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Volume 87- Number 39	Issued Weekly	Friday, September 25, 2020

Advertised Prices for Dairy Products at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets ending during the period of 09/25/2020 to 10/01/2020

This week, the total number of conventional ads decreased 3 percent, but organic ads increased 10 percent. Conventional ice cream in 48-64 oz containers lost its spot as the top advertised dairy item, being surpassed by conventional Greek yogurt in 4-6 ounce containers and conventional 8 ounce cheese shreds. The weighted average price for conventional 48-64 ounce ice cream packages was $3.08, up 11 cents from last week. Ads for conventional 1 pound butter decreased 33 percent, with a weighted average advertised price of $3.26, up 44 cents from last week.

The national weighted average advertised price for conventional milk in half gallons is $0.99, compared to $3.82 for organic milk half gallons. This results in an organic premium of $2.83. The total number of conventional milk ads decreased 55 percent. The total number of organic milk ads decreased 42 percent.

The total number of conventional yogurt ads decreased 8 percent and the total number of organic yogurt ads increased 372 percent. Conventional yogurt in 4-6 ounce containers has an average price of $0.49, while conventional Greek yogurt in 4-6 ounce containers has an average price of $0.93. Organic yogurt in 4-6 ounce containers is $0.69.

The total number of conventional cheese ads increased 22 percent. The weighted average price for 8 ounce conventional cheese shreds was $2.47, up 1 cent from last week. The weighted average price for 8 ounce conventional cheese blocks was $2.43, up 13 cents from last week.

Top 5 Commodities Featured This Week

		09/25/2020	09/18/2020	09/11/2020
	24K
	20K
with Ads	16K
12K
Stores
8K
	4K
	0K
	Cheese	Yogurt	Ice cream	Cream cheese	Sour cream

1 -- Dairy Market News surveys nearly 150 retailers, comprising over 23,000 individual stores, with online weekly advertised features.

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Percentage of Total Conventional Ads by Commodity

Butter, 3%

Yogurt, 24%

Cheese, 34%

Sour cream, 7%

Ice cream, 14%	Cottage cheese, 3%
Flavored milk, 1%	Cream cheese, 7%

Percentage of Total Organic Ads by Commodity

Butter, 3%

Cheese, 3%

Cottage cheese, 3%

Yogurt, 23%

Cream cheese, 24%

Sour cream, 3%

Milk, 40%

Wtd Avg - Simple weighted average

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NATIONAL -- CONVENTIONAL DAIRY PRODUCTS

			THIS PERIOD	LAST WEEK	LAST YEAR
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Stores	Wtd Avg	Stores	Wtd Avg	Stores	Wtd Avg
			With Ads	Price	With Ads	Price	With Ads	Price
Butter		1 #	2126	3.26	3177	2.82	3768	3.61
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	6671	2.43	3391	2.30	3881	2.07
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # block	1981	3.87	1197	3.78	2676	3.50
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block	2843	7.50	3329	7.37	228	5.53
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	8648	2.47	8466	2.46	4853	2.27
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # shred	760	4.12	771	2.86	2231	3.73
Cottage cheese		16 oz	1896	1.67	1941	2.16	3926	1.99
Cream cheese		8 oz	4217	1.98	6038	2.24	7358	1.96
Flavored milk	All fat tests	half gallon	500	2.76	396	3.20	388	2.09
Flavored milk	All fat tests	gallon			105	1.99	74	3.50
Ice cream		48-64oz	8351	3.08	9313	2.97	10428	2.99
Milk	All fat tests	half gallon	105	.99	254	2.23	527	2.15
Milk	All fat tests	gallon	133	3.59	272	1.62	378	2.54
Sour cream		16 oz	4530	1.53	4386	1.83	4172	1.91
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	9000	.93	8119	.97	4879	.97
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	1861	4.37	1367	4.31	1560	4.34
Yogurt	Yogurt	4-6 oz	2752	.49	4217	.50	2075	.51
Yogurt	Yogurt	32 oz	1186	2.75	2390	2.56	469	2.70

