Debbie Phillips-Donaldson, editor-in-chief of Petfood Industry, shares her insights and opinions on all things pet food, addressing market trends as well as news and developments in pet nutrition, food safety and other hot topics for the industry.
The costs of many components for making pet food continue to rise, especially for canned dog and cat food, and are increasingly driving up retail prices.
Pet food has closely followed human food for several years, especially with trends, but unfortunately, now it’s also following closely in terms of inflation.
Pet food and pet products sales are still increasing, but largely due to price inflation, which is also affecting consumer demand for certain products.
Pet intakes at U.S. animal shelters are up in 2022 but still lower than in pre-pandemic 2019, though worrisome indicators, especially for dogs, bear watching.
A new year brings new opportunities and excitement, and 2023 is bound to be the same, with several chances for advancing policy issues of importance to the U.S. animal food industry.