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Tuffy’s benefiting from leaving Chewy after PetSmart buy

Tuffy’s Pet Foods stopped offering their products on Chewy after PetSmart announced plans to buy the online pet food retailer.

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Brand Insights

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

EDL, as Massman Company

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation.

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

Australian cat food pulled after illness and deaths

In Australia, every can of Best Feline Friend cat food has been pulled from pet food retailers Petbarn and City Farmers.

image from Weruva website

Champion building pet food facility in Alberta, Canada

Alberta-based Champion Petfoods LP, maker of Acana and Orijen pet food brands, is building a new, custom-fitted kitchen in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.

photo courtesy Champion Pet Foods

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Spectrum Brands buys PetMatrix dog chew maker

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., a global consumer product company, signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned PetMatrix.

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6 social media tips for pet food retailers

One tip was to focus on engaging on only one or two social media platforms.

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Pet care market forecast to hit US$117 billion in 2021

While growing, Euromonitor researchers believe the pet food market gradually will come to resemble the baby food market, with a focus on ingredient quality and pet food safety.

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Nutrish faces lawsuit over natural dog food label

On May 5, Federal Judge James Selna set aside a request by lawyers for Rachael Ray’s Nutrish to throw out the case.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Infographic: The future of plant-based pet food proteins

Many plant-based proteins have been widely used in human and animal nutrition for years, while others are just now starting to become popular and widely available.

image created with Piktochart

#tbt Ups, downs of 'Made in the USA' pet food, treats

While pet food packaging designers draw consumer attention using “Made in the USA” labeling, sometimes it can draw negative attention.

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Smallbatch Pets recalls frozen dog, cat food for Salmonella

Smallbatch Pets Inc. of Portland, Oregon is voluntarily recalling two lots of frozen 2 pound chicken blend for dogs and cats.

photo courtesy FDA

“Made in the USA” lawsuit against WellPet dismissed

The lawsuit alleged that WellPet marketed its dog food as “Made in the USA,” although some of the vitamins and minerals came from other countries, thereby misleading consumers.

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Petco, Blue Buffalo raised US$11 million for pet cancer

Petco Foundation and Blue Buffalo Foundation announced a total of US$11 million in contributions for pet cancer research and treatment since the annual campaign began in 2010.

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