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| DAIRY MANAGEMENT, INC.'S ACTIVITIES FOR 2010 | FORM 990, PART III | When the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB) was formed in 1983, its mission was to increase demand for US dairy products on behalf of U.S. dairy farmers. This farmer led and farmer-funded initiative shared a mission with another farmer led and farmer-funded initiative, the United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA), created in 1971 to unite several local dairy promotion entities. Through their efforts, per capita dairy consumption has increased more than 14% since 1983. As non-profit entities, these organizations are grassroots created and grassroots led with a single, unified mission. In 1995, the dairy farmer leadership realized that they could have a bigger impact on dairy demand if the NDB and UDIA combined efforts so they created Dairy Management Inc (DMI). By combining forces, farmer-funded promotion programs have maximized the impact of their promotions dollars through a coordinated and unified marketing plan that use national and local resources in an efficient and effective manner. Dairy Management Inc. DMI is a non-profit management organization that leads the farmer-funded dairy promotion programs nationwide. DMI manages national and local organizations and ensures that the principle of grassroots created, grassroots led, remains the cornerstone of the company. DMI manages: * American Dairy Association - TRADEMARK NAME * National Dairy Council - 501(C)(3)- DAIRY NUTRITION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH * Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy - 501(C)(6)- DAIRY INDUSTRY FORUM AND FOSTER INNOVATION * U.S. Dairy Export Council - 501(C)(6)- EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT FOR U.S. DAIRY PRODUCTS * Dairy Research Institute - 501(C)(3) - ADVANCE DAIRY SCIENCE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES As it was back in 1971, 1983 and 1995, the mission of DMI remains to increase sales and demand of U.S. dairy products on behalf of U.S. dairy producers. The DMI board is comprised of dairy producers from around the country who authorize the activities of the unified marketing plan. Funding for the plan comes from a 15 cent per hundredweight assessment. Governance of DMI is structured to maximize national and local representation on behalf of the nation's dairy producers. Competitive Talent DMI staff comes from a variety of backgrounds including a high percentage from for profit consumer product goods companies (CPGs), advertising and public relations agencies and marketing firms. DMI retains staff that can effectively and efficiently work with a number of business partners which include Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Kraft Foods, Deans Foods, LALA and Leprino Foods. The talent pool DMI recruits from are typically for profit companies as described above. CPGs and agencies have a competitive advantage as they can offer stock options and other compensation benefits to their recruits. Despite that, DMI recruits and retains high performing talent because of the culture and opportunities that exist and because of the success that DMI has had in working with the industry to increase dairy sales. DMI offers a strong professional growth and development program and offers competitive compensation and benefits wherever possible. Unmet Demand DMI and its affiliate organizations are focused on increasing dairy sales by meeting unmet consumer demand. Unmet demand is the difference between existing sales and potential sales and can be captured by offering the products consumers want, when and where they want them. Unmet demand exists in many areas: Fluid Milk Milk is a nutrient rich product and essential to a healthy diet, but it is recognized that per capita consumption of fluid milk had slowly yet steadily declined over the past twenty years. As part of the effort to reverse this trend, DMI fielded a study among school aged children in which children claimed that they would drink more milk at school if: it tasted better, were offered in more flavors, looked more appealing and were more convenient. The study informed the development of new single-serve, re-sealable, contemporary milk packaging. Follow-up trials offering the enhanced product to students demonstrated an 18% improvement in milk sales. DMI took this research to the quick serve industry and in 2004; two of the nation's top chains began offering an improved product. McDonald's increased their sales six fold, and six years later, they remain at that level. Their success bred more success. Today, over 70,000 quick serve restaurants plus 11,000 schools offer milk in an improved package and in more flavors. This research and the efforts of DMI to encourage adoption by schools and the quick serve industry means two very important things: * In 2006 per capita consumption of fluid milk rose for the first time in over two years. * Today, 1.3 billion times a year, consumers get the product they want, when and where they want it which equates to over 250 million incremental pounds of milk sold each year. * And total