese

A sunny and bright outlook for cheese: With 0.5% growth, cheese category to churn out $69.7 billion by 2028
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Barbara Harfmann
November 15, 2024

Cheese processors’ cheese creations have performed well in recent years, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.5% from 2018-2023 to barely a whisper of growth, at 0.5%, expected from 2023-2028 to reach $69.7 billion by 2028.


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Cheese sales continue their ascent

Strength continues to be seen.
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Brian Berk
December 8, 2023

More cheese, please… In several cases, consumers are buying more. Natural cheese sales total $17.5B, with natural cheese chunks and shredded dominating the market with dollar and unit sales gains. 


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‘Gouda’ news for retail cheese

Both natural and processed cheese posted double-digit dollar sales growth in the 52 weeks ending Jan. 24, 2021.
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Kathie Canning
March 17, 2021
The past year saw reduced demand for cheese on the foodservice side, thanks to widespread pandemic-related restaurant closures and indoor dining bans. However, the picture was much brighter on the retail cheese side.
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Cheese sales explode in retail channels

Cheese sales explode in retail channels

Both the natural and processed cheese categories saw double-digit dollar sales gains.
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Kathie Canning
November 16, 2020
It has been a very, very good year for cheese, at least within the major retail channels. Dollar sales within the natural cheese category shot up 17.0% to $15,449.5 million during the 52 weeks ending Oct. 4, 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
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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Convenient cheese formats rule

Convenient cheese formats rule

Cheese processors also will find growth opportunity in snackable options and adventurous flavors.
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Kathie Canning
May 11, 2020
For decades, the story surrounding the cheese segment has been one of very strong growth, both at retail and foodservice. The category's versatility and abundance of varieties have worked in its favor, even as other dairy categories have weathered ups and downs.
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