Sustainability is the type of trend with staying power, and it’s consumer knowledge that will determine where it takes the pet food industry. | (LeventeGyori | Shutterstock.com)
5 pet food blogs Nov. 2021: trees, e-sales, supply chain
“Pet food supply chain disruptions may be here for a while, with companies’ rising costs being passed on to pet owners and possibly curtailing future growth.”
In November 2021, Petfood Industry’s editors, reporter and contributors published these blogs. These five blogs covered sustainability, supply chain problems and e-commerce.
Tree planting can benefit environmental and economic sustainability, while boosting employee morale, with a much smaller price tag than installing solar panels.
Pet food supply chain disruptions may be here for a while, with companies’ rising costs being passed on to pet owners and possibly curtailing future growth.
Pet food e-commerce will account for 55% of total U.S. pet food sales by 2025, following a jump from 32% in 2020 to 37% by end of 2021, says Packaged Facts.
Tim Wall covers the dog, cat and other pet food industries as senior reporter for WATT Global Media. His work has appeared inLive Science, Discovery News, Scientific American, Honduras Weekly, Global Journalist and other outlets. He holds a journalism master's degree
from the University of Missouri - Columbia and a bachelor's degree in biology.
Wall served in the Peace Corps in Honduras from 2005 to 2007, where he coordinated with the town government of Moroceli to organize a municipal trash collection system, taught environmental science, translated for medical brigades and facilitated sustainable agriculture, along with other projects.
For several years, the pet food industry has celebrated the market’s growth outpacing that of many other consumer goods categories, even during the pandemic.
