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.
Pet treat sales, especially for cats, accelerated during the pandemic, following a growth trajectory that started a few years before and is likely to continue.
The pet food industry may find answers to supply chain problems with technologies in areas like protein ingredients and packaging materials and production.
Pet owners throughout the world are paying higher prices for pet food, in addition to basic needs like housing, leading to more pet surrenders to shelters.
As costs for pet food companies rise, for everything from ingredients to packaging to transportation to labor, that eventually affects retail pet food prices.
Since the pandemic began, pet owners have increasingly searched for pet foods related to popular human food trends that are also growing pet categories.
Pet food inflation in the U.S. exceeded the overall consumer price index for May 2022, spurred by ongoing supply chain issues and renewable fuels policy.
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.