Dean Foods has seen its profits nosedive in recent years - with its CEO saying Americans are drinking less milk.
Dean Foods has seen its profits nosedive in recent years - with its CEO
saying Americans are drinking less milk.
The Dallas-based producer, which is 94-years-old, saw sales fall by seven
percent in the first half of 2019, with profits plummeting by 14 percent.
Its stock has lost 80 percent in that time.
Competition
Reports have cited the skyrocketing popularity of milk alternatives as part
of the reason behind Dean Foods' decline.
According to Euromonitor, the global market for milk alternatives is
predicted to hit $18 billion this year, up 3.5 percent from 2018 - creating
a challenge for dairy producers.
"The large and complex U.S. dairy market faces several forces that are
influencing future growth and challenging the status quo," said Euromonitor.
"One trend impacting the industry across cheese, milk and yogurt, among
other categories, is the competition from plant-based alternatives.
"Once a nascent, niche trend driven by a narrow subset of consumers,
plant-based formulations are now surging in popularity with more products
entering the mainstream market."
Dean Foods faced an additional hurdle last year, when retail giant Walmart
built its own dairy plant and ditched Dean as its supplier.
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