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Article: The Time is Right for Cheese.(cheese trends)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Dairy Foods
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- September 1, 2000
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If you make cheese or sell equipment or ingredients to the cheese industry, these are exciting times
America is really waking up to cheese, especially the many fine American cheeses," says Clark Wolf, a New York-based restaurant consultant and cheese expert, who views cheese as a national trend. "I'm seeing cheese courses appearing on menus in many markets across the country. The Europeans have been saying 'cheese' to us for ages, and we finally got it."
Indeed, if consumers made any resolutions when they welcomed the year 2000, it was not to cut cheese out of their diet. Retail dollar and pound growth rates were up 6.8% and 6.1% respectively, for ...