Dairy product retail sales across all categories closed on a positive note at year-end with purchases at a higher rate in 2020 than 2019, as reported by Dairy Management Inc. from IRi Monitoring. 
 

* Milk volume rose at retail by 2% in 2020 compared to 2019 
* Cheese volume rose at retail by 13% in 2020 compared to 2019
* Yogurt volume rose at retail by 4% in 2020 compared to 2019

New York dairy farmers and Refuel with Chocolate Milk were a sponsor of the fall 2020 scholar-athlete program of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) that recognized 1,437 teams and nearly 19,000 individuals from across the state. 

Long-time dairy checkoff partner, Pizza Hut announced the launch of its new Detroit-style pizza, a Dairy Management Inc.- led recipe initiative that features two types of cheese, including aged parmesan. DMI has food scientists placed in its checkoff partners’ test kitchens – like McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Domino’s – to help develop more recipes that include more dairy.