Recently added articles from Ice Cream Reporter:
DFA deals National Dairy to Grupo Lala.
May 20, 2009 ... U.S. dairy cooperative Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) has announced that it is selling its National Dairy subsidiary to Mexican dairy giant Grupo Lala. The purchase expands Lala's presence in the United States where it is already a major supplier of dairy products to the nation's ...
Change of leadership at Dreyer's.
May 20, 2009 ... Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream has announced that Mike Mitchell has been appointed its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mitchell replaces Timothy F. Kahn, 54, who will retire. Mitchell, 49, comes to Dreyer's from its sister company, Nestle USA, where he had been the President of Sales ...
Fonterra leaves Australian ice cream market.
May 20, 2009 ... New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has announced that it has signed binding agreements with both Nestle Australia and Regal Cream Products (Bulla Dairy Foods) to sell its Australian ice cream business. Nestle will acquire the Peters brand in Western Australia and the Connoisseur ice cream ...
Marble Slab in rebranding move.
May 20, 2009 ... NexCen Brands has announced that it will be repositioning its Marble Slab Creamery brand to better reflect "its gourmet ice cream artistry experience" and reconnect with its "chef-driven roots." The rebranding initiative will include a new store design, new product packaging, website ...
Pinkberry going international, Red Mango going to Dallas.
May 20, 2009 ... Frozen yogurt chain rivals Pinkberry and Red Mango are both on the move, though their journeys are of different lengths. Pinkberry has announced new national and international expansion agreements, while Red Mango is moving its headquarters from California to Texas. The global ...
Cold Stone extending co-branding with Rocky Mountain.
May 20, 2009 ... Cold Stone Creamery and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory have announced that they will be extending their co-branding agreement, begun on a trial basis last October. Under a revised agreement, the co-branding will be expanded from the original four test stores to several hundred stores ...
YoCream strengthens international operation.
May 20, 2009 ... YOCREAM International, a pioneer and leading producer of frozen yogurt, reports that it is strengthening its international business with new distribution partners in Japan and Taiwan. The company has already been conducting business in Singapore and Korea and business development ...
Technomic.(Last Licks)
May 20, 2009 ... No surprise that economic news for the food industry contains gloom and doom. The latest consumer sentiment survey by food industry research firm Technomic reveals that consumers continue to remain highly concerned about the U.S. economy, their personal financial situation and job ...
Mintel.(Last Licks)
May 20, 2009 ... In addition to the negative report from Technomic, there's new data from the Mintel Global New Products Database (GNDP) that shows total food and drink product launches have been cut in half since last year (a 51% decline from Q1 2008 to Q1 2009). Mintel reports that compounding the annual ...
On a positive note, a recent national survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of Dairy Queen revealed that almost half of U.S. adults (46%) are eating out at restaurants about the same or more as they did one year ago.(Last Licks)
May 20, 2009 ... On a positive note, a recent national survey by Harris Interactive on behalf of Dairy Queen revealed that almost half of U.S. adults (46%) are eating out at restaurants about the same or more as they did one year ago. A majority (89%) of those that eat out in restaurants say that when ...
Red Mango offers buy back program.
Apr 20, 2009 ... As part of an overall effort to expand its franchising program, Red Mango, the high end frozen yogurt chain, is offering a unique buy back program, reminiscent of the customer support programs being offered by car companies. Under "Red's Real Deal" program, the company commits to ...
Cold Stone to enter Caribbean market.
Apr 20, 2009 ... Cold Stone Creamery has reached an agreement with Sundaes Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Flavorite Foods Ltd., to open up to 14 stores in the Caribbean over the next five years. More specifically, this territory includes the following countries: Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, ...
Haagen-Dazs adopts Pollan's "five ingredients" rule.
Apr 20, 2009 ... Following the advice of food authority Michael Pollan, Haagen-Dazs has introduced Five, an ice cream line made from only five ingredients. Pollan, author of the highly popular books "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" has proposed seven rules for eating, ...
Unilever to close Massachusetts Breyers plant.
Apr 20, 2009 ... Unilever has announced that it will be closing its manufacturing plant in Framingham, Massachusetts. Production from the plant, which manufactures produces a reported 25 million gallons per year of Breyers packaged ice cream, will be transferred to other sites within the Unilever network ...
Starbucks back as superpremium.
Apr 20, 2009 ... Following the transition of licensing rights from Nestle/Dreyer's Unilever, the Starbucks ice cream brand is back as a superpremium line. As a Dreyer's partner brand, Starbucks had been a premium brand. "We want consumers to enjoy the Starbucks Experience on their terms--in our stores, on ...
Turkey Hill gets ready for summer.
Apr 20, 2009 ... Turkey Hill Dairy is getting ready for the 2009 summer season with a host of new products and new flavors. Topping the list is the launch of a new line of ice cream cakes. The cakes will initially be available in major grocery store chains in Turkey Hill's core market areas in ...
The Le Mars Sentinel reports that Wells' Dairy is adding a $550,000 pH monitoring station is going up at near the company's south ice cream plant.(Last Licks)
Apr 20, 2009 ... The Le Mars Sentinel reports that Wells' Dairy is adding a $550,000 pH monitoring station is going up at near the company's south ice cream plant. The station will help prevent highly acidic or highly alkaline water from flowing into the City of Le Mars' wastewater ...
The Eureka, CA Times-Standard reports that Humboldt Creamery has announced plans to sell its Los Angeles ice cream production facility "in order to focus on core operations.".(Last Licks)
Apr 20, 2009 ... The Eureka, CA Times-Standard reports that Humboldt Creamery has announced plans to sell its Los Angeles ice cream production facility "in order to focus on core operations." According to the ...
Tofutti Brands.(Last Licks)
Apr 20, 2009 ... Tofutti Brands reported net sales for 2008 of $19,609,000, an increase of 2% from 2007 while gross profit decreased by $100,000. Net income for 2008 decreased to $217,000, $0.04 per share, compared to $465,000, $0.08 per share, for ...
Ice Cream Reporter noted last month that Dairy Queen was starting a blog.(Last Licks)
Apr 20, 2009 ... Ice Cream Reporter noted last month that Dairy Queen was starting a blog. It's not the only company to do so. Flavor provider David Michael & Co. reports that its newly ...