J.M. Smucker’s pet food and treat net sales decreased US$42.2 million, or 9%, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025.
This decline was related to a decrease in sales for dog snacks and lower contract manufacturing sales. Smucker sold part of that division to Post Holdings in 2023. Smucker divested its private label dry pet food business in 2021.
However, cat food sales increased and offset some of this decline. Despite the sales decline, Smucker’s pet segment profit increased US$7.3 million.
Smucker’s U.S. retail pet food sales for the three months ended Jan. 31 stood at US$423 million. During the same period in FY24, Smucker’s pet segment had US$465.2 million in sales.
About J.M. Smucker pet food
According to Petfood Industry’s Top Companies database, J.M. Smucker is a leading producer, distributor and marketer of premium-quality, branded pet food and pet snacks in the U.S., Smucker runs processing plants in Decatur, Alabama; Lawrence, Kansas; and Buffalo, New York, USA. Both a processing plant and distribution center are operated at locations in Topeka, Kansas, USA, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. In addition to its own brands, Smucker produces and distributes private-label pet products and utilizes 16 co-packers and 12 re-packers in the U.S., Canada and Thailand.
In 2023, J.M. Smucker sold several pet food brands to Post Holdings, a consumer-packaged goods holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The transaction included the Rachael Ray Nutrish, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe and Gravy Train brands as well as the Smucker’s private label pet food business.
