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Market Trends and Reports
Merrick Pet Care Purrfect Bistro cat food formulas
Merrick Pet Care
Brand Insights
Simplify Pet Food Labeling: Strategies for Navigating Global Regulations
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Learn how regulatory complexity is impacting the pet food industry and how brands will meet the challenge using the right digital tools
Market Trends and Reports
Merrick introduces 21 new cat food recipes as part of âReal Food Revolutionâ
Merrick Pet Care is continuing its âReal Food Revolutionâ with the introduction of its new Purrfect Bistro menu of 21 recipes offering a variety of high-protein, canned and dry cat foods. Purrfect Bistro recipes are formulated to nourish kittens, adult and senior cats, featuring deboned meat as the number one ingredient, in flavors such as chicken, salmon, tuna, duck, turkey and beef.
Market Trends and Reports
Meow Mix contest to award free cat food to grand-prize winner
Meow Mix cat food brand is looking for cat owners to enter the âMeow for Mealtimeâ contest, in which pet owners can create their own version of the Meow Mix jingle with their cat for the chance to win US$10,000 plus a lifetime supply of Meow Mix cat food. Cat owners can enter the contest on the companyâs Facebook page or website through June 9.
Pet Food News
Rural pet owners, couples with no kids spend more on petfood, pet supplies
Pet owners ages 55 to 64 and couples without children are most likely to pamper their pets, compared to those pets owned by single pet owners and single parents, according to a new analysis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In general, American pet owners spend about US$500 on average, about 1 percent of their annual pet budget.
Pet Food Market
What it takes to innovate with petfood product development
Are your petfood products truly innovative? Do you have a system for product development in your company? While those two concepts might seem contradictory -- innovation and systems -- they must go hand in hand to ensure robust new product development, according to Jeff Johnston, VP of research and innovation for Champion Petfoods.
Market Trends and Reports
Pioneer Natural Pet Foods expands production capacities
Pioneer Natural Pet Foods is offering a new resource for private-label co-packing, thanks to the purchase of the Pied Piper facility in Hamlin, Texas, USA, by new ownership. Pioneer Pet Foods upgraded the 148,000-square-foot facility and expanded its capacity for dry kibble dog and cat foods as well as baked and extruded biscuits.
Market Trends and Reports
Calorie content declarations on petfood labels: Whatâs the best method?
As previously reported, recent amendments to the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Model Regulations for Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food will require calorie content statements on all dog and cat food labels within the next few years (the exact time frame for compliance is still to be determined). There currently are two AAFCO-accepted methods upon which to determine and report metabolizable energy (ME).
Natural/Organic Pet Food
Market update: The premium petfood shopper survives
According to Packaged Factsâ US Pet Market Outlook, 2012â2013, despite any money-saving tradeoffs pet owners may be making, premium products remain a fact of life in the US pet market, as do premium product shoppers. As of 2010, US households earning US$70,000 or more account for 51% of the aggregate pet market expenditure and Packaged Facts believes these consumers are footing the lionâs share of the bill for premium pet products.
Market Trends and Reports
Nutraceutical treats bring tripled growth for Lincoln Bark
In 2010, Bobbye Cochran started Lincoln Bark in an effort to create healthy treats to entice her sick dog, Sophie, to eat again. Sophieâs diagnosis with Addisonâs disease drove her to lose her appetite, along with much of her fur. After Cochran baked the first batch of (what would become) Sweet Little Butterpup dog treats and found that Sophie and the neighborhood dogs couldnât get enough, she trademarked the recipe and has been growing the Lincoln Bark business ever since.
Market Trends and Reports
New Del Monte Meow Mix Facebook app awards cash prizes to users daily
Petfood maker Del Monte Foods recently launched a Facebook application for its Meow Mix cat food brand. The app allows users to upload a photo of their cat, map out facial features and then watch the cat perform a rendition of the Meow Mix jingle.
Market Trends and Reports
Are current petfood trends healthy or sustainable?
It's a business axiom that to succeed, you have to meet customers' needs. But when it comes to feeding pets, is that always true?
Pet Food News
Hill's forms petfood distribution network to aid pets during emergencies
Hill's Pet Nutrition has established a Disaster Relief Network through the Hill's Food, Shelter & Love program, which will enable Hill's to quickly deploy petfood resources in case of an emergency. The Network consists of nearly 100 participating shelters across the US that Hill's can coordinate with to distribute emergency food supplies to pets in need.
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