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Partner in Pet Food sees sales up 6% in 2013

European petfood producer Partner in Pet Food (PPF) has released its 2013 financials, showing a 6 % rise in annual sales during the year. Total sales came in at €225 million (US$308 million), with a total product volume of 400,000 tons.

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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

Pet Food Market

Midwestern grocery store seeks pet products made in US

Made in USA Certified has partnered with Daymon Worldwide to create an opportunity for the petfood industry to get products on the shelves of a major Midwestern grocery store in an end cap kiosk dedicated to pet products made in the US. This is a branding and distribution opportunity to increase market share and brand awareness.

Registration open for Alltech’s 30th International Symposium

As Alltech celebrates its 30th International Symposium from May 18-21, 2014, in Lexington, Kentucky, US, it will invite its event delegates to explore the border between science and magic that genetics expert Dr. Eugenia Wang, University of Louisville, coined at last year’s symposium. Balancing pragmatism with possibility, the 2014 Symposium will venture into the “What If” solutions that lie within science, agriculture and nutrition.

Pet Food Market

Cargill to acquire Pet Carousel

Cargill announced February 10, 2014, that it is acquiring Sanger, California, US-based Pet Carousel, a private company formed in 2003 that produces branded and private label pet treats and chews. The transaction is expected to close on, or about, February 28, 2014.

Pet Food Market

Kriser’s petfood store opens first Texas location

Kriser’s, an all-natural petfood store, has opened its first Texas, USA, location in Houston, according to a report. Kriser’s, which offers petfood, supplies and grooming services, opened its first store in 2006 in Chicago.

Small meals, greater frequency may curb cat obesity

Researchers from the University of Illinois interested in finding a method to maintain healthy body weight in cats have looked at a previously suggested claim that increased meal frequency could help to increase overall physical activity. The idea is to feed cats the appropriate amount of food needed to maintain a healthy body weight, but to offer it in more frequent, smaller meals throughout the day.

Pet Food Market

High-end dog beverages the latest trend in pet pampering

California-based Yappy Hour Vineyard's nonalcoholic meat gravy for pets, sold in wine bottles and keeping to a wine theme with names like "Bark-deaux" and "Char-dog-nay",highlight the latest trend in pet pampering. Adult-themed beverages for animals have been a growing trend in the pet product industry, according to reports.

Petfood Forum 2014 to offer a2z-powered Attendee Acquisition Widget

The 2014 Petfood Forum (PFF) will leverage Maryland-based event management software company a2z Inc.'s ChirpE Attendee Acquisition Widget solution to enhance the event. The widget is a plug-and-play website component that will enable exhibitors to showcase their event participation at PFF from their own websites.

Virginia petfood tax bill postponed to 2015

The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), Pet Food Institute (PFI) and a coalition of other interested parties submitted testimony and requested that Senate Bill 622 be passed over for consideration in the current session by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Natural Resources. By a 15-0 vote, the committee postponed consideration of the bill until 2015.

Pet Food Market

HH Backer cancels spring 2014 trade show

H.H. Backer Associates Inc. has announced that it will cancel its spring trade show, scheduled for April 9-11, 2014, at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

Pet Food Market

US pet product supplier Central Garden & Pet reports Q1 results

US pet product supplier Central Garden & Pet Company reported 2014 first-quarter net sales of US$290.5 million, compared with US$292.5 million in the first quarter of 2013. The company's first-quarter operating loss improved to US$8.4 million, compared to an operating loss of US$13.1 million in the comparable period of 2013, according to the company.

Pedigree highlights shelter dogs with 'See what good food can do' program

At the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, baseball player David Ortiz and actor Josh Duhamel were on site to help kick off Pedigree's "See what good food can do" campaign and help shine a spotlight on the millions of shelter dogs in need of a home. The new documentary-style campaign features real stories of shelter dogs, their shelter caregivers and the dog's new families.

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