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Nestle sales down from last year, meet expectations

Nestle announced lower revenue growth in the first half of 2015, compared with last year.

freeimages.com/Masbro | Nestle announced lower revenue growth in the first half of 2015, compared with last year.

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

Market Trends and Reports

Register for Innovation Workshop, Pet Food Experience

Registration for this fall’s collaborative Petfood Innovation Workshop and Kansas State’s Pet Food Experience has been opened.

2015 Pf Wrkshop Nodate

Eurofins, AFIA partner to provide industry training

Eurofins Food Safety Systems and the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) have signed an agreement to provide co-branded public training for the animal feed and pet food industries.

Northwest Farm Food Cooperative recalls cat food

Northwest Farm Food Cooperative of Burlington, Washington, USA, is voluntarily recalling frozen raw cat food with the code Jul12015B due to their potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

photo by rabiem22 | Foter

Food protection group focuses attention on pet food safety

The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) recently met for its annual meeting, and focused some of its attention on pet food safety.

FREEIMAGES.COM | Marcos Santos

Market Trends and Reports

More Americans consider raw pet diets amid safety issues

As Americans look to serve their pets healthier food, many are moving to raw diets.

freeimages.com/Ludmilla Rossi | More Americans are considering feeding their pets a raw diet.

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Turkey’s pet food industry eyes higher sales, exports

While Turkish pet food makers are eyeing increased sales to foreign markets, Turkish pet food sales are increasing 8% per year.

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Central Garden & Pet third quarter sales up 4.9%

Central Garden & Pet Co. has announced its third quarter sales increased to US$459.4 million compared with US$438.0 million for the third quarter of 2014. Adjusted sales for the third quarter of 2014 were US$445.0 million.

Courtesy of Central Garden and Pet Company

Wellness partners with TerraCycle for recycling program

Wellness, producer of quality natural pet foods, is the first U.S.-based pet food brand to make its packaging nationally recyclable through a partnership with TerraCycle.

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Mars Pet Care taking steps toward sustainability

Mars Pet Care is leading the way when it comes to sustainability issues, according to a report.

Courtesy freeimages.com, Rob Kimball | All of Mars' wild-caught fish supply has been replaced with sources approved by the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program.

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Signature Pet Products enters dog, cat food market

Signature Pet Products Inc. has begun operations as a formulator and distributor of premium dog and cat foods.

FREEIMAGES.COM | Lily Rosen

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Freshpet Kitchens to add 32,000-square-foot addition

Freshpet Inc. will expand its Freshpet Kitchens in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. The expansion comes just two years after Freshpet first opened its 60,000-square-foot facility in the Lehigh Valley and is designed to support the company's rapid growth and continued expansion.

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