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Questions: I am doing a report on the US dairy industry. Could you find some recent articles and trends in this industry that I could cite and add to my report?

Answer:

Our team found the following citations and resources that could help greatly in your report. We shall provide small quotations for you as regards to the articles so as to save you time.

Our first report, dated July 2002, provides different numbers and statistics as regards to the US dairy market. The following mentions the observe trends:

"There are three consumer trends underway in the United States. First, consumer demand for fluid milk has declined over time because the product has not remained competitive with other beverages in terms of packaging, convenience, or advertising."

"A second consumer trend is the explosive growth in fast food. The U.S. dairy industry has been fueled over the past 20 years by cravings for both pizza and fast food products that contain lots of cheese, butter and cream products."

"The third trend, which is related to the second trend, is convenience. Consumers want more selections, better packaging, faster meal preparation times, etc."

"U.S. Market Structure: The Dairy Industry in the 21 st Century"
http://dairyoutlook.aers.psu.edu/reports/Pub2002/FutDairyUS.pdf

"A Dairy Market Trends snapshot in November 2001 showed yogurt volume sales increases in nearly each of the regions tracked by IRI. Several drinkable yogurt products were introduced or enhanced as market researchers predicted that the drinkable yogurt segment would continue to grow significantly in the coming years."

"Cultured Dairy Products up to $4.2 billion in 2001"
http://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/2002/0702/0702cultured.htm

"Sales of organic milk and dairy products totaled about $600 million at retail during 2000. Sales of all organic foods during that year approached $9 billion. Organic sales should top $11 billion this year and $18 billion by 2005."

"Organic Lessons"
http://www.preparedfoods.com/archives/2003/2003_1/0103organic.htm

"Ice cream sales are charting a bit differently from a year ago, with the artificially inflated dollar sales coming back closer to reality and a corresponding positive shift in unit sales, even as ingredient prices have remained high."

"Overall, category sales in 2000 were up 3.5% in terms of dollars and 2.7% by units, compared to 1999, according to Information Resources Inc. A year later, dollar sales were up 4.0% while unit sales dipped 2.1%. That was for the 52-weeks leading up to Dec. 2., 2001, a period that saw a spike in ingredient prices that was ultimately reflected at the grocery checkout."

"Nestlé S.A. of Switzerland, the world's largest food outfit with more than $46 billion in annual sales, and Unilever PLC, of London and Rotterdam, with over $26 billion in annual receipts, now own or are involved with several of the best known brand names in the ice cream aisle-Nestlé, Häagen-Dazs, Dreyer's/Edy's, Good Humor, Breyer's, Ben & Jerry's, Godiva and Starbucks."

"2003 Ice Cream Outlook"
http://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/2003/03/ICO_SittingPretty.htm

"The American Dairy Association (ADA) says that snacking and entertaining are the two overall hottest food trends in 2003, and both include placing cheese on the dessert plate, among other eating places and occasions."

"Cheese is big business for retailers. Volume sales in 2002 for food, drug and mass merchandisers, excluding Wal-Mart were 1.9 billion lbs, up 0.7% from 2001, and dollar sales were $7.6 billion, up 2.6%, according to Information Resources Inc., provided courtesy of the National Cheese Institute's Cheese Market Research Report. This data includes natural, process and imitation cheeses, not cream cheese."

"When it comes to sales by form, shredded cheese experienced the most growth in both volume (+4.8%) and dollar sales (+5.4%), with share by form of 23.1% for volume sales and 24.8% for dollar sales."

"Cheese-It's What Consumers Want"
http://www.dairyfoods.com/articles/2003/03/CT_CheeseTrends01.htm

We hope that this would be of help to your report.

The Marcos Research Team