Dairy companies at this year’s National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show highlighted protein products, though cheese snacks at the US convenience store haven’t changed much in the last decade, with sticks and bars still ruling the aisles.
Shamrock Farms is expanding its August County, Virginia, milk manufacturing facility, which will more than double its production capacity, and create 70 new jobs in the area, reaching 120 employees once the project is completed by late 2018.
Lactalis McLelland, producers of Seriously Strong, Galloway and McLelland cheese brands in the UK, has been awarded both the brand and retailer own brand cheddar tender for the Co-op retailer.
FrieslandCampina’s milk drink and smoothie brand Yazoo is expanding availability of its on-the-go yogurt smoothies this month, seeing great potential for a ‘snack that provides sustenance.’
SIG Combibloc has launched a range of extra-slim, small-format beverage cartons in an effort to meet demand for smaller, more convenient packaging from emerging market consumers.
Retail merchandising displays that provide consumers with dairy-based ‘meal solutions’ could reap double-digit unit and dollar sales growth, US research has found.
Robert Wiseman, one of the UK's largest dairy processors, said
higher selling prices and added value milk helped it to rebuild
operating profit margins in 2006.
An increase in selling prices helped dairy processor Robert Wiseman
to begin clawing back lost profits, as the group looks to continue
the momentum with more new products and facilities.
A newly developed vending machine in the US makes ice cream from
scratch while you wait, shows how dairy firms are finding new ways
to target consumer demand for convenience.
A Danish court has fined Arla Foods €670,000 for abusing its
dominant position on Denmark's dairy market, further jeopardizing
the group's public image in the country.
The dairy group's new, lower calorie milk technology may help it
re-gain ground on its home Danish milk market, after dropping
almost 10 per cent in market share and losing another supply
contract to a smaller rival.
Yoghurt more than any other dairy product meets consumer demand for
healthy, convenient and tasty food - a factor which market analysts
Euromonitor claim will continue to drive sales of the product in
the years to come. Drinking yoghurts...