Technomic’s new Market Intelligence Report: Ice Cream mines Technomic’s exclusive consumer, menu and industry data to uncover insights and opportunities in frozen desserts and snacks. Interesting report findings include:
- Frozen-yogurt concepts occupy the top and bottom of the growth spectrum. All but one of the 10 fastest-growing chains were frozen-yogurt concepts, but other frozen-yogurt chains experienced some of the largest declines within the top 500 chains.
- Production of ice cream and frozen novelties in the retail sector is quite concentrated, with the top 10 manufacturers accounting for almost 70% of the total sales.
- Frozen desserts comprised 28.4% of all desserts on the menus tracked by Technomic in the first half of 2010.
Photo: Coco-Chocolate Chai Milkshake combines popular chai tea latte spiced with the traditional aromatics of cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and clove blended with frosty-cold vanilla ice cream and coconut M&M’s® chocolate candies for a modern twist on a classic drugstore dessert. Served in an old fashioned soda glass, topped with whipped cream and more coconut M&M’s®. Courtesy of MARS Foodservices