Though overall milk sales are still struggling, whole milk brings good news. Unit sales are up and dollar sales are growing faster than those of skim/low-fat milk.

Ice cream sales tick up slightly, while those of frozen novelties and frozen yogurt are dropping.

Shredded cheese sales are up in both natural and processed cheese categories. Chunks and sliced cheese sales also increase in the natural category.

Yogurt is in its glory days as processors are getting innovative and trying to change the conversation. It’s not all just about Greek yogurt anymore in this ever-changing, hot category.

As the processed cheese category continues to struggle and with natural cheese still winning with consumers, we ask: Are fancy cheeses the next big thing?