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ICE CREAM BUYERS TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS

Frozen dairy desserts and value-size pails are on the rise, but there’s still plenty of demand for indulgent, value-added offerings. Ice cream and frozen novelties

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MULTI-SERVE UNITS UP 4.8%

Cost-conscious shoppers are reaching for better-value multi-serve meals. Better-for-you, hearty and ethnic options are on the rise, too. Dollar sales of frozen dinners and entrees

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FROZEN FRUIT VOLUME EDGES UP 1.4%

Units are down slightly as consumers shift to bigger, better-value pack sizes. But there’s also movement in the value-added segment where snacks and smoothies are

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LOOK WHO’S SHOPPING AT WALMART!

Could higher-income customers with more ‘upscale’ tastes help ease margin pressure? Record inflation on the heels of a global pandemic has done some crazy things

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Databank

Databank July 2023

TOP FROZEN Sales of frozen products in supermarkets, drugstores, mass merchants, military commissaries and select club and dollar stores combined hit $17.96 billion during the

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Mini Dipped Ice Cream Bars

To celebrate its 85th anniversary, Prairie Farms, Edwardsville, Ill., enters the frozen novelty category with its Just Dipped Mini Classic Ice Cream Bars. The 1.5-ounce

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Layered Snack Bars

San Diego-based Perfect Snacks adds a pair of layered snack bars to its line of fresh-from-the-fridge protein snacks. Perfect Bar Layers feature a crispy base of

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Veggie-Packed Sweet Treats

Dr. Praeger’s, Elmwood Park, N.J., adds a vegan sweet treat to its kid-friendly Littles lineup, which features veggie-packed snacks in fun shapes. Star-shaped Birthday Littles are

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Quail Eggs

Westfield Egg Farm, New Holland, Pa., home of the Nature’s Yoke and Utopihen Farms brands, debuts a new specialty brand called Elevated Delights. The first

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Superfood Ice Cream Bars

Chicago-based GLOW Superfood introduces a line of nutrient-rich, plant-based frozen novelties made with locally produced and responsibly sourced functional ingredients, including organic mushrooms, botanical adaptogens

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Pickle Chips & Sweet Relish

Bubbies Fine Foods, Stockton, Calif., builds on the success of its original Bread & Butter Chips with three new flavors made with fresh, whole ingredients

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