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Article: I hate to say I told you so.(cottage cheese experience bigger retail sales)(Industry Overview)
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- Dairy Foods
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- February 1, 1999
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I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.
For years, I've been saying that cottage cheese could sell, if only someone made it, packaged it and marketed it correctly. Take a lesson from your yogurt brethren, Dr. Dryer prescribed.
At last, some companies are doing just that.
In the 52 weeks ending Dec. 6, 1998, retail cottage cheese sales were up 5.0% from a year ago, says Information Resources Inc. This is no fluke; USDA's production data reports that in the first 11 months of the year, total cottage cheese production was up 1.9%, following a gain of 2.5% in 1997. The last time cottage cheese production increased in back-to-back years was ...