Starbucks is in the news again, this time the company has announced a switch from whole milk to 2-percent in four test markets. The coffee company sites health trends as the reason for the switch. “We have been monitoring customers’ trends,” said Michelle Gass, senior vice president of global products for Starbucks. “Two percent milk is the No. 1 milk … Read More
Dole Vending Machines
In my humble opinion, this move by Dole Food Company is a positive for the dairy industry. Notice that milk is included as a healthy food product. This is great! Dole Food Company, a leading fresh fruit, vegetable and flower company, is launching a pilot program with US organizations that will put vending machines selling healthy food products into schools. … Read More
Low Price in France
Seems that the milk price is a universal discussion among dairy producers. French dairymen are feeling the sting of a low price too. Milk producers in France have used an industry meeting to call for higher farmgate prices and again condemn cuts over the last five years, revealing ongoing tension between farmers and dairy firms in the EU. Representatives from … Read More
Simply Smart
New Englanders now have a new tasty milk option: HP Hood Simply Smart Chocolate Fat Free. Available in grocery stores in 64-once containers, the brand has 50% more protein than chocolate reduced fat milk. Additionally, Hood will use an ultra-filtration technique to remove some of the liquid that can make lowfat and fat free milks look and taste watery. Can’t … Read More
Price of NY Gallon Rises
Here’s an important article for you to see. When the price of a gallon of milk rises, it usually causes an uproar. I think consumers forget that dairy producers are producing a nutritionally superior product at a relatively low cost (compared to say, a gallon of soda). Shoppers throughout the state will be forced to pay at least $3.14 for … Read More
Vince Carter Got Milk
Those Got Milk people keep cranking out the star power to promote milk. This time it’s Vince Carter, basketball star.
Another Cooperative Considers Supply
Yet another report of a milk cooperative considering supplying bST-free milk to their buyers. This is an interesting cooperative/producer release. First, the cooperative: Illinois-based Prairie Farms may designate some of its milk supply as “rbST-free.” According to a plan under review, producers who don’t treat their cows with rbST would sign affidavits to that effect, and their milk would be … Read More
Have a Hot Chocktail
It looks like chocolate milk is continuing a popularity upswing. You can find some interesting chocktail recipes here.
Bring Chocolate Milk Back!
This story was a pleasant surprise to me – parents in N.Y. have formed a coalition to bring flavored milk back into their children’s schools. Glad to hear people recognize that chocolate and strawberry milk are better choices than soda. Public school students are drinking 10% less milk than a year ago, which members of the coalition, Advocates for School … Read More
Cookie Scents Sour
A few days ago, we posted on bus shelters in San Francisco being cookie scented as a way to increase milk consumption. It’s too bad that the city’s residents weren’t receptive to the idea! But, I ran across this editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle that seems to suggest not everyone was agaisnt the campaign. We’re a little puzzled at … Read More