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Halo survey: pet owners to buy higher quality petfood in 2012

Petfood manufacturer Halo, Purely for Pets polled 1,045 pet owners in its "Pet Parents' New Year's Resolution Survey," which found that 69.4% of pet owners plan to purchase a higher quality petfood in 2012. Pet owners (45.9%) surveyed also pledged to help their pets lose weight in 2012.

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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

Online petfood industry revenue of US$595.8 million by 2016, report projects

IBISworld released a new report on the online petfood and pet supply sales industry, which expects rising pet ownership to drive demand and boost petfood sales to 2016. The report estimates that slowly improving economic conditions will boost consumer spending, which will drive online petfood industry revenue to a projected US$595.8 million by 2016.

Free 'Pets and Vets' report reviews 2011 retail pet sector

The Wall Street Transcript published a free report, "Pets and Vets," offering a review of the 2011 retail pet sector and an analysis of successful pet retailers like PetSmart. This pet market report contains expert industry commentary and in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, equity analysts and money managers about petfood trends, growth in pet retail, veterinary care and more.

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Landy Corporation Dr–Chew dog treats

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Possible early indicators of feline obesity

Feline obesity generally results in aberrations to plasma metabolite levels, such as lipid concentrations and lipoprotein composition. This study sought to investigate the effect of obesity on cholesterol lipoprotein composition and circulating adiponectin concentrations.

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Halo petfood, Freekibble.com donate meals to homeless dogs, cats

Halo, the petfood company co-owned by Ellen Degeneres, is teaming up with Freekibble.com for the Holiday Koast-to-Koast Kibble Drop to provide 400,000 nutritious petfood meals to homeless dogs and cats for the holidays. Two trucks are delivering the company's petfood to more than 40 shelters and rescue centers across the US.

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Mars Petcare to expand petfood production plant in South Carolina, USA

Petfod manufacturer Mars Petcare is increasing its pet treat production with a US$128.6 million expansion at its Columbia, South Carolina, USA, facility, which will create about 277 jobs over the next five years, The State reported. The 290,000-square-foot expansion will more than triple the plant's payroll at Mars, according to the report.

New report on Pet Care in Slovakia expects petfood market to grow

ReportsnReports offers a new report on Pet Care in Slovakia, which forecasts that the pet care market in Slovakia will continue to grow. The Pet Care in Slovakia report found moderate growth in the petfood market from 2006-2011, with multinational petfood brands dominating the market over domestic brands.

Pet Food Market

Global petfood sales grow 4% in 2011

Petfood sales continue to grow at a modest pace, accompanied by anemic volume growth. Data available as of the beginning of December show global petfood sales have increased 4% this year, according to the folks at Euromonitor International, who generously provided year-to-date figures along with comparisons to 2010.

Purina One petfood launches QR code, Facebook promotions to feed pets

Purina One petfood brand launched two new Shelter Pet Program initiatives, one in which QR codes will appear on petfood packaging and another one the Purina ONE Facebook page. The company will now include QR code stickers on the front of its Purina One dry cat food packages and will donate US$1.00 to feed shelter pets, up to US$30,000, for every person who scans the QR code with their smartphone.

Pet Food Market

Top petfood companies

The following is a guide to the business basics of the highest grossing petfood manufacturers internationally, based on 2010 data provided by Euromonitor International. Please refer to Figure 1 for a quick reference to the top 15 global manufacturers profiled and below for more in-depth information on the top 10.

Paw4mance Pet Products offers new holistic dog, cat food line

Paw4mance Pet Products International Inc. added the new MOJO brand of petfood to its line of Paw4mance natural and holistic dog food, cat food and treats. MOJO is specially formulated to meet Association of American Feed Control Officials guidelines for the United States and international markets, the company says.

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