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Clashing trends create pet food sustainability dichotomies

For the pet food industry, competing trends create contradictions that challenge the development of sustainable business models from ingredient sourcing and manufacturing to marketing, packaging and distribution.

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How is shark in pet food despite Mars, Purina standards?

Neither Mars Petcare not Nestlé Purina PetCare use sharks in any of their recipes. Both have supply chain protocols that should screen out ingredients made with sharks, along with other endangered species.

Little dog wearing shark shape swimming suit for safe swimming, standing in the sea.

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Pet food, treat impulse sales in gas, grocery check-out

The pandemic may have increased U.S. consumers' expenditures on impulse items. Could the pet food industry increase the amount of impulse spending by pet owners?

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Branding pet food ingredients suppliers for consumers

No one uses an Intel chip by itself, but the company advertises its product to computer buyers. Likewise, pet food ingredient suppliers could use component branding to make consumers aware of their product, develop a brand's reputation and increase transparency.

The dog and cat food and treats market continues to grow in spite of its mature status. anastas I iStock.com

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Lowe’s + Petco to sell pet foods in home improvement center

The two big-box retail companies plan a pilot store-in-store program. A miniature Petco will function inside a Lowe’s, forming a branded pet aisle essentially.

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Sustainability in dog, cat, other pet food news 2021

The pandemic, natural disasters, civil unrest and other factors may be fueling the growing importance of environmental and social consciousness in the pet food industry.

One Food: Animal welfare aspects of One Health and pets

Find out if pet owners are primed to be animal lovers, and if that could make animal welfare claims particularly effective marketing tools.

With byproducts from a cow being used for pet food, should it have the same carbon footprint as a steak for humans? l Andrea Gantz

Tree planting boosts pet food sustainability at low-cost

Tree planting can benefit environmental and economic sustainability, while boosting employee morale, with a much smaller price tag than installing solar panels.

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Post-apocalyptic pet ownership in fiction and reality

Dogs and cats abound in science fiction and horror movies, especially post-apocalyptic dystopias. That trope seems grounded in reality, considering the growth in the pet ownership during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, although wider demographic shifts also fuel pet population growth.

Post Apocalyptic Dog With Woman In Desert

One Food: As people die or diet, so do dogs and cats

The connections among disease and human, pet and livestock foods have been established. Yet there is more to health than avoiding disease.

Dog In Chef Hat Cooking Human Food In Kitchen With Man

One Food: Eat your own cat food ingredients

While eating one’s own dog food remains a negative thing, eating one’s own cat food ingredients may be a good thing for the pet food industry, as it emphasizes the humanization of pet foods.

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Insect-based pet foods not risk for zoonotic pandemic

Approximately 60% of infections afflicting humans arose in animals, from rabies and the plague to other coronaviruses. Post-pandemic, pet food companies may look for ingredients with reduced zoonotic potential.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in business changes, with more to come. | (monsitj | iStockPhoto.com)

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