specialty food sales, up from
$38.5 billion 10 years ago.
Number of meal
kit delivery
services vying for
business in the
United States.
Meal kit sales have
collectively raised
more than $650
million in venture
capital.
Number of grocery stores
Amazon expects to open over
the next two years. Amazon's
pilot program will be fully
operational by the end of 2018
in cities including Seattle, Las
Vegas, New York, Miami, and
the San Francisco Bay Area.
$120.5 billion
150
20
85
Market share of cheese and cheese
alternatives within the specialty
food market as a whole.
7.7 %
Number of years the Swiss government strictly
controlled production of cheese through the
Swiss Cheese Union, which managed production,
promotion, and exports, and used subsidies and
quotas to control what cheesemakers produced. Now
that its no longer in charge, cheese producers are
branching out from traditional varieties.
by the numbers
T
he last year has given us in the specialty food industry a lot
of insight about the current state of the business, as well as
what we can expect to see in 2017. Here are some of the most
interesting numbers of the year, as featured in this issue.
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