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Nestlé Hungária invests Є141M in Hungarian pet food facility

Company said the huge investment will help the factory in Bük produce 500,000 tons of pet food a year, with 85% of these products being exported.

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Pet Food Market

The Petfood Company acquired by German meat processor

Westfleisch has acquired The Petfood Company and expanded its product range into wet pet food.

Germany-based meat processor Westfleisch expands into wet pet food with the purchase of The Petfood Company.

Market Trends and Reports

2 brands led J.M. Smucker pet division to US$1.5 billion in FY23

The company plans to continue developing the Milk-Bone brand while latching on to the pet product humanization trend by including Jiff peanut butter in a dog treat to be released later this year.

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Trending: Pet Food Podcast

EPISODE 45: What is the experience of pet food packaging like from the consumer perspective?

In this episode of Trending: Pet Food, Tom Morsheimer with Fresh-Lock and host Lindsay Beaton delve into pet parents’ expectations when it comes to the packaging of their pet food.

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Sales performance, growth prospects in US pet food

The trends are shifting in terms of pet ownership and pet food sales influences.

Dogs and cats are vying for the top spot in pet owners’ hearts more than ever, shifting pet food sales trends to match.

Pet Food Ingredients

Whole or minced mice provide same health benefits for cats

Dog and cat owners may want to provide their pets with a “biologically appropriate” diet. However, few people want to thaw a dead rat in their fridge or clean up blood and scraps of flesh after meal time.

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Pet Food Market

‘Petflation’ persists: Impact on consumer spending, pet market

As inflation continues to fall each month, prices remain high and consumers are still paying more for pet food.

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Pet Food Market

U.S. pet owners spend over $2B on Valentine's gifts for pets

February 14 is another chance for American pet parents to express their love to their companion animals.

In the U.S., pet owners will spend $2.14 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts for their pets.

Purina PetCare may expand Fort Dodge, Iowa cat food plant

The Fort Dodge cat food facility expansion isn’t Nestle Purina’s first investment in Iowa.

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Pet Food Lawsuits, Litigation

Lawyer analyzed US$2.6 billion DCM lawsuit against Hill’s Pet Nutrition

The lawsuit alleged that Hill’s and a group of veterinarians worked together to manipulate the FDA into examining the possibility that certain grain-free dog foods increased pets’ risk for the potentially deadly heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Pet Food Marketing and Branding

1 in 6 pet owners switched to lower-priced brands in 2023

Those who didn’t switch focused on using promotions and buying larger packages.

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Alpha wolf concept is too furious for pet food industry

One of Hollywood’s alpha males, Vin Diesel, unwittingly debunked the dominance hierarchy idea in a quote from "The Fast and the Furious” series.

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