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Industry Dairy Review: Dairy Dairy National players position themselves as smaller, local and even artisan W hile retail white milk sales continue to decline year after year, in general, the dairy products industry is thriving at both retail and food service. It's a good time for dairy foods as the local, simple and inherently healthful characteristics of milk and products made from milk are right on target with what many of today's consumers are seeking from the food supply. The two largest U.S. dairy foods manufacturers - Nestle USA, Glendale, Calif., and Dean Foods Co., Dallas, with 2014 dairy sales of $9,700 million and $9,503 million, respectively - both introduced brands designed to appeal to today's consumer who wants to better understand the origins of their food. Nestle's Häagen-Dazs Artisan Collection sets out to connect with the highly influential millennial demographic that is all about foods with a local connection and experimenting with new concepts. To produce the collection, the Häagen-Dazs team collaborated with notable culinary artisans from around the country to create unique flavors never before experienced in ice cream. One example is Chocolate Caramelized Oat, which was developed with Claire Keane of Clairesquares, San Francisco. Ms. Keane has been crafting flapjacks - a traditional Irish treat of caramelized, buttery oat bars drizzled LEADING LEADING ice cream vendors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nestle Dreyer's Ice Cream Co. Good Humor/Breyers Ben & Jerry's Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. Wells Enterprises, Inc. Turkey Hill Dairy Talenti Friendly's Ice Cream L.L.C. Dean Foods Private label Total Dollar sales $945,506,488 $518,468,707 $433,660,762 $368,639,828 $355,896,316 $225,861,157 $202,372,534 $139,429,369 $106,610,537 $1,099,411,714 $5,072,220,686 in chocolate - from her own recipe since she was 12 years old. Inspired by her Irish treats, the Häagen-Dazs brand took chocolate caramelized oat clusters and blended them in a rich caramel ice cream. Dean Foods, on the other hand, is emphasizing locally sourced milk through a new national brand designed to entrust consumers wherever their travels might take them in the country. Used in conjunction with Dean Food's regional brands such as Alta Dena, Dean's, Meadow Gold, Mayfield and Oak Farms, the new national brand - DairyPure - is backed by an exclusive FivePoint Purity Promise that the milk contains no artificial growth hormones, is tested for antibiotics, is continually quality tested to ensure purity, only comes from cows fed a healthy diet and is cold shipped fresh from the local dairy. These two new brands are in the only two dairy product categories struggling at retail: fluid milk and frozen dairy desserts. Butter, cheese, yogurt and other dairy-based products continue to grow. Retail sales of frozen dairy desserts have been relatively flat for a long time, with growth for one brand - usually from a smaller, artisan, local company - coming at the expense of another, often from a national player. In recent years, volume sales for the category have been down while dollar sales grew as a result of ice cream brands % change from year ago -0.5% 14.7% 18.5% -33.6% -0.6% 7.1% 53.4% 13.5% 5.7% 1.0% 2.4% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dreyer's Edy's Breyers Ben & Jerry's Häagen-Dazs Blue Bell Wells' Blue Bunny Turkey Hill Talenti Friendly's Private label Total Dollar sales $546,589,941 $469,630,077 $433,660,762 $398,441,632 $368,639,828 $269,608,355 $225,861,157 $202,372,534 $139,429,369 $1,099,411,714 $5,072,220,686 % change from year ago -5.0% 15.3% 18.5% 6.3% -33.6% -0.1% 7.1% 53.4% 13.4% 1.0% 2.4% Data for 52 weeks ended Aug. 9, 2015 Total U.S. - Multi-outlet with C-Store (Supermarkets, Drugstores and Mass Market Retailers, Gas/C-Stores, Military Commissaries and Select Club & Dollar Retail Chains) Source: Information Resources, Inc. 44 \ October 2015 Milling & Baking News * Food Business News * Baking & Snack * Meat+Poultry Corporate Profiles

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015

Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015
Table of Contents
Editorial - With growth elusive, its pursuit only intensifies
Industry Review: Grain-based Foods
Industry Review: Packaged Foods
Can K-Cups kick-start soup?
Industry Review: Beverages
Industry Review: Meat and Poultry
Industry Review: Dairy
Industry Review: Confectionery
Industry Review: Food Service
Industry Review: Clean Label
Company Overview - Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V.
Company Overview - Campbell Soup Co.
Company Overview - Coca-Cola Co.
Company Overview - ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Company Overview - Flowers Foods, Inc.
Company Overview - General Mills, Inc.
Company Overview - The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
Company Overview - The Hershey Co.

Milling & Baking News Corporate Profiles - 2015