Waste not, want not,” an old adage proclaims. Still, waste — food waste, specifically — remains a huge issue in the United States. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, as much as 40% of U.S. food is never eaten. At the same time, one in eight Americans has difficulty putting enough food on the …
Developed nations, though equipped with industrial and educational infrastructures, face a current and increasing shortage of qualified, skilled and motivated workers. American manufacturers and smaller operations know this shortage is severe. The skills gap could lead to a shortage of as many as 2.4 million manufacturing workers in the next …
In the ongoing battle for sales, natural cheese continues to outshine processed cheese.
The good news continues on the cheese front. According to Portland, Ore.-based Allied Market Research, the U.S. cheese market was valued at $32.3 billion in 2017, and is projected to reach $40.5 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate …
Online cheese sales are experiencing major growth, according to Madison, Wis.-based Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. By the end of 2019, e-commerce sales will surge past $440 million, the organization said, citing data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI.
Sales are expected to surpass $500 million in 2020. The 54% annual …
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2019—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) recognized five individuals whose careers have positively impacted the trajectory of U.S. dairy. At an annual event called the Celebration of Dairy attended by nearly 300 people in Washington, D.C., IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes, D.V.M., recognized Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, Senator Tammy …
Business thinker Steve Denning says the practice of management is undergoing a “paradigm shift,” an allusion to Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 work on how scientific breakthroughs are born not of linear improvement but radical change. He has a point. Markets have gone topsy-turvy. Buyers have more options and therefore more power than sellers. Margins are lower. …
You can sleeplessly debate whether you should go gluten-free, whether to build your own plant or find a contract manufacturer, or even consider getting into cannabis products or not. But if you don’t have a solid foundation of food safety, any of those other strategic decisions are for naught.
The 2020 World Championship Cheese Contest is now accepting entries of cheese, butter, yogurt, and dry dairy ingredients now through Jan. 31 at WorldChampionCheese.org. Hosted by the Madison, Wis.-based Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), this biennial contest is the largest technical dairy products evaluation in the world. In 2018, it featured a record-setting 3,402 …
The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) is pleased to announce a record 317 of the dairy processing industry’s leading suppliers will exhibit at CheeseExpo 2020, set for April 14-16 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All exhibit floor space has now been reserved, but sponsorship opportunities and registration are available now at CheeseExpo.org.…
Dairy Foods magazine asked top executives from the leading dairy associations to provide our thoughts related to current dairy industry issues and opportunities — and to discuss how our organizations are helping members succeed in trying times.
Dairy Foods: What are your members most worried about right now, and …