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Throw-away pet food bags make biogas energy in landfills

Most pet food packaging ends up in landfills, even the recyclable or return-to-store types. While recycling is familiar and popular, flexible materials used for recyclable pet food bags often are not collected by curbside pick-up.

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Fresh pet food delivery catching on in Mexico, worldwide

Fresh, refrigerated or frozen pet foods have grown faster than other formats in many markets worldwide.

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5 tips for handling pet food ingredient shortages, changes

A pet food processing expert recommends using sensors to monitor your supplies and processes, and reaching out to your suppliers for information and testing.

Pet food trends may follow human food trends, but ingredient labeling requirements can be quite different between the two markets. | Photo by Andrea Gantz

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Cost may hinder fresh dog, cat food sales growth

Dry kibble remains the most frequently bought dog and cat food, but pet owners’ choice of that format may be driven by price and presence in stores more than preference.

Fresh pet food is becoming more popular with pet owners who seek to match their pets’ food lifestyles to their own. | (dezy | Shutterstock.com)

Freshpet recalls one lot of fresh dog food over Salmonella

Freshpet Inc. voluntarily recalled of a single lot of Freshpet Select Fresh From the Kitchen Home Cooked Chicken Recipe (4.5 lb. bag), with sell by date of 10/29/22, due to potential contamination with Salmonella, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Champion Petfoods explores sale for US$2 bil as in 2018

In July 2018, Nestle Purina Petcare was in talks to purchase Champion Petfoods for more than US$2 billion. Champion Petfoods executives are exploring options for a potential sale of the company.

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Top 10 pet food markets 2027 forecast; US top, Asia rising

Analysts forecast that in 2027, the United States will still be the largest pet food, treat and other product market on Earth, but it won’t be the fastest growing by a long shot.

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5 Petfood Industry blogs, columns in May 2022

In May 2022, Petfood Industry’s staff and contributors wrote 5 blogs and columns. These articles covered pet food treat sales, marketing trends and more.

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5 trends shape the global pet food industry in 2022

Despite all the changes the past few years have brought, many of the same trends remain dominant in the pet food industry.

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Pet food sales, employment, pet ownership grow in Europe

Pet food value and volume sales in Europe increased in 2021, as did the number of pet food employees, pet ownership and most pet populations, FEDIAF says.

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Freshpet revenue up in 2021, but S&P beats stock

Freshpet is a U.S.-based manufacturer of fresh, refrigerated dog treats and food for dogs and cats.

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Pet treat start-up advice for low-income professionals

For low-income individuals, small-scale pet treat production allows entrepreneurs to start with utensils they may already have or can obtain inexpensively, ingredients from the grocery store and science-based recipes.

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