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Look out potato chips and pretzels. Cheese is making a push to become the snack of choice.

Private label competition and a deepening recession may have taken a bite out of cheese sales, but snacking cheese remains a bright spot for the category. And, dairy companies like Kraft, Sargento and The Laughing Cow have taken notice.

Snacking is a $90 billion industry and cheese is grabbing a larger share. Whereas 2.5% of the population ate cheese in the evening as a snack 10 years ago, the percentage is now 4.5%,

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