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Menu Foods stocks, sales increase

Menu Foods Income Fund reported its first gain in profits since its petfood contamination lawsuit in 2007, according to a Canadian Press article.

Brand Insights

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

BESTMIX SOFTWARE N.V.

What keeps pet food professionals up at 2 AM? It’s not just Salmonella, ingredient shortages, or missed deliveries. It’s the rising pressure from a new generation of pet owners who expect perfection and demand it fast.

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

Mars Petcare closes Indiana plant

Due to decreased consumer demand, Mars Petcare is closing its Portland, Indiana, USA, manufacturing plant later this year, according to an article from www.allaboutfeed.net.

K9Cuisine.com, WellPet partner in petfood donation

K9Cuisine.com and the WellPet Foundation are each donating 5,000 pounds of dog food to the Pooch Pantry in Mundelein, Illinois, USA, according to an article from www.dogchannel.com.

Arkansas company offers petfood home delivery

Nature's Select of Northwest Arkansas, a petfood company based in Rogers, Arkansas, USA, delivers petfoods ordered by phone or website to customers’ homes in the surrounding counties, according to an article from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

Provimi petfood sales increase despite other market's decrease

Animal nutrition products from Provimi saw a dip in sales the first quarter of 2009 in comparison to last year’s first quarter, but petfood sales have increased, according to a company press release.

Petfood market still growing

According to the recently released Pet Food Manufacturers Association annual report on the condition of the petfood industry in the UK, sales showed a 7% increase in value for 2008.

Blue Buffalo's advertising referred to FTC

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, an ad industry self-regulating entity, referred Blue Buffalo Co.’s Blue brand petfood advertising to the Federal Trade Commission because it has not modified its claim of “no animal by-products.”

Vegan-based pets diets gaining popularity

Vegan-based diets for pets are gaining in popularity as some vegan owners are deciding that they want their pets to adopt a similar diet to their own.

Purina builds new facility to attract dog breeders

Purina’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Purina Event Center May 10 showed Purina PetCare's latest effort to appeal to dog breeders, according to an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Mars supports New Zealand research group

Protein Innovation New Zealand, a research consortium aiming to advance meat science for pet care, was launched by AgResearch, Mars and Massey University in Wanganui, New Zealand on May 8, according to an article on www.voxy.co.nz.

FDA seizes ingredients from herb supplier

The American Mercantile Corporation was raided May 7 after FDA investigators discovered evidence of rodent and insect infestation throughout the company's warehouse in March, according to a statement from the FDA.

Study finds dog food tastes like pâté

A blind taste test done by the American Association of Wine Economists found that organic dog food tastes similar to human food, according to an article from CBS News.

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