The Top 10 Dairy Companies

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Increasing prices of raw materials, demand for dairy products in emerging markets and the drive for health and wellness, are putting pressure on dairy manufacturers to develop innovative but cost effective products. Key growth strategies for many of the top companies include strengthening brand portfolios and expansion in growth markets such China and India.

The Top 10 Dairy Companies is a report that analyzes the innovation and growth strategies of the top 10 players in the dairy industry. This report identifies the product areas that the top 10 players are seeking to develop and also highlights the respective markets where each individual company is looking to grow. It also examines the comparative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the world's leading dairy companies. Benchmark your performance against the leading dairy companies using market share and financial data in this report...

Key findings from this report...

The global dairy industry is highly fragmented, with the top 10 companies representing about 22.4% of the total market size in 2006.
The global dairy market reached ...
... $402.5bn in 2006, representing a five-year CAGR of 3.7% and it is forecast to reach about $487.2bn in 2011, representing a five-year CAGR of 4.9%.
The leading dairy companies are focussing innovation on organic and functional dairy. Other latest developments have included products that are low fat, contain natural ingredients and no preservatives.
Nestlé was the global industry leader with a 5.0% market share in 2006, followed by Danone (2.5%) and Dean Foods (2.4%).
Parmalat's dairy business recorded revenues of R3,546m ($4,861m) for the fiscal year ended December 2007, an increase of 6.1% over 2006. Higher revenues in fiscal 2007 were mainly due to higher sales volume in Canada and Italy. The dairy revenues accounted for 91.8% of its consolidated revenues in 2007.
Some key issues answered by this report...

Growing demand for dairy products in Asia is driving global milk prices. The increase in demand has been fuelled by population growth, increases in personal income and Western-style influences on the Asian diet (demand for non-native foods such as cheese slices, yogurt and skimmed milk among young urbanites).
Contracting European supply of milk. The milk quota system (introduced in 1984) has placed a limit on the amount of milk produced each year by EU dairy farmers. EU-25 milk production declined 0.3% during September 2004-07 and 1.4% in September 2007.
Adverse climatic conditions in Australia and New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand are the two major milk exporters in the world. In 2005, both countries witnessed a drop in milk productiondue to adverse climatic conditions, with Australia's output falling 0.3% and New Zealand down 4.0% year-on-year. Decline in output of world's major milk exporters will impact the global milk supply and therefore, will lead to a rise in milk prices.
Some key questions answered by this report...

What are the trends in the global dairy industry?
Who are the top 11 to 20 companies?
Which regions and segments offer the leading dairy companies the greatest growth opportunities?
How do the leading dairy companies compare in terms of financial performance and coverage by country and category?
What are the key strategies of the leading dairy companies and how do these strategies drive revenue and market share?

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