Retail ice cream sales might not have being eating fire this year, but they certainly have been on fire. Over the 52 weeks ending Sept. 6, 2020, dollar sales in the ice cream subcategory of the larger ice cream/sherbet category were up 13.4% (to $6,841.8 million).
Year to date, the United States is on track to break $6 billion in dairy exports this year, IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes said.
October 7, 2020
Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement on October 6 regarding the August 2020 agricultural export data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System:
The CDIC will feed dairy innovation efforts for the state with collaborations between California dairy producers, processors and universities.
October 5, 2020
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), the marketing order representing California dairy producers, announced the development of the California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC), a collaborative effort to further product-oriented innovation and enhance productivity for California dairy.
Richmond, Utah, is not exactly what one would call a metropolis, it boasts a population of fewer than 3,000 people. Despite its small status, however, the rural town has earned some decidedly big bragging rights.
The agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will establish an interagency process to further support exports of U.S. dairy products.
October 1, 2020
USDA and FDA today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will establish an interagency process to further support exports of U.S. dairy products.
The scholarships go to students enrolled in programs that emphasize dairy and who have shown potential to become future dairy leaders.
October 1, 2020
The dairy checkoff, managed by Rosemont, Ill.-based Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), awarded 12 academic scholarships to students enrolled in programs that emphasize dairy and who have shown potential to become future dairy leaders.
New products from Perry’s Ice Cream Company, Alden’s Organic, My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream and Häagen-Dazs embrace the fall season.
October 1, 2020
Perry’s Ice Cream Company creates Friendsgiving flavor; My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream adds Pumpkin Spice and Apple Pie à la Mode varieties, Häagen-Dazs launches Peppermint Bark ice cream and novelties.
Family-owned Casper’s Ice Cream is counting on its product quality, differentiated brands and nimble but measured approach to see it through another 95 years.
Casper Merrill did not invent the frozen novelty. Christian Kent Nelson, a high school teacher who lived in Iowa, is credited with that achievement, creating a stickless product dubbed the “I Scream Bar” in 1920.