milk servings in quick serve restaurants have continued to grow - a 17.5% increase between 2004 and 2010 . The nation's largest restaurant chain, McDonald's, continues to be a "dairy destination" for millions of Americans as part of a multi-year partnership with DMI. * McCafe specialty coffees contain up to 80% milk and have been available nationwide for more than a year. These products alone use an additional million 300 pounds of milk annually. The line will continue to be updated with new varieties and flavors and continues to represent a true growth opportunity for dairy. * Frappes, consisting of approximately 50 percent milk, are now in all of McDonald's 14,000 restaurants. The products, offered in mocha and caramel flavors, will use an additional 100 million pounds of milk annually. Sales are far exceeding McDonald's highest forecasts. * Real Fruit Smoothies, available in strawberry and wild berry flavors, launched nationwide in July 2010 and use low-fat yogurt. The smoothies will require an additional 23 million pounds of milk annually. The smoothies have been credited with McDonald's having one of the most successful summer sales seasons ever. * New Snack-Size McFlurries launched in the second quarter 2010, resulting in a 124 percent lift in McFlurry business in test markets. This smaller-size dessert is expected to attract new consumers who want a snack size option . There's more to come. The chain has welcomed four DMI employees to work onsite at McDonald's Menu Development Center in Oak Brook, Illinois. These employees, who have an extensive dairy food science background, work side-by-side with the McDonald's team every day on a wide range of dairy-friendly beverages, sandwiches and dessert ideas which will help grow dairy sales over the next few years. All these efforts are meeting unmet consumer demand. DMI is also partnering with HP Hood and its Lactaid brand - the category leader with more than 70 percent of all lactose-free dairy sales - to help grow fluid milk sales. If we can recapture the 53 million U. S. adult consumers who currently restrict or avoid dairy consumption due to real or perceived lactose intolerance, it represents a tremendous opportunity to grow milk sales. If we can bring them back to dairy and get them to 3 servings daily of milk, cheese and yogurt, estimated dairy consumption could grow by approximately 2 billion pounds of milk annually. In 2010, the gap between lactose intolerant and Lactose tolerant purchasing of milk and cheese narrowed by 276 million pounds annually. To help meet this unmet demand, Lactaid recently introduced a 12-ounce single-serve lactose-free milk, a 32-ounce half-and-half and the new value-added "fit and creamy" lactose-free milk. Additional efforts focus on health professional and consumer health and wellness education. |
| DAIRY MANAGEMENT, INC.'S ACTIVITIES FOR 2010 (CONT) | FORM 990, PART III (CONT) | Cheese Per capita consumption of cheese steadily rose in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. More recently, consumption was flat and, in one area, down: pizza cheese. 25% of all cheese used in the US is served on pizza. To help revitalize this category, dairy farmer leaders directed DMI to work with the leading pizza chains to reverse the trend and grow cheese sales. * In 2009 DMI worked with Domino's to roll out the American Legends line of six specialty pizzas that use 40% more cheese than their traditional pizzas. The partnership with Domino's continued in 2010, as they repeated their successful carryout specials and launched Wisconsin 6 Cheese-the newest pizza to join the American Legends line. DMI also continued support of Domino's "Smart Slice" offering, their innovative line of kid-approved school lunch pizzas, developed to meet aggressive school nutrition requirements. For the full year of 2010, Domino's pizza servings increased 16% compared to 2009 and their cheese sales increased over 20% compared to 2009. * DMI is also working with Pizza Hut to grow sales. Throughout this past year, Pizza Hut has kept its focus on enhanced cheese product innovation with new products such as the "Big Italy", "Cheesy Bites Pizza" and the "Big New Yorker"; each using between 35% and 50% more cheese than the average 16" round pizza. The chain has also stimulated sales and traffic by continuing its "$10 Any Pizza" pricing. In 2010, Pizza Hut's pizza servings grew 18%, with cheese usage up 30%. DMI continues to work with Pizza Hut to fill the pizza pipeline with other cheese friendly pizza innovations that will grow sales for the balance of this year and next. * Domino's introduction of their New and Inspired, completely reformulated pizza in late 2009 catalyzed the pizza category and jump-started its turnaround. Throughout 2010, the category, chains and independents alike, refocused their efforts on pizza and cheese, through product innovation, promotions and value offerings. As a result of this, domestic disappearance of other than American cheese was up 2.1 billion pounds (milk equivalent) or 3.6% in 2010 compared to 2009. When it comes to school, pizza remains the number one entre. DMI is working with the pizza category leaders to