The marketing group’s new campaign touts protein and makes comparative claims against other foods and beverages, including eggs, orange juice and cream cheese.
New products contributing to net sales growth in the quarter included Yoplait Greek yogurt, the company stated.
September 18, 2013
Yoplait yogurt products contributed to a first-quarter sales increase at Minneapolis-based General Mills. Net sales rose 8% to $4.37 billion in the quarter ended Aug. 25, with new businesses contributing 5 percentage points of the growth, according to the company.
Rowe said union members are currently paying 5% of health care costs. Darigold has assured the union that they would not pay more than 10%.
September 18, 2013
Darigold Inc., Seattle, disputed the assertion made by the Teamsters today that it walked out of federal mediation talks late Monday night. Darigold General Counsel and Senior Vice President Steven Rowe told Dairy Foods that some members of the dairy cooperative's team did leave the meeting but continued to participate by telephone after they arrived home. Rowe said the bargaining session lasted from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Nearly all consumers buy private-label products when grocery shopping, according to a study of 6,600 consumers conducted by Market Force Information, Louisville, Colo. Of the categories studied, dairy products were the most frequently purchased private-label grocery item. Snacks ranked second and cereal and cleaning supplies tied for third.
China on the rise; root beer milk; dairy traceability program; and a database of dairy plants.
September 14, 2013
Five dairy processors, accounting for more than 20% of U.S. milk production, have committed to a voluntary set of best practices for traceability. That's just one of many stories on dairyfoods.com this week.
The nimble cheesemakers at Westby Cooperative Creamery can make a dozen different conventional and organic products a day. They process cheeses, yogurts and other cultured dairy foods for private-label accounts, plus Westby’s own award-winning cottage cheese brand.
Westby Cooperative Creamery urges customers to “take home country goodness.” Sales at the Wisconsin co-op are growing steadily, thanks to contract manufacturing of organic and conventional products, steady demand from foodservice and institutional accounts, and a focus on product development.
Nestle, Danone and Lactalis remain on the top of the list.
September 10, 2013
“The top five companies remain unchanged in their position on the list, yet there are now two Chinese companies in the rank of the largest 15 companies, whereas there were none in the top 20 until 2008,” said Rabobank analyst Tim Hunt. “In contrast, the lack of a U.S.-based global consolidator means that the rankings of U.S. companies has declined.”