The Illinois dairy processor tripled its facility to 290,000 square feet. It uses the retort process to manufacture beverages and cheeses.
May 22, 2017
Ready-to-drink dairy/coffee beverages are a huge opportunity for Berner Food and Beverage, a contract manufacturer and private label supplier in Illinois that expanded its dairy plant.
Advertisements for ice cream decline from last week, but ads for conventional yogurt increase.
May 12, 2017
Retailers are advertising ice cream this week, even though ad numbers declined 5% from last week. The national weighted average advertised price for a package of ice cream is $3.06.
There are jobs awaiting you in the dairy industry. According to Dairy Foods’ 2017 Hiring Survey, 70% of the companies we surveyed report they are actively seeking to fill one or more full-time or part-time positions.
Executives heading dairy processing firms must be confident in the future of the industry, based on their investment and expansion plans. In March and April, these companies made the following announcements:
Two university students each received $25,000 to support their research into the health impact of yogurt. Erin Davis from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Haley Chatelaine from The Ohio State University were selected from a pool of over 120 applicants by an international committee of scientists in food and nutrition.
One organic dairy coop expects 5% growth in milk receipts but has imposed a quota on members and stopped contracting with new members in March.
May 6, 2017
There is an organic milk surplus of 50 million gallons. Some of this milk is being sold into conventional milk markets, reports this week’s Dairy Market News from the USDA.
Frozen novelties is a $4.9 billion annual business. Sales were up 4% but unit sales rose only 2.2% in the 52 weeks ended Feb. 19, 2017, according to IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm.
Nearly 6,500 attendees and 3,000 exhibitor personnel participated in the inaugural ProFood Tech trade show in April. Held at McCormick Place in Chicago, the show featured cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions within the food and beverage industry.