Find the latest dog, cat and companion animal food market trends and news, including statistics on the global pet care market, from the editors of Petfood Industry magazine. Learn how current and future food trends influence pet food and pet treat formulations and sales, how pet owners impact the pet food industry, and growing pet food niches. The data included has been collected from various industry reports, expert industry analysis, presentations from the annual Petfood Forum conference and tradeshow and WATT Global Media’s exclusive Top Pet Food Companies database. Register for free to access premium content.
The 2020 pandemic has brought both pet owners’ desires for sustainable products and their use of e-commerce channels for product purchasing into sharp relief.
The 2020 pandemic has brought both pet owners’ desires for sustainable products and their use of e-commerce channels for product purchasing into relief as we look at trends for 2021.
Some of the top stories dealt with business moves, disaster relief and consumer demands that predated the pandemic.
January 11, 2021
Petfood Industry reports and contributors covered the pandemic’s effects from India, where feeding abandoned pets was declared an essential service, to the Philippines, where pet food was not considered an essential industry and pet owners lacked access to supplies.
While 2021 remains unpredictable, these ten articles offer 2020 hindsight about what held pet food producers’ and suppliers’ attention in an unprecedented year.
Two acronyms, DCM and COVID-19, dominated the attention of the global pet food industry in 2020, as measured by the amount of reader attention to Petfood Industry news, feature articles, blogs and other reporting.
After several notable pet food deals in December 2020, 2021 has begun with even more activity, all following pet food M&A trends of the past few years.
Plant-based food and the desire for made-to-order products provide opportunities for the pet food market in Asia. Here's what v-planet and Nu4Pet are doing.
This transaction marks Dane Creek’s first acquisition of a pet specialty retailer.
January 5, 2021
United Raw Pet Foods, a majority-owned subsidiary of merchant bank Dane Creek Capital, acquired Growlies Pet Foods, a pet specialty retailer based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in an all-cash transaction.
While the pandemic caused unprecedented suffering worldwide in 2020, the disruptions to dogs, cats and other pets adoption numbers may normalize in 2021.