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5 Petfood Industry blogs for July

Bloggers and columnists for Petfood Industry recently shared insights on pet food labeling, human food trends, and the future of pet food.

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Tony LaRussa helps open Better with Pets at Purina Farms

Purina opened a new exhibit, Better with Pets – Discover Life with Dogs and Cats, at the Purina Farms Visitor Center in Gray Summit, Missouri. Purina Farms staff and animals celebrated the grand opening on July 14 alongside former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

Emma Hiatt, 4, examines life-like dog and cat tongues, which give clues about pets’ food preferences, during the July 14, 2016, grand opening of Better with Pets. | courtesy Purina

American Nutrition sues Mondi after PetSmart rejection

American Nutrition Inc. filed a lawsuit in Utah against Mondi Bags USA after PetSmart rejected a shipment of pet food due to defective closures.

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Cats lead Italy’s growing pet food market

Cat food represented 54 percent of the total market with a turnover of more than one million euros (US$1.1 million)

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Pet food ingredient supplier expanding in Indiana

Naturally Recycled Proteins (NRP), a protein ingredients supplier to the pet food industry, announced that it will be investing nearly US$10 million in Montpelier, Indiana, USA. The company will add approximately 24,000 square feet to its existing facility and create 6 new jobs.

Purina smashed own pets-at-work record

June 24 marked the eighteenth annual Take Your Dog to Work Day. To celebrate, Nestlé Purina employees brought 310 pets with them to work, beating the previous record they set in 2015 with 281.

Purina employees during Bring Your Pet to Work Day 2016; courtesy Nestlé Purina

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Fetch for Pets! selling in Kroger grocery stores

Fetch for Pets! added TurboPUP K9 Superfood Snacks to 1,750 Kroger stores across the country.

GMO labeling bill applauded by AFIA

AFIA thanked the House of Representatives for its response to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to S. 764, known as the Roberts-Stabenow agreement, which mandates labeling of certain products that contain GMOs.

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry | USDA

Mondi acquires Turkish flexible packaging manufacturer

Mondi Group announced the acquisition of Kalenobel, a Turkish flexible packaging manufacturer.

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Merger creates pet food specialty retail giant

With over 930 stores, the new Pet Retail Brands will generate approximately $1 billion in system-wide retail sales across the US and Canada.

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#tbt: Mergers still shaping the pet food market

Recent purchases of other companies by pet food manufacturers and equipment suppliers have resulted in the creation of some of the world’s largest pet food firms.

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Top 10 non-US pet food companies

Pet food companies from France, Japan, Spain and Ireland are gaining ground on US and German traditional powerhouses.

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