REGIONAL -- CONVENTIONAL DAIRY PRODUCTS

			NORTHEAST U.S.		SOUTHEAST U.S.		MIDWEST U.S.
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Price	Stores		Wtd	Price	Stores		Wtd	Price	Stores		Wtd Avg
			with		Avg	with		Avg	with
			Range		Range		Range		Price
			Ads		Price	Ads		Price	Ads
Butter		1 #	2.50-4.99	1245		3.15	2.49	61		2.49	2.50-4.99	242		3.81
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	1.88-2.99	1121		2.31	1.67-3.00	2475		2.61	1.88-2.50	747		2.08
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # block	2.99-4.49	880		3.22	4.29-4.98	115		4.66
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block	7.99-9.99	237		9.15	7.97	1086		7.97	6.99-7.99	197		7.58
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	1.99-3.50	2096		2.50	1.67-3.50	3111		2.63	1.88-2.50	651		2.10
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # shred	3.49-4.99	356		4.06	4.29-4.98	115		4.66
Cottage cheese		16 oz	1.69-3.00	710		2.43	0.89-3.00	237		1.64	0.89-1.38	616		.98
Cream cheese		8 oz	1.96-3.00	687		2.31	1.67-1.96	1319		1.91	1.00-2.49	457		1.58
Flavored milk	All fat tests	half gallon									2.00	106		2.00
Ice cream		48-64oz	2.50-4.49	2681		3.01	2.50-3.50	1850		2.97	2.50-5.00	1420		3.53
Sour cream		16 oz	1.49-2.50	1813		1.76	0.89-3.00	237		1.64	0.89-1.69	1077		1.06
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	0.69-1.00	2175		.92	0.79-1.00	2554		.97	0.79-1.00	2377		.89
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	3.99	209		3.99	4.99	114		4.99	3.89-4.99	988		4.69
Yogurt	Yogurt	4-6 oz	0.40-0.60	1361		.53					0.29	180		.29
Yogurt	Yogurt	32 oz	3.49	63		3.49					1.99	180		1.99

Wtd Avg - Simple weighted average

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			SOUTH CENTRAL U.S.	SOUTHWEST U.S.		NORTHWEST U.S.
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Price	Stores	Wtd Avg	Price	Stores		Wtd	Price	Stores	Wtd Avg
				Avg
			Range	with Ads	Price	Range	with Ads		Range	with Ads	Price
				Price
Butter		1 #	2.99	54	2.99					1.99-3.99	524	3.37
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	2.00-2.99	717	2.43	1.99-2.99	872		2.34	1.88-3.48	645	2.50
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # block	4.99	114	4.99	3.99-4.99	583		4.41	3.99	289	3.99
Cheese	Natural Varieties	2 # block	6.96	973	6.96					5.98-6.49	350	6.40
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	2.00-2.50	688	2.28	1.88-3.00	1280		2.44	1.67-2.69	750	2.30
Cheese	Natural Varieties	1 # shred								3.99	289	3.99
Cottage cheese		16 oz	0.89	78	.89	1.49	244		1.49
Cream cheese		8 oz	1.96	973	1.96	1.96	344		1.96	1.67-2.50	409	2.03
Flavored milk	All fat tests	half gallon								0.99-3.69	394	2.97
Ice cream		48-64oz	2.49-4.98	761	3.06	1.99-3.49	952		2.84	2.50-2.99	637	2.90
Milk	All fat tests	half gallon								0.99	105	.99
Milk	All fat tests	gallon	3.59	133	3.59
Sour cream		16 oz	0.89-1.99	333	1.27	1.49-1.99	604		1.79	0.99-1.68	455	1.51
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	0.79-1.00	808	.91	1.00	236		1.00	0.80-1.00	828	.93
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	3.29-4.99	250	4.07					3.50	289	3.50
Yogurt	Yogurt	4-6 oz	0.33	193	.33	0.40-0.50	836		.49	0.49-0.50	171	.50
Yogurt	Yogurt	32 oz	2.50-2.99	168	2.83	1.99-3.50	486		3.05	2.50	289	2.50

				ALASKA U.S.			HAWAII U.S.
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Price		Stores		Wtd Avg	Price	Stores		Wtd
						Avg
			Range		with Ads		Price	Range	with Ads
						Price
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	1.50-1.99		43		1.74	2.25-2.99	51		2.64
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz shred	1.99		21		1.99	2.25-2.99	51		2.64
Cottage cheese		16 oz	1.49		11		1.49
Cream cheese		8 oz	3.99		28		3.99
Ice cream		48-64oz	3.00-5.99		50		5.00
Sour cream		16 oz	1.49		11		1.49
Yogurt	Greek	4-6 oz	0.80-1.25		22		1.03
Yogurt	Greek	32 oz	5.99		11		5.99
Yogurt	Yogurt	4-6 oz	0.60		11		.60

NATIONAL -- ORGANIC DAIRY PRODUCTS

			THIS PERIOD	LAST WEEK	LAST YEAR
Commodity	Type	Pack Size
Stores	Wtd Avg	Stores	Wtd Avg	Stores	Wtd Avg
			With Ads	Price	With Ads	Price	With Ads	Price
Butter		1 #	135	5.79	69	6.49	69	5.49
Cheese	Natural Varieties	8 oz block	178	3.99	178	3.99	117	3.99

Wtd Avg - Simple weighted average