The Italian pet food market grew rapidly following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.

In Edgerton and Emporia, Kansas, USA. Simmons will invest approximately US$115 million in the pet food manufacturing plants and other facilities.

Pet food inflation beat out the overall CPI for the second month in a row, reaching 10.3% in June 2022 versus 9.1% for the CPI, itself a 40-year-high.

Purina projects that the expansion will need at least 75 new full-time employees with average starting wages of US$25 per hour or more.

Pet food brands, especially smaller ones, can benefit from understanding and meeting the needs and expectations consumers have for product brands.

In February, Voff acquired Aristo Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of natural chews and treats with sales spanning across Scandanavia.

The Pakistani pet food market has been growing by double digits a year, but a new ban on imported products is leading to price hikes and could slow growth.

Better Choice Company was created in 2020 with the merging of two brands: Premium pet food brand Halo and freeze-dried raw pet food brand TruDog.

Blue Buffalo’s parent company, General Mills, reached US$610 million in fourth-quarter net sales for its pet segment in fiscal year 2022, an increase of 37%.

FibreCycle, a subsidiary of KENT Pet Group, purchased Lovitts, an Australian manufacturer of premium companion animal nutrition, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.