reformulate their school pizza to meet tighter nutrition standards. Ensuring pizza is seen as a nutrient-rich food is essential as over 25% of all school meals include pizza. Cheeseburgers represent about 5% of all cheese use and DMI works with McDonald's and others on cheese focused menu items. In 2009 McDonald's launched their Angus burgers which use two slices of cheese per burger. They performed so well that they are now a permanent menu offering, requiring an additional 60 million pounds of milk annually. Angus Snack Wraps, which were introduced in three varieties in the summer of 2010, use one slice of cheese for customers who want a snack-sized option and will contribute an additional 63 million pounds of milk annually. Ingredients A few decades ago, whey was a by-product of cheese making that was spread on fields to help feed the crops. Today, it is a highly sought after protein source, used in everything from energy bars to smoothies. Dairy farmers, through their checkoff program, support Dairy Research Centers at Universities across the nation. These centers conduct nutrition and product research and work with the industry to uncover new uses for dairy ingredients. DMI partners with more than 40 companies on an annual basis to support industry development of products that consumers want which include dairy ingredients. These products provide an important sales opportunity, utilizing billions of pounds of milk each year. And, by doing so, DMI has played an important role in supporting the phenomenal growth in value-added whey ingredient production - assisting in nearly doubling the market between 2003 and 2010 to over 200,000 lbs of whey protein concentrates and isolates each year . Total whey protein concentrate and whey protein isolate increased 28.6% from 2003 to 2010 accounting for over 100 million pounds of whey protein production. The yogurt category has seen tremendous growth - over 10% in the key grocery channels between 2006 and 2010 -- thanks to new product introductions that addressed unmet consumer demand. Through its science, consumer insights, and industry outreach, DMI has assisted industry with product development and uncovering new consumer insights and trends that have assisted in fueling this growth. In addition, with the assistance of DMI, today yogurt is a mainstay menu item at quick serve restaurants; where just five years ago very few offered this product. This is further evidence that DMI, through partnerships with the quick serve industry, works to extend the places and times of day that yogurt is offered. International Marketing In 1995, when dairy farmers created DMI, they also saw the potential for dairy sales internationally and founded the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), a non-profit, independent, membership organization that represents the export trade interests of U.S. farmers, processors and manufacturers. With over 100 member organizations, USDEC works to build global demand for U.S. dairy products and assist the industry in increasing the volume and value of exports. They accomplish these goals through market development programs that seek to build overseas demand for U.S. dairy products, resolve market access barriers and advance the industry's trade policy goals. Dairy exports have steadily grown in the past fifteen years and, in 2008 represented more than 11% of total milk production. In the past couple years , exports have rebounded following a global market crash at the end of 2008. U.S. export volume represented 12.8 percent of U.S. milk total production in 2010, retaining more of its sales than expected. That percentage has continued to increase in 2011. Such resilience has been due in part to USDEC programming that provides professional export marketing support from USDEC headquarters staff and international offices. For more information on USDEC, visit their web site www.usdec.org. Success through Partnerships DMI's impact on dairy sales in the U.S. and abroad is amplified by successful partnerships. The leadership at DMI, along with the farmer leadership, realized early on that promotion funding was finite but its impact could be infinite. By working with the dairy industry, the quick serve industry, consumer product companies, health professional organizations, universities and others, DMI has extended the impact of the promotion dollars. Over the past 12 months, DMI partnerships with industry leaders have resulted in more than one billion additional pounds of milk sold. This approach has been successful because DMI is : * Working with companies whose strategies are aligned with dairy producers * Working with category leader companies that can affect sales across the entire category, not just for a specific brand * Using industry investments to build on producer investments to help grow sales. In the fluid milk and cheese examples discussed earlier, for every $1 that dairy producers contribute, our partners invested more than $6. This includes equipment at restaurants to accommodate new specialty beverages, marketing and advertising campaigns, and dedicated dairy-specific menu development and innovation. Partnerships extend the impact