Kathie Canning

Kathie Canning

Kathie Canning, former editor-in-chief of Dairy Foods, is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience in the trade publication sector. Her experience includes leadership positions on a number of food and beverage publications for both processor and retail audiences. She is a graduate of the University of Toledo and is also certified as an Editor in the Life Sciences by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences.

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rtd coffee and tea sales

No slowdown in sight for ready-to-drink coffee and tea

Most subcategories make strong dollar and unit sales gains
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Kathie Canning
October 9, 2018
They might not be sold hot, but ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee and tea are sizzling when it comes to U.S. sales. Dollar sales for the convenience-minded category jumped 5.1% during the 52 weeks ending Aug. 12, 2018, to reach $6.3 billion, according to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI.
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Seeing double: Inside Associated Milk Producers' Sanborn, Iowa, plant

Seeing double: Inside Associated Milk Producers' Sanborn, Iowa, plant

A recent expansion enables Associated Milk Producers Inc.’s plant in Sanborn, Iowa, to produce twice as much award-winning cheese
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Kathie Canning
September 6, 2018
Employees at Associated Milk Producers Inc.'s (AMPI) Sanborn, Iowa, plant might be seeing double, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with their vision. Instead, it’s a reflection of a recent expansion that doubled the facility's cheesemaking capacity.
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The powerhouse behind the dairy brands

AMPI - The powerhouse behind the dairy brands

Associated Milk Producers Inc. delivers award-winning dairy products to its foodservice, private label and co-pack customers
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Kathie Canning
September 5, 2018
Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) produces upwards of 640 million pounds of cheese, 140 million pounds of butter and 175 million pounds of powdered products each year. Despite those impressive figures, most consumers have never heard of the New Ulm, Minn. based dairy cooperative.
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Tony Sarsam

CEO Tony Sarsam has big plans for Borden Dairy

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Kathie Canning
September 4, 2018
Tony Sarsam has been CEO of Dallas-based Borden Dairy Co. for only a short time; since March. But the veteran food company executive is already knee-deep in plans for three major growth initiatives at the 161-year-old privately held company, which operates 13 dairy plants across the United States.
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2018 Dairy 100

2018 Dairy 100: Meet Dairy's Giants

Our 25th annual Dairy 100 ranks the biggest private and public companies, as well as cooperatives, within the North American dairy industry.
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Kathie Canning
August 6, 2018
As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once famously noted, "Change is the only constant in life." And dairy processors certainly aren't immune to that reality. Expansions, acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships, new business and lost business bring ups and downs, large and small, to a number of individual companies in any given year. Our latest Dairy 100 rankings, based on 2017 (or latest available) revenue, reflect those changes.
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ice cream sales data

Ice cream sales cool off

Although some brands made impressive gains, recent sales trends within the ice cream and frozen novelties categories are underwhelming
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Kathie Canning
August 6, 2018
Dollar sales in the ice cream/sherbet category rose 2.2% during the 52 weeks ending April 22, 2018, to $6.9 billion, according to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI. Unit sales increased 1.6% to 1.8 billion.
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Ingredient trends to watch

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Kathie Canning
August 3, 2018
As I strolled the aisles at the Institute of Food Technologists' most recent food expo (IFT18: A Matter of Science + Food, which took place in July at Chicago's McCormick Place), it didn't take long to discern which food and beverage trends ingredient suppliers were betting on to remain top of mind with consumers. And all of them have a place in the dairy industry.
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