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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Elevate dairy offerings with inclusions

Elevate dairy offerings with inclusions

The right inclusions can transform an ordinary dairy product into an extraordinary one.
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Kathie Canning
January 25, 2021
Within the dairy products arena, fruit, nuts and other inclusions are much like the prize in a Cracker Jack box. They add a little fun and excitement, transforming an ordinary offering to an extraordinary one.
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A big comeback for refrigerated milk at retail

Retail sales of refrigerated milk see a pandemic-powered growth spurt.
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Kathie Canning
January 21, 2021
Up until only recently, milk sales in U.S. retail outlets had been on a decades-long decline. As the coronavirus forced many consumers to work, study and/or eat at home, however, retail milk sales benefited.
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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association is embracing the winds of change

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association is embracing the winds of change

With a recent shift in its go-to-market strategy and an emphasis on ‘fresh and local,’ the cooperative is positioned for growth.
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Kathie Canning
January 6, 2021
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA) lays claim to much more than a long name. The Reston, Va.-based dairy cooperative also boasts an impressively long history, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020.
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Trends spell innovation opportunity for dairy in 2021

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Kathie Canning
January 5, 2021
In my December column, I pointed to two areas of particular consumer interest, products that boost immune health and products that target the microbiome, that will spell innovation opportunity for dairy processors in 2021. Those areas of interest are huge, but they are not the only trends that bode well for dairy in the New Year.
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Retail ice cream sales heat up

All retail ice cream/sherbet categories realized strong dollar and unit sales gains.
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Kathie Canning
December 21, 2020
Many consumers have been turning to their favorite comfort foods to help combat stress during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And one of those favorites certainly appears to be ice cream.
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Norwich, N.Y.-headquartered Chobani LLC has racked up a remarkable number of accomplishments in just 15 years.

2020 Processor of the Year: Chobani is doing all the right things

Our Processor of the Year understands that doing well and doing good are not mutually exclusive.
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Kathie Canning
December 4, 2020
At only a decade and a half old, Chobani LLC is still a youngster within the dairy processing universe. Nevertheless, the company, founded in 2005 by current CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, who immigrated to the United States from Turkey about a decade earlier, has racked up a remarkable number of accomplishments.
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Cheese sales explode in retail channels

Cheese sales explode in retail channels

Both the natural and processed cheese categories saw double-digit dollar sales gains.
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Kathie Canning
November 16, 2020
It has been a very, very good year for cheese, at least within the major retail channels. Dollar sales within the natural cheese category shot up 17.0% to $15,449.5 million during the 52 weeks ending Oct. 4, 2020, according to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI.
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