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Innovations in petfood packaging
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8/10/2010
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Packaging is not only the final step in product marketing, but it may just be the difference that makes a consumer buy one petfood brand over another. Innovative packaging, whether it starts on the production line or ends with the handle on a hefty bag of dog food, is the key to making your brand st...
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Market Report: Pet owners seek new information sources
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8/10/2010
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At Petfood Forum 2010, Marion Nestle, PhD, and Malden Nesheim, PhD, stood in front of a well-populated conference room to share observations from their new book, Feed Your Pet Right. It follows in the footsteps of Nestle’s 2007 book on the petfood recalls, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coa...
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Rosemary extract acts as natural antioxidant
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8/9/2010
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Rosemary extract is a common ingredient found on dry petfood labels, typically at or near the bottom of the ingredient listing. While rosemary extract is generally viewed with favor by pet owners, it doesn’t provide nutritional fortification, it doesn’t provide medicinal support for any specific a...
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Research: What’s in store for pet retail
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5/25/2010
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With the deepening recession, credit crunch, and with consumers becoming frugal, the retail channels are responding to the new realities. With unemployment reaching double digits and fewer jobs being created consumers have changed their shopping habits.
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Video reports on industry growth, trends
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5/20/2010
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Euromonitor International recently released a video reviewing pet industry growth in the past two years in addition to current petfood trends.
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Petfood takes a vacation
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5/10/2010
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As the winter months start to fade to memory and the warmer months of summer approach, many pet owners, like many people the world over, will be looking forward to a weekend getaway, a relaxing trip to a tropical destination or lazy days of lounging on the beach. What makes pet owners' vacation pla...
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What’s hot in petfood
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5/10/2010
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If you're a petfood professional in Russia, Thailand or South Africa, or you make treats, premium petfood or products with health and wellness claims, you're in the driver's seat behind the engines of industry growth. According to Euromonitor International, while the growth rate of global dog and ...
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More news from Three Dog Bakery
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5/10/2010
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Read the entire interview with Scott Ragan of Three Dog Bakery and why he likes the pet industry so much
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Petfood gets political
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4/12/2010
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The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) just released its first ever dog food, Humane Choice. Launched in February 2010, the dog food does not contain animal-based proteins (it is a vegan, soy-based formula) or support the factory farming industry.
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Peas in petfood
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3/26/2010
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As petfood companies and pet owners continue to explore a broader range of ingredient options, the lowly pea (Pisum sativum) has been gaining in popularity. Not to be confused with the fresh or succulent green pea, the type that is being used in an ever widening array of applications is dried peas.
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Protecting your petfood
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3/23/2010
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"As consumers start to tighten purse strings they naturally become more sensitive to food waste, especially when considering premium purchases," says Hella Neffati, marketing manager for Crown Food Packaging USA. "Packaging, therefore, plays an even more vital role in both preserving and promoting ...
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Lily's Kitchen begins business with strong start
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3/22/2010
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New UK organic and holistic petfood company Lily's Kitchen has gotten off to a strong start with the turnover already exceeding company expectations and listings secured with major retailers including Harrods, Whole Foods Market and over 350 independent vets and organic food outlets, according to F...
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Pulses: new ingredients for petfoods?
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2/19/2010
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In the search for new, high quality, raw material sources with consumer appeal and a solid nutritional pedigree, pulses are one class of ingredient that the petfood industry has all but completely overlooked. Is that because of limited availability, poor acceptability by the pet, misperceptions abo...
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Catering to the conscientious
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2/11/2010
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It all started with a cat named Spot. As a kitten, Spot was full of life, healthy and happy. As an adult, however, Spot became a sickly cat, plagued by digestive problems, skin irritations, excessive shedding and an unpleasant odor, according to Halo.
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Dog magazine releases its pet health tips
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2/3/2010
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K9 Magazine recently released its 50 tips for keeping dogs healthy.
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Companies join forces for pet store grand opening
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2/2/2010
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My Perfect Pet, a frozen fresh petfood company, will help kick off the grand opening of the newest location of Unleashed by PETCO – a small concept pet store – later this month in Chula Vista, California, USA.
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Petfood goes green
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11/11/2009
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When our industry looks back at 2009, we might consider it the year of the greening of petfood, at least in the US. This year has seen the opening of several new or retrofitted US facilities-plants and office buildings, for manufacturers and suppliers-designed to be more environmentally friendly.
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Fresh from the farm
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10/12/2009
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Locally grown, natural ingredients and Made in the USA labeling ease consumers residual recall worries
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Packaging trends: the age of convenience
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10/1/2009
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The basic functions of effective petfood packaging are containment of the product, protection for the product and consumer, promotion and communication. The most important function of your packaging, however, may very well be how convenient it is for pet owners.
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High-involvement petfoods and feeding plans
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8/12/2009
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Commercial petfood makers are creating mixers and diets that require consumers to get involved with preparation
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Ensuring ingredient freshness
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8/12/2009
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Safe, nutritious, tasty petfood requires careful handling and processing of raw meat ingredients
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Online Extra! Ensuring ingredient freshness
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7/17/2009
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Safe, nutritious, tasty petfood requires careful handling and processing of raw meat ingredients
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Market reports available from Packaged Facts
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6/24/2009
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Packaged Facts, a market analysis company, announced the release of 15- to 30-page summaries of Packaged Facts' full-length market research reports.
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As good as it gets
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6/8/2009
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Precise Pet Products wants you to know it as the independent, pet specialty store petfood manufacturer
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Market Report: The dogness effect
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6/8/2009
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The trend toward pet humanization and pampering supports product premiumization and is the No. 1 driver in the US petfood market. So when Nestlé Purina decided to poke fun at pampered pets in a high-profile ad campaign, it was not without risks.
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