National Retail Report - Dairy (DYBRETAIL)

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Volume 88- Number 4	Issued Weekly	Friday, January 29, 2021

Advertised Prices for Dairy Products at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets ending during the period of 01/29/2021 to 02/04/2021

There were only slight changes on dairy retail trends, overall, from week 3 to week 4. Total conventional dairy advertisements shifted higher by a single percent, while organic ad numbers moved lower by the same margin. Shredded cheese in 8 ounce packs were the most advertised dairy item on the conventional aisle, slightly edging out conventional ice cream in 48 to 64 ounce containers.

Conventional butter advertisement numbers grew by 13 percent, while organic butter ads dropped 68 percent. The weighted average advertised price for conventional butter, in one pound packages, was $3.15, compared to $5.79 for organic butter, an organic premium of $2.64.

Total conventional cheese advertisements increased 8 percent. Organic cheese, in 8 ounce shreds, held a weighted average price of $3.79, compared to $2.50 for conventional cheese, representing an organic premium of $1.29.

Conventional bottled milk ad numbers dropped 5 percent, while organic milk numbers declined 28 percent. Conventional yogurt advertisements, overall, slipped 32 percent, while organic numbers for yogurt slipped 36 percent. Organic yogurt in 4 to 6 ounce containers' weighted average price was $1.25, compared to $.47 for conventional yogurt, an organic premium of $.78.

Top 5 Commodities Featured This Week

		01/29/2021	01/22/2021	01/15/2021
	28K
	24K
Ads	20K
16K
with
Stores	12K
8K
	4K
	0K
	Cheese	Yogurt	Ice cream	Cream cheese	Sour cream

1 -- Dairy Market News surveys nearly 150 retailers, comprising over 23,000 individual stores, with online weekly advertised features.

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Percentage of Total Conventional Ads by Commodity

Butter, 6%

Yogurt, 19%

Sour cream, 6%	Cheese, 31%
Milk, 1%

Ice cream, 16%

Cottage cheese, 4%

Flavored milk, 1%

Cream cheese, 12%

Percentage of Total Organic Ads by Commodity

	Butter, 3%
	Cheese, 1%
Yogurt, 19%	Cottage cheese, 11%

Sour cream, 3%

Milk, 63%

Wtd Avg - Simple weighted average

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NATIONAL -- CONVENTIONAL DAIRY PRODUCTS

			THIS PERIOD	LAST WEEK	LAST YEAR
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Stores	Wtd Avg	Stores	Wtd Avg	Stores	Wtd Avg
			With Ads	Price	With Ads	Price	With Ads	Price
Butter		1 #	4421	3.15	3903	2.93	3858	3.80
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	8545	2.45	8923	2.44	6574	2.38
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # block	1224	4.06	641	4.25	2286	4.22
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block	1507	7.08	1174	7.16	544	5.69
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	11930	2.50	10577	2.45	8070	2.43
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # shred	390	3.79	482	3.37	1653	4.13
Cottage cheese		16 oz	2708	2.37	1570	2.26	3641	2.05
Cream cheese		8 oz	9286	1.77	8037	1.84	6838	1.80
Egg nog		quart	147	3.00	147	3.00
Flavored milk	All fat tests	half gallon	534	2.34	518	3.61	685	1.45
Flavored milk	All fat tests	gallon			80	4.79	244	3.99
Ice cream		48-64oz	11795	2.99	10083	3.31	11652	3.04
Milk	All fat tests	half gallon	258	2.71	494	2.63	295	1.59
Milk	All fat tests	gallon	787	3.15	608	3.14	516	3.36
Sour cream		16 oz	4459	1.90	3184	1.86	4587	1.88
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	7736	.97	10511	.99	9599	.96
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	3463	4.65	5387	4.30	2761	4.06
Yogurt	Yogurt	4-6 oz	2002	.47	3657	.53	3081	.53
Yogurt	Yogurt	32 oz	1092	2.74	1500	2.62	2924	2.29

