date:Mar 27, 2013
Even with Greek yogurt growing in American markets and consumers flocking to anything with live, active cultures, 2012 may be best remembered as a year associated with milks diminished role.
Last August, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report said domestic 2011 beverage milk sales tallied 53 billion pounds (roughly 6 billion gallons), the markets poorest performance since 1984. Whole milk beverage sales in 2011 stood at less than half of 1980s levels, the report noted. It cited such factors as