Author: Tim Wall
Milk-Bone dog snacks and Meow Mix cat food performed particularly strongly for JM Smucker in fiscal year 2023, Mark Smucker, president of JM Smucker, said at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference on Feb. 22 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. “With an improved operating environment for cat food, growth in high-margin dog snacks and the exit of low-margin pet food brands, we are experiencing margin improvement in our pet food segment,” Smucker said.JM Smucker’s pet division will reach US$1.5 billion in net sales in fiscal year 2023, excluding sales of pet food and treat brands divested in…
Simmons Pet Food has sold a 58-acre property and 386,416-square-foot industrial building in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA to an affiliate of Store Capital Corp. of Scottsdale, Arizona, USA for US$16.3 million, Talk Business and Politics reported. The pet food company’s facility will become a manufacturing plant for a custom plastic injection molding company. Simmons Pet Foods acquired the property in September 2022 for US$6.2 million from a defunct furniture company.Companies in the pet food industry may choose to sell a building for a variety of strategic reasons. A key motivation can be to optimize their real estate assets in line…
Contamination has been the cause of most pet food recalls over the past nearly two decades with one incident in 2007 accounting for a quarter of all recalls. The Journal of Food Production published a review of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalls involving dog and cat products. The review examined 3,691 dog and cat product recalls that occurred from 2003 to 2022. The review included recalls for pet foods (food, treats, and chews), ingredients, supplements (vitamins and minerals), and medicines. Pet foods, treats and ingredients made up 68% of the total number of recalls, while drugs made up…
In true wolf packs, there are no alphas, betas or other Greek letter designations for levels of dominance and submission. However, the concept of alpha males appears again and again in business leadership guides and advice, not to mention the misogynistic depths of the internet. “Highly intelligent, confident and successful, alpha males represent nearly 70% of all senior executives,” reported the Harvard Business Review. “As the label implies, they’re the people who are unhappy unless they’re the top dogs—the ones calling the shots. While there are many successful female leaders with equally strong personalities, we find top women rarely match…
On Feb. 12, the city council of Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA pledged US$1.6 million to expand Nestle Purina PetCare’s canned cat food manufacturing facility in the city and one of the few pet food plants in Iowa, local media outlet The Messenger reported. The city will spread the funds over 10 years to support Purina while the company applies for state aid. Purina’s application is scheduled to come to the Iowa Economic Development Authority on Friday. Purina’s proposed expansion of the cat food plant will involve a US$200 million investment. The expansion could create 50 jobs, according to a report…
Pet food ingredient supplier BENEO surveyed 2,500 dog and cat owners in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany and China about how inflation and rising prices have influenced purchasing decisions. of pet food in August 2023.Nearly 90% of surveyed pet owners feel that pet food prices have increased in the past year. Among respondents, 1 in 6 switched to a cheaper pet food brand because of rising prices. Those who did not switch focused on taking advantage of promotions and buying larger packages. When purchasing pet food, survey respondents consider price to be less important than ingredient quality,…
Excerpted from a press release:Ancera, a supply chain intelligence company, has released two new microbial detection tools designed to identify and quantify Clostridium perfringens and Total Viable Bacteria (TVB) in poultry, including those used in pet food. The tools can also be applicable to making pet food.”There is a wide variety of pet food products, all of which undergo some degree of processing,” Arjun Ganesan, CEO of Ancera told Petfood Industry. “The TVB is a test for indicator organisms that can provide an assessment of process control and hygiene and can be used to manage their safety and quality assurance…
After the 2018 Farm Bill removed most hemp products from the Controlled Substances Act, cannabis-based consumables for dogs, cats and other pets have proliferated. While hemp seed oil, hearts and protein powder are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) by the US Food and Drug Administration, cannabidiol (CBD) remains in regulatory limbo. Also, despite the proliferation of CBD products popping up in the pet supplement space, the chemical’s actual effects on dogs and cats have yet to be thoroughly tested under controlled conditions.To help meet this need for empirical information about CBD in pet supplements, researchers at Colorado State University and…
Two dog owners filed a class action lawsuit Pet Food in Mid America following a series of recalls by the pet food manufacturer due to the potential Salmonella contamination of various dog, cat and other pet foods. The case noted that family members became ill after caring for one of the sick dogs. Both dogs cited in the lawsuit were euthanized due to their illness. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in the Texarkana division.The plaintiffs’ attorneys stated in court documents that Mid America marketed and advertised the pets as…
In the ever-changing landscape of the pet food industry, various commercial pet food formats have emerged in response to consumer demands and attempts to optimize nutrition. The effects of processing conditions, especially heating temperature and duration, on pet food digestibility remain a critical area of exploration. In a recent study conducted to address this gap, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers conducted an experiment to determine the amino acid digestibility and nitrogen-fixed energy values of different formats of pet food. The scientists published their results in the Journal of Animal Science.The study compared four distinct pet food formats: frozen raw, freeze-dried…