REGIONAL -- CONVENTIONAL DAIRY PRODUCTS

			NORTHEAST U.S.		SOUTHEAST U.S.		MIDWEST U.S.
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Price	Stores		Wtd	Price	Stores		Wtd	Price	Stores		Wtd Avg
			with		Avg	with		Avg	with
			Range		Range		Range		Price
			Ads		Price	Ads		Price	Ads
Butter		1 #	1.99-4.99	2049		3.44	2.49-3.00	498		2.56	1.79-2.99	1334		2.52
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	1.67-3.99	2611		2.51	1.69-3.00	2275		2.63	2.00-2.99	509		2.56
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # block	2.99-5.99	1010		4.07	3.99	214		3.99
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block					6.98-8.99	409		8.03	5.99-7.88	575		6.34
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	1.99-3.00	3128		2.47	1.69-3.00	4194		2.58	2.49-2.50	808		2.49
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # shred	2.99-3.99	356		3.37
Cottage cheese		16 oz	1.50-3.49	1773		2.51	1.79-3.00	489		2.41	1.66-1.99	349		1.79
Cream cheese		8 oz	0.98-2.50	1670		1.46	1.49-3.00	3356		1.88	1.00-2.49	1523		1.78
Egg nog		quart	3.00	147		3.00
Flavored milk	All fat tests	half gallon	2.89	221		2.89					2.00	180		2.00
Ice cream		48-64oz	1.50-4.00	3096		2.94	1.79-5.98	4219		3.03	1.79-3.99	1942		2.70
Milk	All fat tests	gallon	4.49	147		4.49
Sour cream		16 oz	1.19-2.00	1667		1.76	2.00	1071		2.00	1.66-2.39	636		2.01
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	0.69-1.25	2204		.98	0.80-1.00	1792		.98	0.70-1.00	735		.95
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	3.99-5.00	691		4.81	4.99	735		4.99	4.99	711		4.99

Wtd Avg - Simple weighted average

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NORTHEAST U.S.

SOUTHEAST U.S.

MIDWEST U.S.

Commodity

Type

Pack Size

Price

Stores

Wtd

Price

Stores

Wtd

Price

Stores

Wtd Avg

with

Avg

with

Avg

with

Range

Range

Range

Price

Ads

Price

Ads

Price

Ads

Yogurt

Yogurt

4-6 oz

0.40-0.60

730

.51

0.39-0.50

459

.46

Yogurt

Yogurt

32 oz

2.49-2.99

452

2.61

2.99

214

2.99

			SOUTH CENTRAL U.S.	SOUTHWEST U.S.		NORTHWEST U.S.
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Price	Stores	Wtd Avg	Price	Stores		Wtd	Price	Stores	Wtd Avg
				Avg
			Range	with Ads	Price	Range	with Ads		Range	with Ads	Price
				Price
Butter		1 #	2.49	78	2.49					1.97-4.99	394	4.19
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	1.49-2.99	1425	2.15	1.99-2.99	934		2.09	1.99-2.50	699	2.41
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block	5.99-7.99	281	6.57					5.88-9.99	210	7.94
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	1.49-2.99	2062	2.27	1.99-2.00	844		1.99	2.50-2.99	638	2.77
Cottage cheese		16 oz								1.29	69	1.29
Cream cheese		8 oz	0.99-2.08	1294	1.95	0.98-2.00	886		1.40	0.98-2.69	488	2.04
Flavored milk	All fat tests	half gallon	1.89	133	1.89
Ice cream		48-64oz	1.79-5.50	999	3.23	2.79-3.99	926		3.19	0.74-3.99	476	2.37
Milk	All fat tests	half gallon	1.89-2.49	190	2.07
Milk	All fat tests	gallon	1.97-3.88	255	2.87	2.79	246		2.79	1.99	105	1.99
Sour cream		16 oz	1.50-2.69	344	2.16	1.49	246		1.49	1.29-1.99	358	1.86
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	0.89-1.00	867	.98	0.69-1.00	1259		.89	0.69-1.00	773	.97
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	3.29-4.99	281	3.82	3.49-4.99	684		4.29	3.69	289	3.69
Yogurt	Yogurt	4-6 oz	0.49	80	.49	0.39-0.50	383		.43	0.40-0.60	350	.43
Yogurt	Yogurt	32 oz	2.79	121	2.79	1.99	178		1.99	3.99	69	3.99

				ALASKA U.S.			HAWAII U.S.
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Price		Stores		Wtd Avg	Price	Stores		Wtd
						Avg
			Range		with Ads		Price	Range	with Ads
						Price
Butter		1 #						5.59-5.99	68		5.79
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block						3.00-5.19	92		4.27
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block	6.49-6.99		32		6.82
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	3.29		28		3.29	3.00-5.29	228		4.42
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # shred						8.19	34		8.19
Cottage cheese		16 oz	2.69		28		2.69
Cream cheese		8 oz	1.79		11		1.79	2.00-4.19	58		3.28
Ice cream		48-64oz	5.99-6.79		49		6.45	3.50-7.99	88		5.39
Milk	All fat tests	half gallon						3.99-4.99	68		4.49
Milk	All fat tests	gallon						5.69	34		5.69
Sour cream		16 oz	2.00-2.29		49		2.17	1.79-3.99	88		3.01
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	1.25		11		1.25	1.25-2.29	95		1.85
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	5.49		11		5.49	4.99-8.19	61		6.77
Yogurt	Yogurt	32 oz						3.00-3.89	58		3.52

Wtd Avg - Simple weighted average