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Article: Organic opportunities. (organic dairy products)
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- Dairy Foods
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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In the $30 billion retail dairy business, organic dairy products are but a tiny subset. Category sales reached $60 million last year, roughly one-fifth of 1% of all the dairy products sold in the United States.
If you're already selling organic products, you undoubtedly also know that it's a growing opportunity. If you're not selling it, you might be wondering whether this segment of the business is worthy of your consideration.
Here's an eye-popping number: Retail sales of organic dairy products doubled in 1996. Retail sales of all organic foods more than doubled between 1992 and 1996. According to Natural Foods Merchandiser, sales went from $1.54 billion to ...