Greek yogurt

7 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Aug 19, 2019 by Gary Hirshberg · across every show →

Everything said about Greek yogurt, oldest first

Aug 19, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Greek Yogurt Makes Up 50% of the Total Yogurt Market
“Well, Greek is now 50% of the yogurt category.”
Gary Hirshberg Aug 19, 2019 ▶ 50:41 Stonyfield Yogurt: Gary Hirshberg (2017)
Apr 17, 2023 positive
What-if
Woolverton credits the Greek yogurt boom for enabling Halo Top
“I don't think there would be a Halo Top without Greek yogurt.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 13:50 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Sep 25, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Harrington: Early Yasso manufacturing required hand-spatulaing 32-ounce retail yogurt tubs
“The first bottleneck we really experienced was they were legitimately shipping in 32 ounce containers, and there was a laborer on the line that would spatula out the Greek yogurt out of a 32 ounce container, which is what, you know, a family probably consumes …”
Drew Harrington Sep 25, 2023 ▶ 58:11 Yasso: Amanda Klane and Drew Harrington
Sep 25, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klane: Few US manufacturers could produce Greek yogurt when Yasso started
“Greek yogurt was still fairly new to the U.S. Market, and there weren't a ton of people that could actually manufacture Greek yogurt.”
Amanda Klane Sep 25, 2023 ▶ 32:06 Yasso: Amanda Klane and Drew Harrington
Nov 25, 2024 negative
Opinion
Thomae: Emerging Greek Yogurts Did Not Taste as Good as Queensland Yogurt
“Yeah, they were just coming onto the market, so I could see that there was a trend happening with Greek, but it, to me, it didn't taste as good as Queensland yogurt.”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 9:47 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Insight
Thomae: Greek yogurt's 2008 surge reinvigorated the market, enabling Noosa's timing
“2008 and sort of seeing this emerging trend of Greek yogurt. And in, in some ways I actually think we thought we had missed the boat. Ultimately we timed it just perfectly because it just reinvigorated the category Greek yogurt. And we got to ride that wave wi…”
Koel Thomae Nov 25, 2024 ▶ 1:05:07 Noosa Yoghurt: Koel Thomae
Jul 14, 2025
Assertion Supported
Ulukaya: Commercial Greek yogurt production requires a centrifuge separator costing nearly $1M
“In a, commercially, this cannot be done with a cheesecloth. It needs to be centrifuge separator. And these separators are, you know, I would say, you know, close to a million dollars by the time.”
Hamdi Ulukaya Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 48:58 Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022)
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