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State of the Industry

 

Top 10 Ice Cream


Rank Vendors Dollar Sales Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Dollar Share of type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Private Label $1,125,982,336 4.82 21.71 0.54 354,201,216
2 Nestle Dreyers Ice Cream Co. $997,715,200 7.95 19.24 1.02 254,366,208
3 Good Humor/Breyers $565,451,264 15.92 10.90 1.29 148,611,504
4 Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. $475,910,048 18.37 9.18 1.25 120,213,608
5 Wells Enterprises Inc. $370,904,320 6.39 7.15 0.28 84,379,944
6 Turkey Hill Dairy $242,332,576 9.13 4.67 0.30 80,841,112
7 Talenti $225,645,424 24.05 4.35 0.77 51,565,424
8 Blue Bell Creameries LP $181,070,816 (67.81) 3.49 (7.59) 38,573,788
9 Friendly's Ice Cream LLC $143,648,272 8.60 2.77 0.16 52,033,352
10 Dean Foods $108,039,712 2.90 2.08 0.01 25,655,448

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 17. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

Top 10 Frozen Yogurt


Rank Vendors Dollar Sales Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Dollar Share of type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Private Label $60,985,200 (5.43) 21.48 0.72 18,895,198
2 Whitewave Foods Co. $42,058,156 31.54 14.81 4.52 8,045,546
3 Kemps LLC $41,199,152 9.62 14.51 2.41 10,999,398
4 Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. $29,035,546 (19.08) 10.23 (1.32) 7,219,736
5 Wells Enterprises Inc. $21,389,570 (5.84) 7.53 0.22 5,459,916
6 Nestle Dreyers Ice Cream Co. $18,588,280 (23.27) 6.55 (1.25) 4,655,673
7 Dannon Co. $15,247,781 (17.68) 5.37 (0.59) 4,685,677
8 HP Hood Inc. $6,572,915 (11.83) 2.32 (0.08) (0.08)
9 Conagra Foods Inc. $5,851,176 (69.41) 2.06 (4.10) 1,560,707
10 Turkey Hill Dairy $5,336,040 (27.10) 1.88 (0.48) 1,740,309

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 17. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

Top 10 Refrigerated Natural Shredded Cheese


Rank Vendors Dollar Sales Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Dollar Share of type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Private Label $2,757,869,312 1.15 58.56 0.85 842,575,360
2 Kraft Foods Group Inc. $970,382,976 (3.25) 20.60 (0.62) 319,199,040
3 Sargento Food Co. $389,621,280 (4.02) 8.27 (0.32) 125,702,392
4 Crystal Farms $129,349,072 (7.23) 2.75 (0.20) 46,192,996
5 Dairy Farmers of America $88,233,800 (8.71) 1.87 (0.17) 34,583,996
6 Schreiber Foods Inc. $55,784,052 (10.45) 1.18 (0.13) 21,347,122
7 Saputo Cheese USA Inc. $43,791,656 2.23 0.93 0.02 12,898,908
8 Belgioioso Cheese $33,366,240 15.06 0.71 0.09 8,005,418
9 Tillamook County Creamery $31,453,270 14.66 0.67 0.09 7,740,739
10 Dutch Farms $23,236,468 3.98 0.49 0.02 10,348,475

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 17. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

Top 10 Refrigerated Natural Sliced Cheese


Rank Vendors Dollar Sales Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Dollar Share of type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Private Label $799,088,896 1.45 38.48 (1.63) 268,994,592
2 Sargento Food Co. $561,477,632 7.33 27.04 0.40 186,351,696
3 Kraft Foods Group Inc. $215,339,440 8.95 10.37 0.30 73,127,424
4 Tillamook County Creamery $85,885,352 16.77 4.14 0.39 17,794,436
5 Crystal Farms $60,895,976 12.68 2.93 0.18 17,759,732
6 Belgioioso Cheese $58,809,184 20.82 2.83 0.35 9,327,049
7 Dairy Farmers of America $39,173,152 6.47 1.89 0.01 14,818,564
8 Boars Head Provisions Co. (Brunckhorst) $34,377,808 26.14 1.66 0.27 5,301,494
9 Land O'Lakes Inc. $20,246,146 (3.34) 0.97 (0.09) 4,810,149
10 Applegate Farms Inc. $18,434,820 0.99 0.89 (0.04) 3,272,758

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 17. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

Top 10 Refrigerated Cottage Cheese


Rank Vendors Dollar Sales Dollar Sales % Chg YAgo Dollar Share of Type Dollar Share of type Chg YAgo Unit Sales
1 Private Label $415,674,848 (4.84) 37.28 (2.40) 175,000,352
2 Kraft Foods Group Inc. $249,924,416 8.21 22.42 1.43 109,177,232
3 Daisy Brand $73,131,416 2.18 6.56 0.06 24,741,052
4 HP Hood Inc. $40,867,244 2.54 3.67 0.04 15,392,228
5 Dean Foods $32,050,248 (6.53) 2.87 (0.24) 10,610,334
6 Prairie Farms Dairy $31,466,428 14.35 2.82 0.32 10,903,808
7 Hiland Dairy Foods Co. LLC $30,609,884 15.02 2.75 0.33 11,539,560
8 Darigold Inc. $21,912,112 17.29 1.97 0.27 6,703,615
9 Friendship Dairies Inc. $21,379,558 (2.59) 1.92 (0.08) 8,592,466
10 Kemps LLC $19,357,676 (5.62) 1.74 (0.13) 6,443,246

Source: Information Resources, Inc. Represents the latest 52 weeks ending Apr 17. Total U.S. multi-outlet (supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club & dollar retail chains).

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