of the farmer's promotion dollars which means more opportunities exist to meet unmet demand. DMI formed the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy in 2008 to further amplify this business model by providing a forum for the dairy industry to pre-competitively address common barriers and opportunities for growth. Innovation Center priorities are dairy farmer priorities: Health and Wellness, Research and Insights, Globalization, Sustainability, and Consumer Confidence. The Innovation Center boasts participation from over 200 companies and more than 500 individuals, all volunteering time and resources to support industry growth and extending the impact of promotion dollars. For more information, visit www.usdairy.com. Most recently, DMI founded the Dairy Research Institute to strengthen U.S. dairy's access to and the industry's investment in technical research to drive innovation and grow sales in the United States and around the world. The Institute supports the nutrition, product and sustainability research needs of the industry on behalf of the National Dairy Council and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. In 2010, nearly $3.5 million in non-checkoff resources from government and non-government sources, including direct dollars, in-kind services and volunteer manpower hours by industry and technical experts have been raised to support projects that improve efficiency, lower costs, add business value, and contribute to the sustainability of U.S. dairy. |
| DAIRY MANAGEMENT, INC.'S ACTIVITIES FOR 2010 (CONT) | FORM 990, PART III (CONT) | Health & Wellness Since 1915, the National Dairy Council (NDC) has funded research and provided education ensuring that dairy's naturally nutrient-rich package is protected and promoted as a critical part of a healthy lifestyle. Most recently this research was used to inform the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) process. The DGAs shape the nutritional guidelines for governmental feeding programs (including at schools), and are represented in the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. The results of this effort served as support for the role and value of 3 servings of low-fat and fat-free dairy foods each day, which was reinforced in the recent scientific report from the Dietary Guidelines Science Advisory Committee. There's a library worth of science proving dairy's health benefits and consumer desire for dairy. Dairy health and wellness is coming to life through the Child Nutrition and Fitness Initiative, a unique program which empowers students to improve their own health through good nutrition and physical activity. Through a partnership with the National Football League (NFL), DMI and the NFL are inspiring kids to fuel up with nutrient-rich dairy foods and get up and play 60 minutes of physical activity every day. This initiative stands apart from other obesity fighting efforts because the students lead the program evaluating their school's overall "wellness" and help choose the food and physical activities they want to do. Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) is now being implemented in two-thirds of our nation's schools (more than 66,000), reaching 36 million students . Kids represent 100 percent of our future consumers. FUTP60 helps protect dairy's place in schools and helps grow sales by introducing dairy in breakfast and after-school snack offerings and in new packages and formulations. Other partners include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which signed a memorandum of understanding with DMI to bring more awareness and support for this program, health and nutrition organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Dietetic Association and the School Nutrition Association. In addition, the business community supports these efforts, including Domino's Pizza, Kraft Foods, LALA and Leprino Foods. Unique Local and National Resources Across the country there are more than 350 individuals working each day to promote and protect dairy. These people are experts in communications, school programs, nutrition affairs and marketing. They have decades-long relationships with school systems, health professional organizations and universities. Their efforts are coordinated into an annual unified marketing plan to ensure efficient and effective use of farmer resources. Partners are attracted to DMI and its local affiliates because of this unique and valuable resource that exists across the country. At its heart, dairy promotion is grassroots created and grassroots led. Over the years, the farmer leadership has encouraged DMI to grow sales, look for unmet demand opportunities and protect and promote dairy's place in a healthy diet. Per capita consumption of dairy products is up, from 522 pounds in 1983 to over 600 pounds today. Dairy farmers benefit from the partnerships, nutrition research and product development efforts that they fund as the dairy checkoff and DMI help create new sales opportunities for dairy products, here and abroad. For more information on DMI and the dairy checkoff please visit www.dairyinfo.com |
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