Consumption: dairy in the head in the shopping cart

(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 07 - With a 13.9% share, ahead of cereal derivatives (13.4%) and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (11.7%), dairy products represent the first item of expenditure food in Italy in 2020. Assolatte points out that domestic food spending grew by 7.0% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period of 2019 based on Ismea-Nielsen data. From the report of the Italian dairy association it emerges that milk and derivatives are also among the families of food products with the highest rate of growth in sales: between January and September 2020, Italians increased their purchases of dairy products by 8.4% compared to the same period of the previous year. In particular, not only were the sales of packaged products (+ 9.2%) but also those sold by the cut at the counter (+ 6.0%) expand. In particular, Italians' passion for cheese is driving sales: in 2020, spending on dairy products increased on average by 12.5% ​​compared to the same period in 2019 and growth, also in this case, concerned both cheeses sold by the slice. (+ 5.5%) and packaged ones (+ 18.4%), which came to represent 57% of the market by value. Hard cheeses remain the number one sell-out, with a 19% share in dairy spending, consolidating their leadership thanks to a further 9.7% improvement in sales in the rolling year. Finally, he underlines that the new approach to food shopping determined by the Covid emergency has pushed milk sales by 5.1% in 2020. Spending increase also for yoghurt: + 4.3% compared to 2019. (ANSA).