Cheese: U.S. Market Trends and Opportunities
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Two MarketResearch.com Sources for this Report
The information in this report is excerpted from two reports focusing on natural cheese by MarketResearch.com subsidiaries:
- the Freedonia Focus report Cheese: United States (Freedonia Group, May 2018), and
- the “Natural and Specialty Cheese” chapter in U.S. Food Market Outlook 2018 (Packaged Facts, January 2018).
- Highlights: Production & Consumption
- Market Sizing: Consumption (lbs)
- Historical and Current Trends
- Market Environment: Production
- Industry Characteristics
- Key Economic Indicators
- Table Key Indicators for US Natural Cheese Consumption, 2007 - 2022 (US$ bil)
- Regulatory Factors
- Consumption by Product Type (lbs)
- Mozzarella
- Cheddar
- Other American-Type
- Other Italian-Type
- Cream & Neufchâtel
- Swiss-Type
- All Other Natural Cheese
- Market Forecast: Consumption (lbs)
- Table US Natural Cheese Consumption by Product, 2007 - 2022 (mil lbs)
- Highlights: Retail Trends
- Market Sizing: Retail Sales ($)
- Retail Sales of Natural Cheese Approach $18 Billion in 2017
- Table U.S. Natural and Specialty Cheese Market Retail Dollar Sales, 2012-2017 (in millions of dollars and percent change)
- Retail Sales of Natural Cheese Approach $18 Billion in 2017
- Retail Shares by Category ($)
- Category Shares
- Table US Natural and Specialty Cheese Market Retail Dollar Sales: By Category, 2015-2017 (in millions of dollars and percent change)
- Category Shares
- Market Forecast: Retail ($)
- Sluggish Economy Impacts Consumer Spending
- Unemployment Rate Declines to Below Pre-Recession Levels
- Median Household Incomes at All-Time High in 2016
- Sluggish Growth of Household Formations
- Retail Market to Exceed $20 Billion by 2022
- Table US Natural and Specialty Cheese Market Retail Dollar Sales, 2012-2022P (in millions of dollars and percent change)
- Market Environment: Retail Marketers
- Private Label, Kraft, and Sargento Control 70% of the Market
- Table Selected Marketers/Brands of Natural and Specialty Cheese, 2017
- M&A Activity
- Private Label, Kraft, and Sargento Control 70% of the Market
- Retail Marketing & New Product Trends
- Marketing Trends
- Opportunities for Marketing Innovation
- Opportunities for Next-Generation Product Innovation
- Table Selected New Products
- Opportunities for Next-Generation Product Innovation
- Retail Channel Competition
- Channel Shares
- Table Natural and Specialty Cheese: US Retail Dollar Sales and Shares by Channel, 2017 (in millions of dollars and percent)
- In-Store Merchandising
- Opportunities for In-Store and Online Innovation
- Role of online and e-grocers
- Channel Shares
- Retail Trends: Product Usage Rates
- Product Usage Rates
- Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten by 70% of Households
- Table Consumption Rates for Natural and Specialty, and American/Processed Cheese 2008-2018 (percent of households)
- Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten by 70% of Households
- Usage by Product Type
- Vast Majority of Natural Cheese Consumers Eat Full Fat Products
- Table Types of Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten Most Often, 2008-2018 (percent of US households that eats natural and specialty cheese)
- Vast Majority of Natural Cheese Consumers Eat Full Fat Products
- Usage by Product Form
- Consumption Increases Most for Shredded, Sliced, and String Cheese
- Table Forms of Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten Most Often, 2008-2018 (percent of US households that eats natural and specialty cheese)
- Consumption Increases Most for Shredded, Sliced, and String Cheese
- Usage by Kind of Product
- Cheddar and Mozzarella Still Rule but Specialty Varieties Keep Gaining
- Table Kinds of Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten Most Often, 2008-2018 (percent of US households that eats natural and specialty cheese)
- Cheddar and Mozzarella Still Rule but Specialty Varieties Keep Gaining
- Weekly Usage Rates by Household
- Table Pounds of Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten in Last 7 Days, 2008-2018 (percent of US households that eats natural and specialty cheese)
- Product Usage Rates
- Retail Trends: Brand Usage Rates
- Sargento Top Gainer Over Last Ten Years
- Consumers Eat Store Brands, Kraft, and Sargento Most Often
- Table Brands of Natural and Specialty Cheese Eaten Most Often by Households in the Last 7 Days, 2008-2018 (percent of households that eats natural and specialty cheese)
- About This Report
- Two MarketResearch.com Sources for this Report
- Scope & Methodology:
- Table Industry Codes Related to Natural Cheese
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